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| Name: | Ability-in-Disability Initiative |
| Street 1: | Blk 9 Flt 2, Onoh Qtrs., GRA |
| Street 2: | P. O. Box 3665 |
| City: | Enugu |
| Province: | Enugu State |
| Post Code: | 400001 |
| Country: | Nigeria |
| Phone: | +234 803 668 1133 |
| Organization Email: | talk2frnds@yahoo.com |
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General Information | |
| Board Constituency: | Developing Country NGO |
| Is your organization legally registered in your country: | Yes |
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| Organization Type - Primary: | Non-Governmental Organization |
| Organization Type - Secondary: | Other Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) |
| Organization Description: | |
| Ability-in-Disability Initiative is a tax-exempt, non-profit, non-political, non-religious, and non-governmental, charitable organization. It was established and incorporated in Nigeria on the 14th day of June, 2007 under Part “C” of the Companies and Allied Matters Act 1990, Cap. C20, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004. In addition, it is a duly recognized Rotary Community Corps organization of the Rotary International, and a licensed JSTOR International Participant. The major activities addressed by the organization include: a. Promoting children’s welfare and combating all forms of child abuse and molestations; b. Combating hunger, poverty, corruption, and diseases such as HIV/AIDS, TB, Malaria, and et cetera; c. Promoting education and skills acquisition, women empowerment and gender equality, computer literacy and ICT awareness, peace-building and fundamental rights; d. Promoting accelerated community development, and environmental protection; and e. Fostering the development of all useful hidden talents, abilities and creative powers amongst disabled people of all kinds. It responds to these concerns through networking, collaboration and consensus building, education and awareness rising, advocacy, the providing of direct services on a not-for-profit basis, mentoring, training and leadership development workshops, the providing of legal, financial and psychological support for the needy, poor, vulnerable and most-at-risk people who would not have had any cause to smile but for our intervention. Our mission is to build peace, promote environment friendliness, cultivate healthy lifestyles, gender equality, enlightened and inclusive society where ignorance, poverty, corruption and violence are history, and where the rights of all are respected, protected and upheld. |
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Specializations / Areas of Work | |
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Advocacy Delivery of health services and care |
Other Organization Information | |
| Total number of staff in your organization: | 6 - 10 |
| Number of full-time staff who are directly involved with TB: | 6 - 10 |
| Number of part-time staff who are directly involved with TB: | 6 - 10 |
| Number of volunteers who are directly involved with TB: | 100 + |
| How did you hear about the Stop TB Partnership: | Internet search |
| If you were informed or referred by another partner of the Stop TB Partnership please tell us who: | |
| Why do you wish join the Stop TB Partnership: | Network with other partners |
| Are you a member of a Stop TB national partnership: | Nigeria |
| Are you in contact with your national TB programme: | Yes |
| Please tell us how your organization is contributing to your country's national TB control plan: | |
| Ability-in-Disability Initiative is contributing to Nigeria's National TB Control Plan through networking, collaboration and consensus building, education and awareness rising, advocacy, the providing of direct services on a not-for-profit basis, mentoring, training and leadership development workshops, the providing of legal, financial and psychological support for the needy, poor, vulnerable and most-at-risk people who would not have had any cause to smile but for its intervention. | |
Geographical Reach | |
| Which country is your headquarters located in: | Nigeria |
| Which countries do you do operate in: (This includes countries you are conducting activities in) |
Nigeria |
Contribution | |
| Please tell us how your organization will contribute to the Global Plan to Stop TB by briefly describing its involvement in any of the areas of work listed below: | |
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TB Care Delivery: Advocacy, communications and social mobilization TB-HIV: Advocacy, communications and social mobilization |
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Declaration | |
| Declaration of interests: Not Applicable | |
| Application date: | January 10, 2015 |
| Last updated: | February 13, 2015 |