Partners and Contacts Breaking down Barriers
Breaking down Barriers 1.0 ran from 2015 until 2020 and focused on effective disability advocacy. We worked in close cooperation with the African Studies Centre (Leiden University). Breaking down Barriers 2.0 will run up to 2025 and aims to offer useful and actionable evidence on disability inclusive development.
Partners
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Liliane Foundation
The Liliane Foundation contributes to a world that is open to everyone and in which poor children with disabilities can develop and use all their talents. It cooperates with local partners in Africa, Asia and Latin America.
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Radboud University
‘You have a part to play’ is the slogan of Radboud University, a leading Dutch university which strives academic excellence and societal relevance. Breaking down Barriers partners with the Gender & Diversity group which specializes in issues of inclusion.
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One Family People
One Family People is a local human rights organisation in Sierra Leone striving for a transformed continent where people with disabilities – from children to adults, men and women – participate equally in every day life.
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The Cameroon Baptist Convention Health Services
The Cameroon Baptist Convention Health Services (CBCHS) offers services ranging from village primary health care to specialized hospital based care and social services. CBCHS also coordinates two disability programmes for inclusion of people with disabilities.
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Cheshire Homes Society of Zambia
Cheshire Homes Society of Zambia (CHSZ) aims to improve the quality of life of persons with disabilities by campaigning for the removal of all forms of barriers that hinder them from achieving their fullest potential.
