Our approach
Together with our local partners, we empower individual children with a disability and their parents in Africa, Asia and Latin America. We do this by:
- Providing children with the best possible customised care
- Supporting them in their development
- Making their environment more accessible
The child is always our focal point
The local circumstances, character and needs of the child always form the basis of the support. Our approach is founded on Community Based Rehabilitation. This means that we involve parents, or caregivers, and the local community to remove barriers that result in the exclusion of children with disabilities from participation in community life.
We provide care, equipment and resources and reduce the obstacles to enable them to grow and truly belong: at home, at school, in the community and in society.
UN Convention and Sustainable Development goals
To achieve structural improvement we encourage policy changes. Almost all countries where our partners are active, have ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Together with our local partners we challenge governments on their commitment and unite parents, care takers and children so that their voices are heard.
Most governments have also agreed to work towards the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In our work we focus on five themes that are consistent with these goals. This enables us to achieve structural and sustainable changes for the better in the lives of children with disabilities and their families.