Project

Description

Making Space for Disability

Motivation India is an independent charitable trust and part of the global organisation, Motivation Charitable Trust, registered in the UK, an organisation with over 30 years’ experience of changing the lives of people with disabilities in less resourced settings. Since its inception in India in 2011, Motivation India has provided more than 26,000 wheelchairs through 19 clinics and 50 outreach partner organisations and trained rehabilitation professionals in 24 states across India and in neighbouring countries Nepal, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. Motivation India envisions a world in which people with disabilities are included and fully participate in all aspects of life. While, Wheelchair provision is at the heart of our work—we use a 5 P approach in generating impact: People, Provision, Products, Personnel, and Policy. Through our initiatives we’re trying to bridge the gap of access to opportunities and right to mobility one step at a time! You can be a part of change too, come support us and make space for disability. 1. Wheelchair Ecosystem Development (Swathantrata) Appropriate wheelchairs are essential for the health and wellbeing of people with mobility impairments to deliver fundamental freedom and equal opportunities. We work with partners to train clinical and partner staff to set up clinics and provide appropriate wheelchairs to meet the needs of their users following WHO Standards. 2. Inclusive Sports (BreaktheBias) Motivation’s sporting programme aims to improve sport inclusion in the community by showcasing and cultivating what disabled people are able to do versus the frequent perspective of disabled people and what they are unable to do. 3. Peer Training Motivation peer training is designed to provide essential mentoring and support to wheelchair users by wheelchair users. Motivation Peer Trainers (MPT) are experienced, and active wheelchair users who pass on wheelchair handling skills, information and advice to others who have recently become disabled or who have not had access to rehabilitation services. 4. Parent Carer Training Caregivers come together to build their understanding of their child’s rights, health and early development, and create long-term support networks that improve their child’s care and inclusion in their family and community. 5. Disability Inclusion Training This training helps partners to understand how best to include disabled people in their mainstream interventions in a way which promotes and prioritises the dignity and empowerment of disabled people, but also helps a community to understand how to include disabled people in every aspect of community life. Your contribution can help us in various ways to #makespacefordisability for people with disabilities across India!