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2010-2012
The Disabled Peoples' International North
America and the Caribbean (DPI NAC) three-part
Strengthening the Organizational Capacity
of Disabled Peoples' International North America
and the Caribbean through Youth Empowerment
project will be launched with
a DPI NAC Regional Assembly 2011 in
Kingston,
Jamaica.
Workshops for Youth with Disabilities
will be held alongside meetings of the
DPI NAC Regional Women's Network (RWN) from June 20-22,
2011. DPI NAC Regional
Council Meetings will be held on
June 23-24, 2011 and the week will be
rounded off with a Field Trip and
Closing Ceremony on June 25,
2011.
The workshops for youth with disabilities and
the regional women's network meetings are the
first two parts of the capacity building
project. The third part will involve the
DPI NAC Executive and Office conducting
in-country capacity building work with
identified DPI NAC Member Organizations.
More information including registration and
accommodation options will be posted as the
project is being developed.
2008-2009
The
Disabled Peoples' International North America
and the Caribbean (DPI NAC) two-part Governance and Democracy
capacity building project that included a
DPI NAC Regional Women's Network Coordinating
Committee (RWN CC) Strategic Planning Meeting on
June 18 and 20, 2009 and the DPI NAC Regional Council Meeting from June
19-20, 2009 was a tremendous success!
The Project was held in Barbados, W.I. and
was sponsored by the Commonwealth
Foundation, United Nations Development
Fund for Women (UNIFEM) Caribbean Office,
and Sagicor Financial Corporation through
its subsidiary in Antigua and Barbuda,
Sagicor Life Inc. Transportation was
provided by the Barbados Council for the
Disabled (BCD), and the DPI NAC Member
National Assembly in Barbados, the Barbados
National Organization of the Disabled (BARNOD)
also provided financial support and were
excellent hosts!
2006-2008
The Disabled Peoples' International North America
and the Caribbean Region (DPI NACR) launched a
Health Education and Poverty capacity building project
during its Regional Assembly 2006 from December
4-9. The Assembly included a 3-day training
seminar from December 4-6 entitled Discovering
the Potential
Inside:
Claiming Our Right to a Healthy Lifestyle focusing on the effect HIV, STIs and substance
abuse has had and is having on the community of
persons with disabilities, particularly women in
the Region.
The rest of the week included the following
activities:
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University of the West Indies
(UWI) Department of Behavioural Sciences
Social Work Unit presentation on research
and persons with disabilities, launching of
the UWI Research Programme on Disability
Studies, launching of its website found at
http://sta.uwi.edu/disabilitystudies/,
and presentations of the working paper
“Tertiary Education: Fostering Inclusiveness
for Persons with Disabilities" on December
7;
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The election of a coordinating committee to
manage a regional women's network and the
launching of the network on December 8;
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Regional council meeting that included the
election of a New Regional Executive
Council, and the election of new DPI World
Council members on December 9.
DPI North America and the Caribbean Regional
Assembly 2006 was held in Port-of-Spain,
Trinidad and Tobago hosted by the Trinidad and
Tobago Chapter of Disabled Peoples'
International (TTDPI).
To view pictures of the Regional Assembly, click
on the following links:
Day One
Day Two
Day Three
Day Four
Day Five
Day Six
Phase I of the project was funded by of the
Government of Trinidad and Tobago, Abilis
Foundation and the Commonwealth Foundation.
Abilis Foundation funded Phase II.
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