Organization
National Union of Disability Organizations in Rwanda(NUDOR)
Rwanda's national umbrella of Disabled Persons' Organisations, established in 2010, advocating for responsive, inclusive laws and policies while coordinating economic empowerment, health access, and inclusive education for persons with a wide range of disabilities.
About
The National Union of Disability Organizations in Rwanda (NUDOR) was established on 17 September 2010 by eight founding DPOs to reflect the needs and interests of persons with disabilities in Rwanda. The organisation represents Rwandans with visual, hearing, physical, intellectual, psychosocial, and deafblind impairments, as well as persons with albinism and short stature, and is headquartered in Kigali's Kicukiro District.
What They Do
NUDOR operates across five strategic programmes: health access (facilitating accessible, quality healthcare), economic empowerment (Village Savings and Loan Groups, skills development), inclusive education (equitable access to schooling), research and advocacy (policy development and CRPD monitoring), and governance and organisational development (capacity-strengthening for member DPOs). NUDOR has educated over 32,000 persons on disability rights and supported over 12,000 health beneficiaries.
Who They Serve
NUDOR serves all Rwandans with disabilities through its member organisations, each focusing on a specific disability constituency. Programmes reach urban and rural communities across all provinces of Rwanda, with emphasis on women and girls with disabilities, youth employment, accessible health services, and the inclusion of persons with albinism — a group facing acute discrimination in the region.
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