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Zimbabwe
Parents of Children with Disabilities Association (ZPCDA)
Last updated: January 29, 2010
| Harare: |
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| Physical
address |
Tose
Respite Centre, Waterfalls, Harare, Zimbabwe |
| Postal
address |
P.O. Box HD 194, Highfield, Harare, Zimbabwe |
| Telephone |
+263-(0)4-2936437
for messages, (0)912-357936 |
| Email |
theresamakwara@yahoo.com |
| Year
established |
1987 |
| Contact |
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Name |
Position |
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Theresa
Makwara |
Director |
Bulawayo: |
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| Physical
address |
54
J.Tongogara Street / Cnr 4th Avenue, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe |
| Postal
address |
P.O.
Box 82 Entumbane, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe |
| Telephone |
+263-(0)9-883038 |
| Email
address |
zphcabyo@netconnect.co.zw
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| Year
established |
1992 |
| Contact |
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Name |
Position |
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Tracy
Mabiza |
Co-ordinator |
Background
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| ZPCDA
is a mutual support and advocacy association for the parents
of children with disabilities. The association acts as a watchdog
for the preservation and promotion of the rights of children
with disabilities. Its members meet to share experiences,
advice, and ideas regarding the welfare of their children.
Members give each other support through community-based initiatives
that seek to change people's perceptions and attitudes towards
disability.
ZPCDA
also runs workshops for their members on the nature of disability,
culture and disability, families and the disabled child, the
community and the disabled child. As many parents/families
of children with disabilities are from disadvantaged social
groups, ZPCDA tries to assist them with skills training and
fund-raising ventures.
The association
was established in 1987 and registered as a welfare organization
in 1990. As many branches have been formed across the country,
it is now the national organization representing children
with disabilities and their parents. |
Mission
statement |
| Zimbabwe
Parents of Handicapped Children Association is an Association
for parents of children with all forms of disabilities. Members
of the association value the importance of uplifting the welfare
of handicapped children through giving children their rights
as enshrined in the UN Declaration of the Childrens' rights
irrespective of the degree of disability .The association hopes
that the rights of children to Education, Health, and Social
Welfare and Freedom of Association will be promoted in families,
communities and protected in wider society. |
Objectives
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- Provide
a forum for the exchange of information, experience and
advice in the areas of disability.
- Advocate
and lobby for the observation and implementation of the
rights of the disabled children.
- Mobilize
parents of disabled children to participate in the activities
of their branch.
- Assist
parents build their capacity in meeting the challenges faced
by their children.
- Raise
the awareness in the community on the situation of the disabled
and what can be done to change the situation.
- Network
with Government, NGOs and other DPO's in the provision of
basic services.
- Advocate
and lobby for the recognition of the challenges faced by
children with disabilities and their families and help to
bring about positive change.
- Carry
out fundraising activities to enable the branch fulfill
its objectives.
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| Branch
Activities |
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- Mutual
support: In this activity parents give each other moral
support and share experiences about the welfare of their
disabled children.
- Child
care stimulation: The branch engages in training parents,
especially mothers, about how to stimulate their children
through play and simple mental and physical exercises.
- Relief
care: Mothers take it in turns to look after and play with
a group of disabled children. This enables them to have
time to attend to other matters.
- Projects:
Branch of ZPCDA run a number of income-generating projects
which include embroidery, tie-and-dye, peanut-butter making,
vegetable and fruit drying.
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| Sectors
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| Advocacy;
Children/Youth; Disabled |
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Powerlessness
and silence go together. We should use our positions not as a shelter from the
world's reality, but as a platform from which to speak. A voice is a gift. It
should be cherished and used.
~ Margaret
Atwood
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