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United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees(UNHCR)PO 2500, Geneva 2, CH 1211, SwitzerlandTel: +41 22739 8111Website: www.unhcr.orgThe Office of the United Nations High Commissionerfor Refugees was established by the United NationsGeneral Assembly in 1950. The agency is mandatedto lead and coordinate international action to protectrefugees and resolve refugee problems worldwide.Its primary purpose is to safeguard the rights andwell-being of refugees. It strives to ensure thateveryone can exercise the right to seek asylum andfind safe refuge in another State, with the option toreturn home voluntarily, integrate locally or to resettlein a third country. UNHCR has worked to ensure theinclusion of children with disabilities in its fieldworkand has published detailed training materials on thissubject for local facilitators.World Health Organization (WHO)CH 1211 Geneva 27, SwitzerlandTel: +41 22 791 2111; Fax: +41 22 791 3111Email: info@who.org; Website: www.who.orgDAR webpage: www.who.int/ncd/disability/programme.htmWHO provides worldwide guidance in the healthfield, sets global standards for health, cooperateswith governments to strengthen health programmesand develops appropriate health technology,information and standards. Its programme onDisability and Rehabilitation (DAR) aims to enhancethe quality of life and equality of opportunities forall persons with disabilities by promoting equalaccess to health and medical care, social servicesand rehabilitation services that can reduce limits onactivity. DAR provides a forum for the internationalexchange of information and experiences, with theaim of identifying new ideas, successful countrymodels and useful strategies, and to discusstheir application in other settings. WHO hasalso developed an International Classification ofFunctioning, Disability and Health (ICF) – see the sitelisted above.OTHER INTERNATIONAL AGENCIESWorld BankDisability and Development Team, 1818 H Street,NW, Washington D.C., 20433, USAWebsite: www.worldbank.org/disabilityThe World Bank’s mission is to fight poverty withpassion and professionalism for lasting results.In the area of disability, it is working to ensurefull participation of persons with disabilities in itsdevelopment work, and gives special attention topersons with disabilities in this section. This resourceprovides a wealth of data for statistics, policies, andpublications with specific concentration on children inspecific areas.INTERNATIONAL AND REGIONALNON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONSAND NETWORKSAction on Disability and DevelopmentVallis House, 57 Vallis Road, Frome,Somerset BA11 3EG, UKWebsite: www.add.org.ukADD works with a variety of groups, someestablished as cross-disability organizations andothers who come together due to the experienceof a common impairment or shared experience,for instance, people who are deaf, or womenwith disabilities. The organizations range fromsmall groups at village or local level, to larger,representational national federations or unions,which are also linked into regional and internationalnetworks of people with disabilities. ADD supportsgroups of people with disabilities by buildingup their confidence in their own worth, abilitiesand rights; helping them take control of theirlives; campaigning, advocating and lobbying forequal rights; helping them run more sustainable,democratic, efficient and inclusive organizations;supporting them to set up self-help initiatives toimprove their standards of living.AIFO (Associazone Italiana Amici di Raoul Follerau)Via Borselli 4, I 40135 Bologna, ItalyTel: +39 051 433402; Fax: +39 051 434046Websites: www.aifo.it/English; www.aifo.itThe activities of AIFO are focused on supportingpersons affected by leprosy and persons withdisabilities through integrated development projects,with particular attention to the poorest and mostvulnerable groups. AIFO also promotes developmenteducation in Europe for a better understanding of thecauses underlying poverty and underdevelopment inconnection with the North–South relationship. Thisorganization provides various resources on childrenwith disabilities and leprosy in some of the leastdeveloped areas of the world.45 Promoting the Rights of Children with Disabilities Innocenti Digest No. 13
Amnesty InternationalWebsite: www.amnesty.org/Amnesty International (AI) is a worldwide movementof people who campaign for internationallyrecognized human rights. AI’s vision is of a worldin which every person enjoys all of the humanrights enshrined in the Universal Declaration ofHuman Rights and other international human rightsstandards. In pursuit of this vision, AI’s mission is toundertake research and action focused on preventingand ending grave abuses of the rights to physicaland mental integrity, freedom of conscience andexpression, and freedom from discrimination, withinthe context of its work to promote all human rights.AI has a large database on various reports and articlesthat pertain to children with disabilities.Better Care NetworkWebsite: www.crin.org/bcn/index.aspThe Better Care Network brings togetherorganizations and individuals concerned aboutchildren without adequate family care. BCNfacilitates active information exchange, collaborationand advocacy on issues such as the preventionof separation and abandonment of children; thedevelopment of family and community based careoptions for children who cannot be cared for by theirparents; and international and national standardsfor all forms of care for children without adequatefamily care. The website includes a dedicated sectionon children with disabilities and a list of resourceswith a special focus on the situation of children withdisabilities in institutional care.CBM (Christoffel Blindenmission)Nibelungenstrasse 124, D 64625 Bensheim,GermanyWebsite: www.cbm.orgCBM Christian Blind Mission/Christoffel-Blindenmission is one of the leading internationaldevelopment agencies for persons with disabilities.It supports the provision of services to personswith visual disabilities as well as persons withother disabilities in more than 1,000 projects in113 developing countries. CBM assists the world'spoorest persons with disabilities and those at riskof disability regardless of their nationality, sexor religion.Center for International Rehabilitation333 East Huron Street, Suite 225; Chicago,IL 60611, USATel: +1 312 926 0030; Fax: +1 312 926 7662Email: info@cirnetwork.org; Website:www.cirnetwork.org/index.cfmThe Center for International Rehabilitation is a notfor-profitorganization that develops technologiesand programmes to help persons with disabilitiesworldwide reach their full potential. The CIRconducts fieldwork, research, training and educationaround the globe. Research by the CIR tries to findsolutions to daily problems encountered by personswith disabilities in some of the poorest countries inthe world.Danish Council for Disabled People (DSI)Klovervej 10B, 2650 Hvidovre, DenmarkWebsites: www.disability.dk; http://www.handicap.dk/englishDSI is active in Ghana, India, Kosovo, Malawi, Nepal,Nicaragua, Philippines, South Africa, Uganda andZimbabwe. The website contains information ondisability in developing countries to support NGOs,governments and others working in the field. The siteis a dynamic library to which the newest documentsand information are added.DCDD (Dutch Coalition on Disability andDevelopment)PO Box 3356, NL 3502 GJ Utrecht, NetherlandsWebsite: www.dcdd.nlDCDD's mission is to improve the position of peoplewith disabilities. DCDD takes the human rightsperspective as its point of departure and works onthese issues for people in developing countries andcountries in Central and Eastern Europe. Means forDCDD are awareness raising and policy advocacy,primarily applied in the Netherlands and Europe.Disability Awareness in Action11 Belgrave Road, London SW1V 1RB, UKTelephone: +44 207 834 0477; Fax: +44 207 821 9539Email: info@daa.org.uk; Website: www.daa.org.ukDisability Awareness in Action is a collaborativeproject between different organizations such asDisabled Peoples’ International, IMPACT, InclusionInternational and the World Federation of the Deaf.It was established to provide a network for theexchange of information and experience betweenpeople with disabilities and their representativeorganizations, to support the self-advocacy of peoplewith disabilities and promote their human rights.DAA’s efforts are particularly focused on people indeveloping countries.Innocenti Digest No. 13Promoting the Rights of Children with Disabilities46
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