Mission     

             Facilitating the unification, capacity building and efficient networking of Disability Organisations in Zambia as instruments of positive change in the lives of persons with disabilities and in their communities.

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Health

Persons with disabilities have the right to quality health and medical care. ADEPt will draw up cases from the following;

•   Non- quality services by health providers
•   Inaccessible heath care buildings
•   Forced medication/over dosage in persons with mental illnesses

•    Disability related harassment and negative attitude by medical personnel

• Promoting cooperation between disability associations and other organisations with similar objectives
• Carrying out and promoting research into the welfare of person with disabilities and publishing such research findings

Other Activities

Official Address:

P.O. Box 35295, Plot 6867, off Katima Mulilo Road along Chainama Road Olympia,  Lusaka, Zambia

Telephone: +260-211-294087; Fax: +260-211-294085; Cell: +260-978 960412

Legal Status

Zambia Federation of disability organizations (ZAFOD) was officially registered in 1995 and legally constituted as a national umbrella organisation for disability organisations in Zambia under Cap 551 of the Laws of Zambia as amended through Act No. 33 of 1996 as amended to Act No. 6 .2012.

Vision Statement

A society where persons with disabilities, enjoy equal rights and opportunities that are generally available in society and are necessary for the fundamental elements of living and development, including education, employment, health, housing, financial and personal security, family life, participation in social and political groups, religious activity, sports, access to public facilities, freedom of movement and the general style of daily living

ZAFOD Aim  

The main aim of ZAFOD is to promote the welfare of persons with disabilities.

• by co-ordinating and supporting activities of the member and supporter organisations of and for persons with disabilities in Zambia;
• by providing a forum for the free exchange of information, ideas and views amongst persons with disabilities as well as with the mainstream society;

•  by carrying out cross-disability programmes of practical action designed to promote full participation and equality of opportunities amongst persons with disabilities

Objectives

a. Awareness Raising:

To raise public awareness on the rights and abilities of persons with disabilities and exchange information, views, and ideas among disability organisations through various media of communication

b. Advocacy & Influence:

To advocate for legislative, policy measures and actions that would enable and empower persons with disabilities to enjoy their rights and achieve full-participation in the mainstream community affairs through capacity building, publicity and or litigation;

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