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NGO Little People of Kosova has been accredited to participate in the work of the Ad Hoc Committee of the UN's General Assembly on a drafting the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
Events in 2007
International Human Rights Day,
10 December 2007
“ October – Month of promotion to Professional Abilities of Persons with Disabilities"
DMD - Disability Mentoring Days
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NGOs partnership of multiethnic Voluntary Promotional Program – DMD creates new alliances and coalitions to promote new Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities with appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities Kosova wide.
Voluntary Promotional Program of DMD (Disability Mentoring Days) has made great progress to ensure that opportunities are accessible to everyone who is willing and able to work and to build on the progress of the fully integrate men and women with disabilities into all aspects of life without discrimination and keeps New Freedom Initiative - Americans’ idea that was implementing in Kosovo and it has helped expand access to technology, training, and education for citizens with disabilities.
Campaign “ October – DMD Month “ of professional abilities to persons with disabilities has an objective to fight against poverty, decrease unemployment, promoting increased access into daily community life and fight against the discrimination with which the persons with disabilities are faced everyday. Also, this campaign of DMD promotes the new Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its implementation in Kosovo. It is worth mentioning that Kosovo has also actively contributed its input in drafting the wording of its text.
The campaign ‘’October – DMD Month’’ is a New Freedom Initiative which started in the USA and its goal is to increase access to equal opportunities for employment for persons with disabilities so eliminating the barriers that prevent persons with disabilities from participating fully in community life.
We appeal to the Government, to Governments’ Institutions, to private business and craft workshops that during the DMD Month of October they offer this opportunity to persons with disabilities and provide promotional employment for one or several days in their institutions.
Persons with disabilities can provide their input and contribution to different areas. Persons with disabilities are faced more with the problem of unemployment and discrimination than other members of the society.
Campaign “ October – DMD Month” promotes:
- Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
- Protection the human rights of persons with disabilities
- Fight against poverty
- Non - discrimination.
We are grateful to our donors the US office in Prishtina, OSCE, the Ministry of Health and kind contributors to the Office of Good Governance and all partner NGOs, volunteers, people of good will who are supporting us in our mission to improve the lives of PWD and protect the Human Rights of PWD by creating a conducive environment for them to integrate in the society.
Donated by:
- USA Office Pristina
- OSCE - Mission in Kosovo,
In kind contribution by: Ministry of Health
Opening ceremony the campaign
05 October - Pristina
Press Conference
Disability Mentoring Day - DMD
17 October 2007, Pristina
Advisory Office of Good Governance and Role of Law invited Press Conference regarding Disability Mentoring Day – DMD.
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| Ms. Hiljmnijeta Apuk from NGO Little People of Kosova and Mr. Habit Hajredini Director of Advisory Office for Good Governance and Role of Law in Office of Prime Minister |
Ms. Melissa Stone representative from OSCE Mission in Kosovo pointed up that employment day for persons with disabilities should be every day and opportunity to be integrated in society. |
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| Mr. Halit Ferizi from NGO Hendikos |
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Closing ceremony of the campaign
“ October – Month of DMD -
Disability Mentoring Days to Professional Abilities of Persons with Disabilities”
31 October – Ferizaj
Mrs. Fazile Bungu, Director of NGO Hendifer – Ferizaj and coordinator of Voluntary Promotional Program DMD and the campaign October – Month of DMD organized the Performance as a main event of closing ceremony. Young persons with disabilities prepared and acted the performance.
50th Anniversary to Little People of America
International Visual Art Exhibition of Persons with Disabilities,
01 – 06 July 2007, Seattle – USA
Little People of Kosovo participated to visual art exhibition in Seattle – USA in July 2007 year during 50th Anniversary to Little People of America.
Valuable artworks of talented artist Ms. Hiljmnijeta Apuk promoted the goals of new Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities pointed to human rights of women and girls w
ith disabilities and respect to their diversity, dignity, integrity and access to information.
Arts promote the important contributions of artists with disabilities to the cultural community and develop promotion of new Convention. Role models of persons with disabilities in the arts are essential for young and emerging artists who are performing artists developing their skills and aspiring to career success.
