MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER "IMRAN KHAN"
PRESENTING PORTRAIT TO OFFICIELS OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
FRIENDS OF PARAPLEGICS (FOP)
Friends of Paraplegics (FOP) is a non-government, not for profit, and non political organization registered with Directorate of social welfare, Govt. of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, under the (VSWA) ordinance XLVI of 1961 R.No-4127, striving for the rights, issues and well-being of People with Disabilities (PWD’s) in general and People with Spinal Cord Injuries in particular.
VISION
Striving for the rights, issues and well-being of people with all kinds of disabilities (PWDs), focusing on post traumatic Paraplegics and Quadriplegics in Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa, Pakistan and rest of the World.
MISSION
Friends of Paraplegics is working and assists the needy and neglected people at grass root level and find access to sustain in the society with due dignity. Therefore, FOP will take all necessary initiatives/ measures towards empowerment and self-determinations of community people enabling them to solve their own socio-economic problems by themselves towards poverty elevation. Encourage PWDs to participate actively in daily life activities and not be confined
INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITES (IDPD)
In this twenty first century, there are over 1 billion people living in the world that have disclosed they have some form of disability. Disclosed! Just because there are thousands that will not come out or be brought out of hiding for fear of persecution from their fellow human beings. PWD not only face attitudinal barriers but also physical, social and economic barriers that keep them in a suffocating poverty not just in developing countries but developed ones as well. Even as PWD are the world’s largest minority group, the issue of disability disparity continues to remain invisible in most local, regional, national and international mainstream development frameworks and all processes. The United Nations have shined a spotlight on PWD since declaring The International Year of Disabled Persons in 1981 and followed that by a full decade of Disabled Persons spotlight from 1983 to 1992. But it takes more than putting light on a subject to get people to pay attention to the inequities’ PWD face, take action and make fair change. It has to become personal. Read More>>>>>
ALLOCATION FOR THE PERSONS WITH DIFFERENT ABILITIES IN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT
An estimate of over 1 billion people is experiencing disabilities in the world according to World Health Organization (WHO). Alongside, these 1 billion disabled are those whose has been limited in executing chief chore in daily life. This limitation has been brought about by the deficiency of a conventional part of their physique, including, deafness, blindness, intellectual disability, and physical disability. In Pakistan, there are certain benefits that have been given to the people positioned with disabilities and they have contributed quite competently to society. Similarly, the federal and provincial government has allocated and ensured special quota for disabled people however they have no gain in the Local Government.
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Assistive Devices Distributed among Persons with Disabilities
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Food Packages Distributed in COVID-19 in Pakistan
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Sports Events for Persons with Disabilities in KP
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Publication on Employment Status of Persons with Disabilities
