Assisting Iraqis With Disabilities

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Assisting Iraqis With Disabilities

Summary

An extensive awareness campaign across the country targeting both people with disabilities and the general public in order to improve understanding and promote inclusion of people with disabilities.

How Donors Like You Helped

Thanks to donors like you, a total of $2,000 was raised for this project.

Received $2,000 from 1 donation from people like:

(Anon.)

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More Information About this Project

Project Needs and Beneficiaries

To support a local NGO promoting awareness of disabilities issues and rights. $1,000 will print the awareness poster designs in the local newspapers for 2 weeks to further promote the message of inclusion and rights for persons with disabilities.

Activities

Organize competitions to develop posters that have positive messages about the inclusion of people with disabilities. The winning designs and slogans will be developed into a color poster and printed and distributed throughout Iraq.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $2,000

Funding Information

This project is now in implementation and no longer available for funding. Received funds will be used to accomplish concrete objectives as indicated in the project's "Activities" section. Updates will be posted under the "Progress Report" tab as they become available.

Donors' contributions and pledges to this project totaled $2,000. The original project funding goal was $2,000.

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

The project aims at improving understanding and promotion of inclusion of people with disabilities. The activity will raise the awareness among the participants and help to convey the message among community members.

Project Message

Many projects provide curative assistance to the disabled. This project will increase awareness about the basic rights of underrepresented people: the right to go to school, to work, to vote, etc.
- Anonymous, Project Leader

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Greg Howell,
Global Development Alliance Advisor
US Agency for International Development
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20523-1000
United States
202-216-6276 x1043
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