APAMAP: Educating Paraguay About Disabilities

Summary

Updated Human resources, who promote the implementation of actions with an integral rehabilitation perspective.

More Information About this Project

Project Needs and Beneficiaries

Needs: 1) human resources that can provide and/or update information on disabilities 2) information and research that allow monitoring of national programs and projects related to disabled people Beneficiaries: 1)people who are uninformed about issues related to special needs, who can promote implementation of Integral Community Based Rehabilitation (RIPC) 2)people with disabilities and their families or caregivers, through the creation of activities based on the RIPC perspective

Activities

Preparation of educational supported materials; A 250-hour training course for agents of change; Identification of people with disabilities; Coordination with local agents of change; Research Development; Community-based project development

Funding Information

This project has been retired and is no longer accepting donations.

Funding Policy: partial (Retired)

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

1) 30 trained persons within an Integral Community Based Rehabilitation perspective 2) 10 community-based services coming from an integrated perspective 3) 3 departments/states and their communities implementing the RIPC

Project Message

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- Maria Ruiz Diaz, Project Contact Person

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Maria Ruiz Diaz,
Project Contact Person
Av. Guayaivi y Francisco
Solano López Ciudad del Este
Alto Paraná,
Paraguay
(595-61) 506 862
Email:

Project Sponsor

Ashoka Innovators for the Public

Organization

Fundacion APAMAP
Av. Guayaivi y Francisco
Solano López Ciudad del Este
Alto Paraná, 
Paraguay
(595-61) 506 862
mailto: apamap@cde.rieder.net.py

Learn more about Fundacion APAMAP and the project team.



Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in Paraguay and can also be found under Education.

For more information about Paraguay, read the Human Development Report on Paraguay or the Wikipedia entry for Paraguay.

When this Project was Updated

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on July 01, 2003.