Umwad Project
Umwad ("progress" in Ilonggo) project aims to increase the capacities of Disabled Peoples Organization (DPO) so that DPO and persons with disabilities (PWD) can become integral actors in local development.
Disaster Risks Reduction (DRR) Project
To reduce the vulnerability of persons with disabilities to natural hazards by enhancing their participation and inclusion in Disaster Risk Management (DRM) activities, the project aims to increase the capacities of key Disaster Risks Management stakeholders of Philippines and Indonesia (local authorities, local NGO and International NGO) in mainstreaming disability in their activities.
Diabetes and Cardiovascular Diseases (CVD)
To prevent disabilities due to diabetes and CVD through implementation of an integrated risks management and local stakeholders actions coordination.
Freedom Technology Wheelchair Foundation Inc.(FTWFI)
is the only production centre in the Philippines that fabricates wheelchairs in accordance to the guidelines of the World Health Organization. FTWFI ensures that the wheelchairs meet the user's individual needs and environmental conditions, provide postural support, are safe and durable.
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Wound Care Kit is a set of basic wound care instruments and initial consumables which will be used to care for patients with acute and chronicle wounds

 

 

 

Medical Nutrition Therapy Kit is a tool for Nutritionist-Dieticians in the conduct of nutrition education and counseling for persons with diabetes and other cardiovascular diseases risks such as hypertension and hypercholesterolemia. The models in this kit are food common in the Philippines including the durian.

 

 

  
Disaster Risks Management

Disability

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“Asia-Pacific Development Centre on Disability” is a regional centre on disability and development established as a legacy of the Asia and Pacific Decade of Disabled Persons, 1993-2002. APCD has been endorsed by the UNESCAP as a regional cooperative base for its Biwako Millennium Framework for an inclusive society in the Asian and Pacific Decade of Disabled Persons, 2003-2012.

 

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