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Partners and Contacts Breaking down Barriers

Breaking down Barriers 1.0 ran from 2015 until 2020 and focused on effective disability advocacy. We worked in close cooperation with the African Studies Centre (Leiden University). Breaking down Barriers 2.0 will run up to 2025 and aims to offer useful and actionable evidence on disability inclusive development.

Partners

  • Liliane Fonds

    Liliane Fonds contributes to a world that is open to everyone and in which poor children with disabilities can develop and use all their talents. It cooperates with local partners in Africa, Asia and Latin America.

  • Radboud University

    ‘You have a part to play’ is the slogan of Radboud University, a leading Dutch university which strives for academic excellence and societal relevance. Breaking down Barriers partners with the Gender & Diversity group which specializes in issues of inclusion.

  • One Family People

    One Family People is a local human rights organisation in Sierra Leone striving for a transformed continent where people with disabilities – from children to adults, men and women – participate equally in every day life.

  • The Cameroon Baptist Convention Health Services

    The Cameroon Baptist Convention Health Services (CBCHS) offers services ranging from village primary health care to specialized hospital based care and social services. CBCHS also coordinates two disability programmes for inclusion of people with disabilities.

  • Cheshire Homes Society of Zambia

    Cheshire Homes Society of Zambia (CHSZ) aims to improve the quality of life of persons with disabilities by campaigning for the removal of all forms of barriers that hinder them from achieving their fullest potential.

Contact persons

  • Willem Elbers

    Dr. Willem Elbers

    Radboud University
    Project roles: supervising research, ensuring academic quality, synthesizing findings
    Expertise: Advocacy, Development NGOs, Civil Society, International Development, Partnerships
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  • Dianne van Oosterhout

    Liliane Fonds
    Project roles: management, facilitating learning and capacity building initiatives, research support
    Expertise: : PMEL, disability inclusive development, research, medical anthropology, public health, access to justice
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  • Hadiatou Diallo

    Hadiatou Diallo

    One Family People
    Project roles: resource person, co-organizing learning events, research support
    Expertise: Advocacy, Outreach, Conflict Resolution, Mediation, Asset Building
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  • Glory Tchiaze

    Glory Tchiaze

    The Cameroon Baptist Convention Health Services
    Project roles: resource person, co-organizing learning events, research support
    Expertise: Management, Disability, Capacity Development
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  • Kamima Ng'uni

    Kamima Ng'uni

    Cheshire Homes Society of Zambia
    Project roles: resource person, co-organizing learning events, research support
    Expertise: Disability, Programme Planning, Public Health, Physical Therapy
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  • Dr Aisha Ibrahim

    Dr. Aisha Ibrahim

    Institute for Gender Research and Documentation (Fourah Bay College)
    Project roles: supervising and contextualising research, ensuring academic quality
    Expertise: Gender Equality and Social Inclusion, Scholar Research, Advocacy, Feminism
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  • Valentine Banfegha Ngalim

    Valentine Banfegha Ngalim

    Associate Professor at University of Bamenda
    Project roles: supervising and contextualising research, ensuring academic quality
    Expertise: Philosophy of Education, equity and inclusive pedagogy, democratic conception of education, critical pedagogy, indigenous education, philosophy of Early-Childhood education and teacher education.
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  • Thomas Mtonga

    Thomas Mtonga

    Department of Educational Psychology, Sociology and Special Education (University of Zambia)
    Project roles: supervising and contextualising research, ensuring academic quality
    Expertise: Disability, Special and Inclusive Education, International Human Rights Law Advocate
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