Economics and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
MANAGEMENT OF SELF-HELP ORGANIZATIONS OF
PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
United Nations
New York,1997
ST/ESCAP/1849 |
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This publication has been issued without formal editing.
This publication was made possible through the generous financial assistance of the Japanese Trade Union Confederation - RENGO
Contents
I. INTRODUCTION
II. DEFINITION
- Self-help and self-help organization
- Leadership
- Management
- Democratic decision-making
III. OVERVIEW OF SELF-HELP ORGANIZATIONS IN THE REGION
- Cross-disability organizations
- Single-disability organizations
- Issues faced by self-help organizations in the region
IV. MANAGEMENT ISSUES
- Concentration of power
- Staff
- Accountability
Case study 1: Preventing abuses of funds within a self-help organization - Fundraising
Case study 2: Fundraising in the Fiji Disabled Peoples Association(FDPA) - Gender sensitivity
Case study 3: The Women's Committee in the Asian Blind Union - Organizational continuity: Development of new leaders
Case study 4: Training new leaders at KAMPI, Philippines
V. APPROACHES AND ACTIVITIES
- Approaches to rural people with disabilities
Case study 5: Sanghams of village people with disabilities - Independent-living programmes for people with extensive disabilities
Case study 6: Independent-living centres in Japan - Cooperation between self-help organizations in developed and developing countries
Case study 7: The Campaign to Send Wheelchairs to Asia Disabled Persons
Case study 8: A university-level Thai Sign Language certificate programme - New types of training and job placement
Case study 9: The Redemptorist Vocational Training School, for people with disabilities
Case study 10: Horticulture as an employment opportunity for people with disabilities - Development of sports and recreational activities
Case study 11: Development of Thai disabled athletes through their own initiatives - Developing a network of self-help organizations through the Internet
- Training in self-advocacy and empowerment
VI. CONCLUSION
VII. ANNEXS
- ANNEX I. Guidelines for all FDPA personnel and volunteers who attend workshops sponsored by FDPA or outside donors
- ANNEX II. A simplified bookkeeping system used by the FDPA for its newly formed rural branch offices
- ANNEX III. Curriculum for training of NGO workers
- ANNEX IV. Courses for the NADT Thai sign language programme
- ANNEX V. Additional information sources
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- Useful publications and documents
- Head offices and regional offices of international self-help organizations and other related organizations
- Asian and Pacific regional offices of United Nations bodies and specialized agencies
List of Abbreviations
ABU | Asian Blind Union |
ADD | Action on Disability and Development |
APD | Association of People with Disability (Bangalore, India) |
APHT | Association of the Physically Handicapped of Thailand |
CEO | Chief Executive Officer |
ESCAP | Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific |
FDPA | Fiji Disabled Peoples Association |
FESPIC | Far East and South Pacific Sports Games for the Disabled |
IL | Independent living |
JIL | Japan Council for Independent Living Centres |
KAMPI | Katipunan ng Maykapansana sa Philipinas, Inc (Federation of Persons with Disabilities in the Philippines, Inc.) |
NAB | National Association for the Blind (India) |
NADT | National Association of the Deaf in Thailand |
NGO | Non-governmental organization |
ODA | Overseas Development Administration (United Kingdom) |
STAC | Stimulation and Therapeutic Activity Centre |
VSO | Voluntary Service Overseas (United Kingdom) |
WBU | World Blind Union |
WDL | World Deaf Leadership |
WTCT | Wheelchair Tennis Club of Thailand |
Illustration credit
Credit due | Photo number |
Action on Disability and Development India | |
Association for Lottery Trading of the Disabled Thailand | |
Association of People with Disability, Bangalore, India | |
Association of the Physically Handicapped of Thailand | |
Cambodian Disabled People's Organization | |
ESCAP | |
Handicapped Welfare Federation, New Delhi | |
Human Care Association, Tokyo | |
Katpunan ng Maykapansanan sa Philipinas, Inc. (KAMPI) | |
National Association of the Deaf in Thailand | |
Redemptorist Vocational School for Disabled Persons, Pattaya, Thailand | |
Yutaka Takamine | |
Tsutomu Yamada |
Economics and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
Management of self-help organizations of people with disabilities
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United Nations
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