The rights of people with disabilities

© Tim Dirven

Handicap International will continue working in close partnership with the LDPA (Lao Disabled People’s Association). Since 2010, the organisational support given to the LDPA has been concentrated on developing a national network of village committees for the rights of people with disabilities to promote the integration of people with disabilities into society. Another important issue on which Handicap International and the LDPA have jointly been working is the improvement of access to work for people with disabilities. The job centre, created in conjunction with the LDPA in 2009, is now fully functional, as is the support centre for helping people with disabilities who have found work.