Inspiring stories
Introduction to the books Handicap International(Belgium) shared a series of inspiring stories of Maldivian children and adults with disAbilities. With each story we can see part of a new world, and meet a person with a different experience of life. Through the stories we are privileged to gain an insight into what each person values, and what they aspire to. We realize that each character has another aspect to his or her life as well – either a hearing, visual, intellectual, mental or physical impairment. But as we read, we understood...
read moreDisability Services Directory launched
Today, the “Directory for the People with disabilities” was launched at Ministry of Health and Family by Minister Dr. Aminath Jameel. This directory consisted of service providers and their contact information. The directory, which was earlier funded by Handicap International, was later developed by Wataniya under its Corporate Social Responsibility fund. Handicap International(HI), back in Jan 2009 had an idea to produce a “Yellow Pages” listing services as a directory(website) available for people with disabilities. HI stated that...
read moreMohamed Juloodh, a visually-impaired Imam from the Maldives
Mohamed Juloodh, a visually-impaired Imam from the Maldives, tells his story in the short film from the footage of the documentary “Opening Doors”, made by Hulhevi Media for Handicap...
read moreFarewell! Handicap International says goodbye to the Maldives…
Sadly it is time for us to close our office and leave the Maldives at the end of 2009. We established our programme in October 2005, following the Tsunami and have been funded by the donations of the Belgian public. While we have been here we have collaborated with many partners, and we hope that the work we carried out will be of benefit to partners, their target groups, and people...
read moreMy Notes on Parents perspective into coming in to terms of having a child with a disAbility
I was invited to the workshop on disAbility by Handicap International and Ministry of Health to give a short presentation on a parent’s perspective on coming in to terms of having a child with a disAbility. Here are the notes I highlighted. “I am Mohammed Yasiph, father of Yafaau who was born on January 4th 2003 at IGMH. At birth he suffered oxygen starvation(Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy or HIE) and as a result, has Spastic Quadriplegic Cerebral Palsy, Epilepsy and Visual Impairment. I’d like to thank the Minister of...
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