" My disability and human rights experiences have essentially shaped my creative self and I acknowledge this to others.” - Hiljmnijeta Apuk has said.
Supported by:
Ministry of Sport, Culture and Youth of Kosova
Post and Telecommunications of Kosovo - PTK
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International Children Day 1st of Jun 2007 by point to children with disabilities
President Dr. Fatmir Sejdiu met six Ambassadors children with disabilities and they handed over to President of Kosova credential letters with messages towards goals of Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
Kosovo Week of DMD on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
23 - 27 April 2007
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Opening ceremony
of Kosovo Week to the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on the 23rd of April was organized by PTK Promotion of an extraordinary edition of postage stamps as a special philatelic edition and the first of all by the world that promotes the Convention of on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which makes this series rare and special and at the same time it is Kosovo's ambassador of human rights.
Occasionally to opening the Kosovo Week to the Rights pf Persons with Disabilities on the 23rd April, Ms. Hilmnijeta Apuk, Human Rights Expert of persons with disabilities a member of Ad Hoc Committee of the UN, Manager of NGO Little People of Kosova and coordinator of Program DMD spoke next:
Congratulations, to Kosovo for the promotion of an extraordinary edition of postage stamps titled "Promotion of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities as part of Multiethnic Voluntary Promotional Program of DMD".
Thank to PTK, Ministry of Telecommunication, UNMIK who have supported thus initiative of NGO Little People of Kosova that is the first time all over the world that Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is promoted this way, which makes this series rare and special. The Convention was ratified in 84 states of the United Nations.
Today, Kosovo contributes to the philately filed of world and agenda of human rights. This promotion also opens “DMD Kosovo Week to the Rights of Persons with Disabilities” which is part of the multi-ethnic Voluntary Promotional Program of DMD (Disability Mentoring Days). This activity will last until 27th April, and will promote the main goals of the Convention based on the respect for dignity, equality, non-discrimination etc. We want to verify that we can be a creative part of our society.
We want to use this opportunity to express our great appreciation to US Office Pristina for funding the Program DMD and for their support to overcome barriers and make equal opportunities for persons with disabilities.
We also thank our friends in America for supporting us by their experiences towards the Universal Design and we are going to use it in Kosovo through the DMD program" - said Ms. Hiljmnijeta Apuk. .
Brochures anent the campaign
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Recommendations from round tables those were organized Kosovo wide during Week to the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 23 – 27 April.
At dawn of 21st century, we still face discrimination on a daily basis
· We face discrimination and prejudice on a daily basis and in all fields of life
· We do not enjoy equal access to education, suffer high unemployment rates and often live on a low income
· We cannot move around freely, go to work, to a restaurant, to theatres, cinemas, libraries, shopping, meet friends, or any other daily activity, due to inaccessible public transport and environment infrastructure
· We must mobilize to strengthen non-discrimination legislative measures until the full integration of disabled persons in society will become a reality.
· Multiethnic Voluntary Promotional Program DMD is New Free Initiative in Kosovo and it is just an ideal action for us to make legislative towards the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
International Women’s Day, 8th of March 2007
The Performance as a main event of the campaign “International Woman’s Day”
This event gathered youth, persons with disabilities, representatives of local and international institutions, in order to promote jointly the human rights, equality and non – discrimination with a special emphasis on the respect for human diversity by gender, race, mental or physical disabilities, age, ethnic origin, nationality or any other status.
Campaign
Valentines' Day
February 2007
the main event of the campaign “St. Valentine” as a part of the Multiethnic Promotional Voluntary Program DMD was Round Table on the Topic: Implementation of »universal design« principles in the development of standards and guidelines on accessibility of public facilities and services aimed at ensuring non-discrimination of persons with disabilities in Kosovo, as one of the objectives of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
This event gathered persons with disabilities, representatives of local and international institutions, as well private sector representatives, in order to promote jointly the respect of dignity and human rights contained in the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, with a special emphasis on the “Universal Design” for accessibility and available Kosovo legislation in this field of activity.
ON LINE EDITION
"Newspaper on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities of Kosova" , No. 11
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"Newspaper on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities of Kosova" , No. 10
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