Rwanda

MyRight has supported the umbrella organization Nudor in Rwanda since the start in 2010. Nudor is today an established umbrella organization in the country. Among other things, they carry out surveys of access to rehabilitation and capacity needs of health personnel with regard to the reception of people with disabilities. Nudor also works continuously to follow up on how laws that protect people with disabilities' rights are complied with and draws attention to factors that prevent children with disabilities from going to school.

The Ministry of Education has received extensive information about this group and this has resulted in five districts in Rwanda now budgeting to increase the quality of children with disabilities' education. MyRight has also helped train religious leaders in all children's right to education.

Our partner organizations work to ensure that people with disabilities have better access to education and health care, for example by training health and medical care workers.

MyRight's partners have been trained in the Disability Rights Promotion International (DRPI) method and shadow reporting processes. Based on the DRPI method, the disability movement in the country has prepared a shadow report to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

MyRight's partner organisations in Rwanda

• Rwanda Union of the Blind (RUB)
• Rwandan National Union of the Deaf (RNUD)
• National Union of Disabilities Organizations in Rwanda (NUDOR)
• Rwanda National Association of Deaf Women (RNADW)
• Rwanda Organization Persons with Deaf Blindness (ROPDB)

• I region Afrika har MyRight också ett regionalt projekt som koordineras av African Union of the Blind (AFUB). Projektet syftar till att stärka rättigheterna för personer med synnedsättning och bevaka implementeringen av konventionen om rättigheter för personer med funktionsnedsättning. Fokusländer för projektet är Botswana, Gambia och Etiopien.