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In kind contribution by:
Ministry of Health of Kosova
Prime Minister's Advisory Office on Good Governance and Role of Law
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events 2005
NGO Little People of Kosova enjoys consultative status with ECOSOC and has been accredited to participate in the work of the Ad Hoc Committee of U.N. as of the Seventh Session and Eighth Session to a drafting text the new Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Disability Mentoring Day - DMD
Wednesday 19. October 2005
DMD in Kosova is part of international campaign for improving the position of people with disability in the world.
Our Program DMD has been compiled to provide an "umbrella" concept to Voluntary Program of Disability Mentoring Day -DMD that will contribute to the improvement of the current position of disabled people in Kosovo in the areas of humans rights, education, health care, against discrimination and employment possibilities, increase the integration into Kosovo society of people with disabilities and reduce their poverty levels.
Our activities and Program of DMD Increase awareness and improve Government's, the public's and other Kosovo companies opinions relating to people with disability so as to progress their opportunities for education, employment, harvesting the talent of young people with disability, overcome barriers in the minds of people without disability and reduce environmental / infrastructure barriers for the Kosovo community of people with disabilities.
Disability Mentoring Day - DMD was born in USA during 1999 and today many countries follow this event, while the central ceremony of DMD is held at the same time in all over the world every third Wednesday of October.
In Kosovo DMD started to organize in 2002 and now is traditional.
The billboards of DMD were attached in 21 different municipalities Kosova wide during the campaign in 2005.
We printed brochures on three languages ( Albanian, Serbian and English languages) regarding DMD development in Kosovo in past three years.
USA Office Prishtine and Norwegian Embassy donated the DMD Campaign in 2005.
Office of the Prime Minister and Ministry of Health supported the DMD in kind contribution.
CUSTOMS DAY of DMD
Participation in volunteering campaign "Disability Mentoring Day" - DMD
UNMIK Customs Service organized Customs Day for DMD and singled out a working day for training of people with disability within the framework of DMD Volunteering Campaign and paid a day wage in amount of 10 €, traveling expenses to working places and back home and lunch.
They offered a wonderful chance to get together with kind staff of Customs Service in stations all round Kosovo.
For a day was employed 68 persons with disability and a number of customs officers were engaged in instruction of customs operations, total number of active participants in relation mentor ? metees in work was 148 persons.
We wish also other institutions, private sector and public services take into consideration that and follow this good practice of Customs Day for DMD.
DMD brings
- Fight against poverty
- Fight against discrimination.
- Reduction of unemployment
- Initiation of law regulations for people with disability
- Overcome of the barriers and making the opportunities
- Protection human rights
Kosovo Disabled Associations involved in Voluntary Program of Disability Mentoring Day - DMD in 2005 year.
1. "Little People of Kosova":
2. Handifer: Ferazaj
3. Klubi Deshira; a Prishtina day care centre for mentally Handicapped people. Affiliated to International Centre for Clubhouse Development.
4. Blind Association of Kosovo
5. HandiKos
6. School of Deaf: Prizren
7. School of Blind: Peja
8. Blind, Deaf and Victims of War Association: Gjakova
9. Deaf Association of Kosovo
10. School for Mentally Disabled: Prizren
11. Blind Association - Mitrovice
12. Association of Multiplex sclerosis - Mitrovice
13. Women with Disability Association - Leposavic
14. Association of Deaf - Mitrovice
15. Saint Angels - Mitrovice
16. School for Mental Disability - Mitrovice
Voluntary Program of Disability Mentoring Day opens partnership to all Disabled Associations in 2006.
OSCE
HUMAN DIMENSIONS IMPLEMENTATION MEETING
19 – 30 September 2005, Warsaw , Poland
Representative of NGO Little People of Kosova Ms. Hiljmnijeta Apuk attended to Human Dimensions Implementation Meeting in Warsaw. She made two Statements regarding human rights of persons with disabilities by point to multiethnic Voluntary Promotional Program of DMD as best practices of implementation up coming UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
Promotional Voluntary Packet Program
of Disability Mentoring Day - DMD
New free initiative of Kosova
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