The Zero Project Conference (ZeroCon), is an annual conference that brings together stakeholders from around the world to discuss topics on disability inclusion, this year’s conference was held in Vienna, Austria by the United Nations. This year, Ganesh Singh, Programme…
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Climate Resilient Actions for Food Security for Persons with Disabilities -The 7th Operational Phase of the GEF Small Grant Programme
The Guyana Council of Organisations for Persons with Disabilities, with funding from UNDP through the 7th Operational Phase of the GEF Small Grant Programme, commenced its “Climate -Resilient Actions for Food Security for Persons with Disabilities (CRAFS for PWDs)” programme.…
Disabled Person or Person with a Disability? – Promoting Rights Based Language
Has anyone ever called you a word that made you feel inadequate or made you feel as though something was wrong with you? We may not often think of how language influences the way we think or perceive things around…
GEF Shade-house Cultivation Training for Persons with Disabilities
Women with Disabilities Conference on Gender-Based Violence
Collaborator: Spotlight Initiative Facilitator: Marlon Agrippa – Representative from Shades of the Skies Speakers: Rosemarie Ramitt – Coordinator of the Women with Disabilities Network of GCOPD Ganesh Singh – GCOPD Programme Manager Alikah Doris – Representative from UN Women Dena…
National Youth with Disabilities Conference 2023
Sponsor: United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Collaborator: International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) Chair: Rosemarie Ramitt - Coordinator of GCOPD’s Women with Disabilities Network Speakers: Ganesh Singh – GCOPD Programme Manager Danielle Anthony – IFES Senior Programme Officer…
GCOPD and ExxonMobil Guyana Orientation and Mobility Phase 2 Programme Launch
On November 17th, 2023, the Guyana Council on Persons with Disability (GCOPD) in collaboration with ExxonMobil launched the Orientation and Mobility Phase 2 Programme, aimed at enhancing the self-reliance and independence of persons with visual impairment through mobility training. The…
Skills Training for Persons with Disabilities
In September 2023, approximately 45 persons with disabilities from across the country were given training in areas such as plumbing, social media marketing, sign language, etc. The training course was supported by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) through the…
Computer Literacy Skills for Persons who are Blind/ Visually Impaired
GCOPD, in collaboration with the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM), and organized by the Ministry of Human Services and Social Security, launched a computer literacy training program to allow persons who are blind or visually impaired to be able…
Conference of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (16th Session)
The 16th Conference of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) was held at the UN Headquarters in New York from June 13 to 15, 2023. This three-day conference brought together hundreds of government…