In collaboration with the Atlas Alliance and the Norwegian Association of Disabled (NAD), the Norwegian Nurses Organization (NNO) organized for a training for the 2 partner unions 1, Rwanda Nurses and Midwives Union (RNMU) 2, National Organization of Nurses and Midwives of Malawi (NONM) and other 2 nursing organization (Tanzania and Zimbabwe).
The training took place from the 13th -17th November 2023 and the purpose was for increasing the knowledge:
- Of the situation of persons with disabilities globally
- Of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of persons with disabilities (UNRD)
- On the barriers to inclusion and what hinders participation
- On how to create disability inclusive programmes
The training participants were political leaders and the implementers of the union partners meaning, for RNMU, it was the president, the secretary general, the public relations officer and 2 coordinators.
The training created an insight on disability inclusion principles and the cycle which is considerate on the policy, situation analysis, implementation/monitoring and Evaluation. Since every living human being is a candidate to disability, it should be everyone’s mandate/responsibility to protect the rights of persons with disability at all levels of the community. It is important to intentionally involve persons with disabilities (PWD) in every activity concerning them as the saying goes “Nothing about us without us”. The community should create a platform for sharing information with PWD, consulting them, joint planning with them, letting them take decision and empowering
The trainees were engaged in different role plays in order to understand the concept of disability inclusion and the challenges the PWD face in the everyday life.
Participants also visited one of the referral hospitals in Dar es Salaam to observe the disability inclusion state and the challenges that PWD face as they go to seek to healthcare. In cases where, there is no universal or accessible approach to consider the persons with disability, then there should be “reasonable accommodation “an alteration of environment, curriculum format, or equipment that allows a person with disability to gain access to content and/or complete assigned tasks and enjoy their rights.
At the end of the 4 days training, participants were also given certificate because they had done a pre-test and post-test in order to show the knowledge acquired during the training.
MR Gerard Ruragwa , the RNMU Secretary General receiving his certificate
Mr Mujnyankiko Jean Damscene, the RNMU Southern province coordinator receiving his certificate
Mr Harerimana Leodomir the RNMU Western province coordinator receiving his certificate
