VDPA Vanuatu -Vanuatu Disability Promotion & Advocacy Association

03/12/2024

03/12/2024

🌍✨ On this International Day of Persons with Disabilities, we join the global community and our coalition partners of Shifting the Power Coalition , Pacific Disability Forum , VDPA Vanuatu -Vanuatu Disability Promotion & Advocacy Association and Fiji Disabled Peoples Federation in celebrating the leadership, resilience, and contributions of persons with disabilities. This year’s theme, “𝐀𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐅𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞,” aligns perfectly with the mission of Hauskuk Initiative.

At Hauskuk, we are dedicated to empowering women and young women with disabilities, ensuring their voices are heard, their rights are upheld, and their leadership is celebrated. We believe that true inclusion starts with amplifying their leadership and creating spaces where they can thrive, advocate, and lead for a more inclusive and sustainable future for all. 💪💙

Today and every day, we stand with women and young women with disabilities as they shape a world where every person, regardless of ability, is empowered to lead, inspire, and contribute.

#𝑰𝑫𝑷𝑫2024 #16𝑫𝒂𝒚𝒔𝑶𝒇𝑨𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒔𝒎 #𝑫𝒊𝒔𝒂𝒃𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚𝑹𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔 #𝑳𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒑 #𝑰𝒏𝒄𝒍𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏𝑴𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔 #𝑺𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆𝑭𝒖𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 #𝑺𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓𝑻𝒐𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓

03/12/2024

03/12/2024

26/11/2021

VDPA-Vanuatu Disability Promotion & Advocacy Association staffs and other working partners in different organization doing awareness at Luganville market house to celebrate the 16th days of activism.

30/09/2021

RECRUITMENT NOTICE
Volunteer Finance and Volunteer Communication urgently wanted.
To support VDPA Vanuatu -Vanuatu Disability Promotion & Advocacy Association (VDPAA)
Anyone can apply people with disabilities or people without disabilities.
For more information, do contact VDPA on 37997 or you can drop by VDPA office at Sanma Women's Center, Opposite Sanma Red Cross located inside Sanma Province Headquarters compound.
(Please read photos below for more information)

22/06/2021

VDPA as the national organisation of persons with Disabilities have advocate for the rights of persons with disabilities since 1999.
One of its focused advocacy is on Accessibility of persons with disabilities on physical environemnt. Thank you to Pacific Community thru the PPAC grant program we are able to put up a banner showcasing access of persons with disabilities. Also we would like to extend our thanks to M-Signs for installing it.

21/05/2021

13/05/2021

As also recommended by WHO:
Actions need to be taken to ensure that people with disability can
always access the health-care services, water and sanitation services and public health information they require, including during the
COVID-19 outbreak. People with disability may be at greater risk of contracting COVID-19 because of:
− Barriers to implementing basic hygiene measures, such as handwashing (e.g. handbasins, sinks or water pumps may be physically inaccessible, or a person may have physical difficulty rubbing their hands together thoroughly);
− Difficulty in enacting social distancing because of additional support needs or because they are institutionalized;
− The need to touch things to obtain information from the environment or for physical support;
− Barriers to accessing public health information. Depending on underlying health conditions, people with disability may be at greater risk of developing more severe cases of COVID-19 if they become infected.
This may be because of:
− COVID-19 exacerbating existing health conditions, particularly those related to respiratory function, immune system function, heart disease or diabetes;
− Barriers to accessing health care.
People with disability may also be disproportionately impacted by the outbreak because of serious disruptions to the services they rely on. The barriers experienced by people with disability can be reduced if key stakeholders take appropriate action

12/05/2021

23/11/2020

“Nothing about us, without us” - Working together in Malampa and Torba to support people with disability to live their best lives.


The Ministry of Justice’s Disability Desk has teamed up with Vanuatu’s Disability Promotion and Advocacy Association, the Society for People with Disability and people with disabilities to develop a community training program to ensure people with disabilities across the provinces aren’t left behind.


With support from the Government of Australia, through the Vanuatu Australia Policing and Justice program, the team is developing training materials to help provincial disability officers grow understanding about inclusion for all. Australian High Commission, Vanuatu