- Making it Work (MIW) is a global multi-stakeholder initiative supporting the effective implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD).
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- The U.S. Campaign to Ban Landmines and Cluster Bombs, currently coordinated by Handicap International, is a coalition of thousands of people and U.S. non-governmental organizations working to convince the U.S. government to join the 1997 Mine Ban Treaty and the 2008 Convention on Cluster Munitions.
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Each Disabled Person Should be Able to Run Their Own Company
Victim of a road accident 15 years ago, Adama Ba has to use a wheelchair. He now runs an association that organizes inclusion projects for people with disabilities, while managing three boutiques in Bamako.
In 1993, I was involved in a car accident. My spine was broken, and my lower limbs were paralysed," says Adama Ba, 37. “Overnight, I was forced to use a wheelchair to get around." The father a small daughter, Adama benefited from the support of people offering inclusion services in the area, which helped him cope. "This ordeal has given me the desire to help people facing the same problems as me. That's why I've set up an organisation with the help of Handicap International. The Social Inclusion Center for People with Disabilities (CRSH) is dedicated to helping people with disabilities. “First of all, we help fit them with artifical limbs. Thanks to Handicap International, we help them gain access to orthopaedia materials: Handicap International covers 80% of the cost of the materials, and the person with the disability has to find the remaining 20%. But if they don't have the means to pay this amount, we help them out. We are also setting up inclusion projects for people with disabilities, such as shoe-making, wood-working and telephone skills, each person must then go on to create their own business. To source the finance for these projects, Adama and his organization put on concerts in the town that enable them to finance their activities in aid of people with disabilities.
Highly satisfying
So that everyone can benefit from the services of his association, as well as raising the awareness of the people he meets, Adama tries to spread the word about his organization. "Their artificial limbs and the professional inclusion project help them find work. It's extremely satisfying for me to create solutions to help these people."
Adama Ba doesn't want to stop there. Fitting those most in need of orthopaedic materials is not enough: "We would like to create a follow-up for each person we fit. In fact, when an artificial limb no longer fits, the person sometimes decides not to use it anymore. And they return to using a wheelchair. It's vital to repair the artificial limbs, and that's why we are trying to find premises with a shoe-making workshop where we can provide a sort of 'after sales service'."