12. Self-Help Organisations

People with disabilities have rights and opportunities like other citizens participating in mainstream development, through development of self-help groups.

Capacity building for people with disabilities and their families through self-help groups, so that they can participate in mainstream development in society.

1. To promote participation of people with disabilities in mainstream development.
2. People with disabilities benefit from self-help groups through participation.
3. To set up a working group of self-help groups which have the involvement of NGOs working in the community.
4. To strengthen collaboration between self-help group NGOs working in the community, and government institutions.
5. To develop training programmes such as leadership training, management, and self-help group formation at community level.
6. To support and strengthen the membership of self-help groups of people with disabilities through capacity building.