About D.A.D

Development Association of the Disability (D.A.D) also called Apang Vikash Sangh in Nepali officially started in 2000 with nine founders in Udayapur District. Udayapur is situated in the eastern part of Nepal. Today the organization consists of nine members in the committee and 75 general members all with disabilities.

About D.A.D

D.A.D has a partnership with the government, Action Aid Nepal and other organizations such as Nederland Leprosy Relief and local governance development committee. It is the leading organization within the disability sector in Udayapur District

What is your name?My name is Chandra Rai.

When and where were you born?I was born on the 15th of March 1979 in Dicktel, Khotang District.

Are you married? No, I´m divorced.

Do you have children? Yes, I have a son. Where do you live? I live in Udayapur, Gaighat 2.

How many family members live in your house?There are nine family members in my house.

What is your disability and when did it start? I have a problem with both my legs. When I was born, there was no Polio medication and Hospital available, so I became very sick. My problem started when I was two years old.

How long have you worked for D.A.D?In 2000 I started working for D.A.D. Now I am General secretary in D.A.D.

What are your future dreams and visions for D.A.D and for yourself?My future vision is to improve and make disability friendly infrastructure and social environment for disabled people in Nepal. I also dream of changing the government policy.

What is your name?I´ m Ram Magar. When and where were you born? I was born on 16th of December 1975 in Udayapur District V.D.C. pokhari Ward No.-5

How many family members live in your house? We are six family members in my house.

Are you married? Yes, I´ m married. Do you have children? I have no children.Where do you live? I live in VDC Routa, Udayapur District.

What is your disability and when did it start?I’m physical disabled. I have no left arm. It is difficult for me to cycle, drive and carry things. I started 7 years ago in when…

How long have you worked for D.A.D? In 2007 I started working for D.A.D as a secretary. In 2009 I started working as a social worker and activist.

What are your future dreams and visions for D.A.D and for yourself?My future vision is to improve and increase capacity building for disabled people. We must change National policy for all activities within the disability sector.

What is your name?My name is Buddha Shrestha.

When and where were you born?I was born on the 27th of June 1979 in VDC Dicktel, Rajapani 5 in Khotang District.

Are you married? Yes. Do you have children? No. How many family members are there in your house?There are eight members in my house. I have one brother, two sisters, father, mother and my wife.

What is your disability problem? When did it start?I´m physical disabled. My problem is Muscular Diastrophic. It started when I was seven years old, and slowly it became bigger and bigger.

How long have you worked for D.A.D?I have worked for D.A.D since 2006.

What are your future dreams and visions for D.A.D and for yourself?First of all I would like to work for the government. If it is not possible, I want to open my own business. I want to be a good D.A.D activist.

What is your name?My name is Sita Paudel.

When and where were you born?I was born the 22 of february 1985 in V.D.C Jogidaha 6 in Udayapur district,

Where do you live now?I live in Gaighat in Triyuga municipality.

Are you married? NoDo you have children? No

How many family members are there in your house?We are six in my house - my parents, two brothers and one sister.

What is your disability problem? When did it start?I have a problem with my right leg because of polio. It started when I was three years old. How long have you worked for D.A.D? I have worked here since 2004.

What are your future dreams and visions for D.A.D and for yourself?I have many future dreams for D.A.D and for myself. This organization is non dependent because it's developed and my vision for D.A.D is to develop and make one separate building for this organization.

What is your name?My name is Bisnu Rai.

When and where were you born?I was born in VDC Aptar in Udayapur District.

How many family members live in your house? We are five family members - four female and one male.

Are you married? Yes, I’m married. Do you have children?Yes, I have two daughters.

Where do you live? I live in the V.D.C Basaha, Badel pani - 3

What is your disability problem? When did it start?I have low vision on one eye and on the other eye I have no vision at all. I was six years old I was playing Volleyball, when the ball hit my eyes, and the Retina was damaged.

How long have you worked for D.A.D?I´m a founder of D.A.D and I started 13 years ago.

What are your future dreams and visions for D.A.D and for yourself?First all of we need to define the problem for the disabled people in the village development community (VDC), then we can design a plan. My dream is to make balanced opportunities, advocacy, developing policy for people with disabilities.

What is your name?My name is Shankarnath Poudel.

When and where were you born ?I was born on the 1st of May 1970, in V.D.C Shawakatahare 4 in Khotang District.Are you married? Yes. Do you have children? I have one daughter and one son.

How many family members are there in your house? In my house we are four family members.

Where do you live? I live in Beltar V.D.C.in the village Jhorapata.

What is your disability problem? When did it start? Are you disabled? My disability problem is physical in my left arm. When I was three years old it started, and I became very sick with high fever. I have problems carrying things, moving and using my arm.

How long have you worked for D.A.D? I have worked for D.A.D since September 2009.

What are your future dreams and visions for D.A.D and for yourself?My future dreams are in the disability sector. I want to build a unity for disabled people in Beltar V.D.C. I want to make awareness and improve the disability sector by planning and putting pressure on the government.

What is your name?My name is Khila Ghimire.

When and where were you born?I was born in 1958 in Khotang Dicktel Buipa. Are you married? Yes.

Do you have children?Yes, I have two sons and two daughters.

How many family members are there in your house?We are six family members. My two daughters live in Kathmandu.

What is your disability problem? When did it start?I´m physical disabled. It started thirteen years ago, when I was taking very hard medicine for cancer in my throat. As a reaction I have pain in my joints and low sensibility in my hands.

How long have you worked for D.A.D?I started 7 years ago.

What are your future dreams and visions for D.A.D and for yourself?I want to keep working for the disability sector, because there are many problems. There are many with no access for medicine, food and equipment such as wheelchairs.

About D.A.D

Vision: Build a strong disable friendly, peaceful and equal environment for disable people in a creative and community based society. Developing D.A.D as an independent organization.

Mission: Finding local resources and use of resources to increase the power of disabled people.

About D.A.D

Goal: Increase quality life for disabled people. Create a disable friendly environment and

infrastructure. Increase awareness about equal Rights for

disabled people. Maximize the use of local resources to create

group based activities for disable people.

About D.A.D Objectives: Service must be provided from the government for disable people.

Major activities and strategy: Implementing community based rehabilitation in different villages (one village per year). Physiotherapy and other therapeutic activities. Empowerment and livelihood activities. Sign language and Braille training. Creating independence groups in order to strengthen empowerment concepts. Rules and regulations must be made to include disable people’s rights and participation.

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Structure of the D.A.D. organization in Nepal

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D.A.D Udayapur