Concerning the non-achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by most countries of the global south, much has been said and so much more left unsaid. But if there is one thing that has so often been ignored by policy makers, politicians and all those in charge of implementing policies read more

I recently just got back from a trip back in my remote home province where my mother came from in the village of new Mandra, a home of indigenous Kiribati people to whom migrated by the order of queen Elizabeth 2 during the late nineteen fifties during the colonial days, but the very same spot that read more

By 2007 Action Partner Gibril Cessay

World Disability Day was set aside by the United Nations General Assembly in 1981 aimed at creating awareness on disability issues, applauding the potentials of persons with disabilities and disability rights.

Globally, almost read more

For most of my life, I have felt that I was living incompletely in two different worlds. One where I was uncomfortably defined only by my disability, and the other where I didn’t fully accept it and often felt like an outsider in the disabled community. Throughout my life, but particularly in the read more

As one of 600 million people living with a disability, I am often asked, “what is it like?”
I find it difficult to answer this question, as to me, that’s no different from asking “what’s it like to have freckles?” or “what’s it like to be tall?” To me, being disabled is definitely read more

All Oxfam Staff, Action Partners, M&Ms and fellow Facilitators,

Thanks for making the OIYP so successful! It has been such a wonderful experience that I can still feel the love and emotions around me. Your words of inspiration, love and encouragement which I can never forget. Even though read more