Policy paper

ADD International Tanzania

Published 23 July 2018

Form for submitting commitments for the Global Disability Summit 2018

Your organisation

Type of organisation: Civil Society Organisation

Name of organisation: ADD International Tanzania

Charter for Change

Please read the attached Summit Charter for Change: the principal legacy of the Summit. If your organisation is happy to sign up to the Charter, please confirm by putting a cross in the box below.

My organisation signs up to the Summit Charter for Change: X

Your organisation’s commitments to achieve the rights of people with disabilities in developing countries

A. Commitments for Inclusive Education

Please select the category which your commitment most relates to: Capacity building: teachers and staff

Please enter the exact wording of the commitment/s, including details of others who have supported its development (75 words limit):

Identify and enrol disabled children who are not in school and bring about change through the whole education system to provide quality teaching and learning for disabled children to participate meaningfully in primary school alongside their non-disabled peers through working in partnership with families, children, schools and government agencies, I/NGOs and media.

Timeframe and/or implementation plan (75 words limit)

In the period of 4 years (2017 – 2021) ADD in collaboration with Tanzania Federation of Disabled People (SHIVYAWATA) and Ministry of education, are implementing a project on inclusive education Working in partnership with families, schools and government agencies, I/NGOs and media, aiming to overcome barriers in the education system by resourcing, teacher training, capacitating DPOs and providing teaching and learning, materials to disabled children.