FENAPD is a network of six single disability focused national associations. It was re-registered as an Ethiopian Residents network association on 30 February 2010 per the country’s law bearing the registration number 1511. The federation is operating in addressing the very severe disability problems and worst life situations of persons with disabilities in Ethiopia in more coordinated and collaborative manner. Its member national associations are:
- Ethiopian National Association of the Deaf (ENAD)
- Ethiopian National Association of Persons Affected by Leprosy (ENAPAL)
- Ethiopian National Association on Persons with Intellectual Disabilities (ENAID)
- Ethiopian National Association of the Deaf-Blind (ENADB)
- Ethiopian National Association of the Blind (ENAB) and
- National Development Association of Persons with physical Disabilities.
The objectives of FENAPD are to:
- Enhance the public awareness on disability,
- Reduce the disability information gaps in the country,
- Enhance institutional capacities of DPOs and other stakeholders in addressing disability problems,
- Build the capacities of persons with disabilities in improving their life situations,
- Create linkage and alliances in addressing disability problems in Ethiopia,
- Mobilize resources used to address disability problems in the country.The objectives of FENAPD are to:
- Enhance the public awareness on disability,
- Reduce the disability information gaps in the country,
- Enhance institutional capacities of DPOs and other stakeholders in addressing disability problems,
- Build the capacities of persons with disabilities in improving their life situations,
- Create linkage and alliances in addressing disability problems in Ethiopia,
- Mobilize resources used to address disability problems in the country.
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