Lobby and Advocacy Project on Disaster Risk Management
In view of a number of disaster issues such as refugees, floods, drought and fires that Zambia has experienced, CHSZ (Strategic Partner Organization-SPO) has seen a serious need to collaborate with other stakeholders in order to alleviate the challenges and difficulties that persons with disabilities and their families encounter during such disasters. To this effect, the SPO will engage in the following:
- Network with POs in the border areas of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Angola on offering food/agriculture support to persons with disabilities
- Network with POs and other stakeholders such as the AHA on the integration of persons with disabilities and their families into communities by offering livelihood and food security interventions
- Identification/assessment of victims for interventions and link them to rehabilitative programmes in/outside the Refugee Camps
- Integration of children with disabilities into schools and offer educational support by networking with school managements
- Networking with government departments especially the Office of the Vice President which is responsible for Disaster Risk Management
- Linking persons with disabilities to the District or Community Committees on DRM for inclusion on disaster preparedness issues
- Lobby and advocate for inclusive policies on DRM
- Training persons with disabilities in DRM and preparedness
Lobby and Advocacy Project on SRH & GBV
One of our upcoming project is ‘Lobby and Advocacy Project on Sexual Reproductive Health (SRH) and Gender Based Violence (GBV)’.
The SRH and gender based project employs a Rights Based Approach that is meant to empower youth with disabilities as agents of change to make informed choices about their health and protect themselves from Gender based violence, HIV infection, exercise their rights to prevention, quality treatment, care and support.
This project will be supported by Lilianefonds and provisionally to be funded by USAID as the SPO await for feedback. The strategy adopted aims at providing SRH and GBV information, education, and skills which would improve the attitudes and behaviors of 1000 youth on broader issues of reproductive health and sexuality. A total of 150 youth (Trainer of Trainers-ToTs) will be directly trained by CHSZ as Advocates for Action who would carry out advocacy activities on accessibility, availability and affordability of SRH, GBV and HIV/AIDS information and services for PwDs at all levels using the structures and events and festivals for HIV and AIDS with POs.
Trained as agents of change, the 1000 young people will engage with government, politicians, media, the community at large and other stakeholders using a range of methods to bring about changes in SRH policy implementation, in order to positively alter their access to health services.
The SRH-GBV will promote advocacy through;
i) Information Communication and Technology (ICT), ii) Edusports, iii) Edutainment
Inclusive Education Project
Cheshire Homes Society of Zambia National Office in conjunction with Ministry of General Education (MoGE) implemented successfully an Inclusive Education Project in Southern Province with financial help from Leonard Cheshire International. CHSZ is now scaling up the Inclusive Education Project in Eastern Province.
This project will enhance life chances of 750 children with disabilities by improving their enrollment, retention and learning in 30 mainstream primary schools in the Eastern Province of Zambia. In order to achieve this, the following groups of activities will be implemented:
- Conduct sight, hearing and health assessment of children, providing assistive devices, medical support and rehabilitation as necessary
- Hold sensitisation workshops for parents and community members on disability, Inclusive Education and the rights of children with disabilities; establish child to child clubs and parent support groups ( with livelihoods support for parents)
- Train 100 teachers and 30 School Management Committees in inclusive teaching methods
- Undertake school infrastructure adaptations in order to improve accessibility, and support schools with educational materials
The Human Rights Advocacy Project
The Human Rights Advocacy Project is an advocacy and Campaign projects which is made up of young people with disabilities aged between 16-30 who lobby the government to sign, ratify and domesticate the United Nation’s Convention on the Rights of Person with Disabilities (UNCRPD). The objectives of this project are-
- To lobby the Government to implement the UNCRPD and Zambia Disability Act.
- To campaign for the removal of all forms of barriers that hinder persons with disabilities to participate fully in the social, psychological and economic development of the country.
- To train and mentor members on leadership and campaigning skills.
Young Voices Project
This is an advocacy and Champaign projects which is made up of young people with disabilities aged between 16-24 who lobby the government to sign, ratify and domesticate the United Nation’s Convention on the Rights of Person with Disabilities (UNCRPD). The objectives of this project are:
- To lobby the Government to implement the UNCRPD and Zambia Disability Act.
- To Campaign for the removal of all forms of barriers that hinder persons with disabilities to participate fully in the social, psychological and economic development of the country.
- To train and mentor members on leadership and campaigning skills.
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