About
AGHR Rwanda is the first Organization of Persons with Disabilities (OPD), established on 30 December 1979 to advance rights, promote inclusion, and improve the socio-economic living conditions of persons with disabilities through awareness, engagement, empowerment and advocacy. Since 2010, AGHR Rwanda has focused specifically on persons with physical disabilities: children, youth, girls, women, adults, and older persons nationwide.AGHR Rwanda is registered with the Rwanda Governance Board (RGB) under Ref. No. 114/07.
Mission. Organizing persons with physical disabilities as a united voice likely to bring social and economic positive change and to improve their living conditions.
Focus areas
- Disability inclusion
Activities and approach
Approaches
- Community mobilisation
- Training and capacity strengthening
- Advocacy and campaigning
- Policy influencing
- Convening and networking
Capabilities
- Local implementation
- Community access and relationships
- Policy and advocacy
- Training and capacity strengthening
- Grant management
- Consortium membership
Populations served
- Children
- Adolescents and young people
- Women and girls
- People with disabilities
Support sought
- Grants
- Partnerships
- Project or programme funding
- Introductions and network access
- Funding opportunities
- Advocacy partners
- Technical assistance
- Capacity strengthening
Readiness and evidence
2 evidence-supported areas
Readiness reflects VICO's review of evidence the organisation has supplied. It is not a compatibility score, and evidence documents are not public.