Fikremariam Tesfaye
15 December 2008
Addis Ababa — The International Day of People Living With Disabilities was celebrated on Friday at the Entoto Amba Secondary School in Addis where stigma, discrimination, and violation of rights of people living with disabilities were condemned.
The UN day of People living with Disabilities held in collaboration with Right To Play (RTP), Gulele Sub-city, Dir Foundation and CARDOS Ethiopia at the said school targetted promoting gender equality to children and the youth, as well as demonstrating fair play and inclusion of disadvantageous groups of societies.
The day was commemorated under the theme "Dignity justice all of us" with more than two thousand children and youth taking part and five nearby schools joining the celebration.
The event also served as a podium to advocate the participation of girls and people living with disabilities not only in education, but as well in sports and play programs in an effort to integrate more elements into their social lives, according to Melaku Tekola, Communications Coordinator representing an international NGO named Right To Play (RTP) that works at awareness creation concerning disability by arranging sport activities and competion events.
RTP is an athlete-driven, international humanitarian organization that uses sport and play as a tool for development of children and youth in the most disadvantaged areas of the world.
RTP began implementing the programs in Ethiopia since 2005. The project started by international volunteers in few sub cities in Addis Ababa. Now it works in about ten more sub cities in Addis Ababa with other local partner organizations and a network of 307 coaches who reach over 12,100 children with RTP sport and play programs. RTP has projects in more than 22 countries in Africa, Asia and the Middle-East.
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