Rwanda Looks to New Efforts for Supporting Persons With Disability
Africa, Misc., News, March 6 2022
Rwanda is looking to start implementing new efforts for supporting persons with disabilities.
Mid last month, the country took part in the Global Disability Summit, a mechanism for collecting new, ambitious and widespread commitments which are critical to achieving change for persons with disabilities in the world.
During the event, Rwanda submitted 26 commitments, and it will be looking to soon start consultations with relevant stakeholders to devise ways for their realisation.
According to Emmanuel Ndayisaba, the Executive Secretary of the National Council of Persons with Disabilities in Rwanda (NCPD), the 26 commitments are mainly about better access to education, health services, employment for the persons with disability, and how they can be given assistance during tough situations like natural calamities or wars.
“We made a number of commitments that we are looking to implement. They are many, because we are still behind compared to countries like the United Kingdom,” he said.
He noted that stakeholders including government institutions, organisations of persons with disability as well as international partners will be meeting soon to [...]