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About Us

The National Disability Council was established by an Act of Parliament, Act No 26 of 2004 aiming at uplifting the livelihood of People with Disabilities in the Republic of Namibia. This is thus to be achieved through the creation of equal opportunities in education, training, recreational facilities and socio-economic development for People with Disabilities. Disability is not a Health issue but rather classified modernly as a major human rights issue. As provided for under Section 21 (b) of the National Disability Council, No 26 of 2004 an annual report has to be submitted annually to the Minister responsible for rehabilitation to assist him/her in planning, forecasting and to analyze potential activities of the Council.

The leverage of Disability movement is to equate society with all principles that relates to equalization of distributed social goods, opportunities, vocational education facilities, training and development as well as inclusion in society. The focus is on the creation of awareness raising programs that will publicize the activities of the Council, its mandate, functions, composition, and powers. The Council was further created to strengthen the implementation of programs and activities earmarked to benefit People with Disabilities in our Country. It is also tasked and fully mandated to monitor and evaluate the implementation of the National Policy on Disability which was adopted by the National Assembly of the Republic of Namibia in July of 1997.Some of the major challenges facing People with Disabilities in Namibia are accessibility to buildings, transport facilities, and inclusion into socio-economic activities which the Council is tasked to address the soonest. It is on these auspices that our focus should be on key core functional areas of concern that will address specific issues related to disability such as the removal and or identification of barriers that hinders the overall inclusion of people with disabilities in socio-economic activities.

Lastly People with Disabilities should not be declassified since they are only limited to have access to confined basic services, but they have a brain, a heart, a mind and all biological organs that all human beings have. This refers us to understanding that People with Disabilities can and are resourceful in achieving socio-economic and political potentials of the Republic of Namibia.

“Disability is not inability”