Federation of Organisations of Disabled People in Zimbabwe-FODPZ

20/12/2021

Mrs S Manduna Director ZIMNAD, sharing on the services that the Organisation offer. They are into sign language training, awareness raising for communities and person's with hearing impairments

20/12/2021

Ms M Maunganidze Director of ZIMAS also Chairperson of National Disability Board and Vice Chairperson of FODPZ, sharing on albinism. People with albinism have 2 major challenges, exposure of sun can lead to skin cancer, and most person's with albinism have challenges with eye sight.

20/12/2021

Mr Nicholas Gwati Director of Right of Hope. They are into Agro-ecology, Perma culture , Educate on various herbs, healing properties of various food crops

20/12/2021

Mrs R Gwatinyanya Director ESF, sharing on the work they do. This includes, offering medication, awareness raising, and it's one of the few Organisation with EEG machine, which is critical in assessments for person's with Epilepsy. They charge nominal fees for EEG service as opposed to the rest of the other service providers.

20/12/2021

Ms Angelica Mukorongo Founder and CEO of OCD Trust (Zimbabwe Obsessive Compulsive Disorder), sharing on Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. OCD is not well known, and not referral centers for this condition are available. We are glad now that many people are coming out and getting assistance.

20/12/2021

Ms Hellen Mutambara Director of Autism Organisation of Zimbabwe sharing information on Autism. The Organisation is into rehabilitation, skills training.

20/12/2021

Mr Kadzviti FODPZ Hon. Secretary summarised key points from issues shared by Committee Members:
Networking, collaboration, learning from past mistakes or challenges of previous committee.

20/12/2021

Vice Chair of the Committee calls for unity of the committee and the OPDs so that together we can drive the Disability agenda, and ensure disability is mainstreamed in all sectors of the society and economy

20/12/2021

Harare Provincial Committee Chairperson Mr Kuda Machiha, giving vision of the work ahead for the committee. He gave a challenge to OPD Directors to share more information on specific impairments so that the committee is well informed and we'll equiped to the carryout advocacy issues

17/12/2021

17/12/2021

FODPZ today conducted elections for Harare Provincial Committee. OPDs represented in the event in DWSO, Isheanesu, ZIMNAD, ZIMNAMH, Autism Organisation of Zimbabwe, ESF, ZIMAS, ZPCHA

14/12/2021

Person's with Disabilities are encourage to know the Zimbabwe Constitution as the supreme law of the land.

Advocate Mazvita Kadenha indicated that there are 5 critical sections that mention or deal with person's with disabilities, Section 22, 56, 83, 85 and 120D