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ZAFOD Secretarial Staff
:
| Felix Simulunga | Federal Director | M | Physically disabled |
| Paradious Sakala | Programmes Manager | M | Able bodied |
| Wamundila Waliuya | Project Manager - Human Rights | M | Blind |
| Moses Chanda | Project Officer - HIV/AIDS | M | Partially sighted |
| Diana Bulanda | Caseworker/Paralegal Officer | F | Able bodied |
| Sharon Bwalya | Finance Officer | F | Able bodied |
| Milika Sakala | Information & Monitoring Officer | F | Able bodied |
| Matilda Tembo | Administrative Secretary/Information and Monitoring Officer | F | Able bodied |
| Raphael Maseko | Utility Driver | M | Able bodied |
| Moses Chapa | Personal Assistant | M | Able bodied |
| Beatrice Mbewe | Office Assistant | F | Able bodied |
| Fackson Tembo | Security Officer/Caretaker | M | Able bodied |
ZAFOD Governing Body:
| John K. Miyato | President | M | Hard of hearing |
| Douglas Makusa | Vice President | M | Physically disabled |
| Sarah Bretherton | National Secretary | F | Physically disabled |
| Simate Simate | National Treasurer | M | Hard of hearing |
| John Mukopola | Chairperson - Parents Committee | M | Able bodied |
| Pascalina Nkole | Chairperson - Women's Committee | F | Blind |
| Not yet selected | Chairperson - Youth Committee | F | |
| Astridah Kunda | Committee Member | F | Able bodied |
| Kapansa Simate | Committee Member | F | Deaf |
| Chimwasu Charles | Committee Member | M | Able bodied |
| Beatrice Inambao | Committee Member | F | Physically dissabled |
| Not yet selected | Legal Adviser | F | |
| Felix Sumulunga | Ex-Officio | M | Physically disabled |
ZAFOD References:
| Mr. Alexander Phiri, Secretary General Southern Africa Federation of the Disabled Bulawayo, Zimbabwe Tel: 263-9-69356; 263-9-65701 Website: www.safod.org Email: info@safod.org |
Mr. S. D. Manda, Director General Zambia Agency for Persons with Disabilities Leopards Hill Road, Kabulonga, Lusaka, Zambia Tel: 260-211-261051 |
ZAFOD Membership:
ZAFOD membership consists of 11 organisations of/for persons with disabilities namely:
- Zambia National Association of the Deaf (ZNAD)
- Zambia National Association of the Partially Sighted (ZNAPS)
- Zambia Association for Children & Adults with Learning Disabilities (ZACALD)
- Zambia National Association of Disabled Women (ZNADWO)
- Zambia National Association of the Physically Disabled People (ZNAPD)
- Zambia National Association of the Hearing Impaired (ZNAHI)
- New Foundation of the Blind in Zambia (NEFOBZA)
- Parents Partnership Association for Children with Special Needs (PPACSN)
- Zambia Association on Employment for Persons with Disabilities (ZAEPD)
- Zambia Association of Parents for Children with Disabilities (ZAPCD)
- Zambia National Association of Sign Language Interpreters (ZNASLI)
ZAFOD Affiliations:
ZAFOD is in turn affiliated to the Southern Africa Federation of the Disabled (SAFOD) based in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. In return, SAFOD is affiliated to the Pan Africa Federation of the Disabled (PAFOD), an umbrella organization for 5 African sub-regions of Eastern, Western, Northern, Central and Southern Africa.
In Zambia, ZAFOD is a member of the Zambia National AIDS Network (ZNAN), Forum Syd Zambia network and also has representation on a number of other fora including the National Constitutional Conference (NCC), National AIDS Council (NAC), National Trust for the Disabled (NTD) and Technical Committees on Disability under Ministry of Community Development and Social Services (MCDSS) as well as the Zambia Agency for Persons with Disabilities (ZAPD).
ZAFOD Achievements:
ZAFOD has since its inception in 1990, scored several achievements some of which include the following:
- It has been established and recognized as a functional umbrella and representative body of persons with disabilities in Zambia;
- It has played an instrumental role in policy and legal framework formulation on disability issues e.g. Pwds Act No. 33 of 1996, FNDP;
- It has increasingly taken centre stage in issues of self-representation by persons with disabilities e.g. Constitutional Review process;
- It has increased public awareness on disability issues through workshops, seminars, meetings as well as the media;
- It has provided loans to persons with disabilities which have enabled some of them to earn an income and live an independent lifestyle;
- Gender sensitivity has improved & the number of women with disabilities participating in developmental activities has increased.
ZAFOD Funders:
- Forum Syd
- World Bank (WB)
- Abilis Foundation
- European Union (EU)
- Sintef Health Research
- Power International (PI)
- Power4good Ireland (P4G)
- American Institutes for Research (AIR)
- Zambia National AIDS Network (ZNAN)
- International Labour Organisation (ILO)
- Norwegian Federation of the Disabled (FFO)
- Action on Disability and Development (ADD)
- Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
- Zambia Agency for Persons with Disabilities (ZAPD)
- Southern Africa Federation of the Disabled (SAFOD)
- International Foundation on Electoral Systems (IFES)
- Ministry of Community Development & Social Services (MCDSS)
- Finnish Disabled Peoples International Dev. Association (FIDIDA)
