Assisting Iraqis With Disabilities
Help for the Disabled
SummaryAn 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.
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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
Email:
Project Sponsor
Organization
Mercy Corps
3015 SW First Ave.
Portland,
OR
97201
United States
503.796.6800
http://www.mercycorps.org
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Where this Project is Located
Country
This project is located in 
Iraq
and can also be found under 
Human Rights.
For more information about Iraq, read the Human Development Report on Iraq or the Wikipedia entry for Iraq.
When this Project was Updated
Last Updated
This project was last updated on November 6, 2009.
Date Added to GlobalGiving
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on August 11, 2005
