•    The island of San Andres has been included in the Nodo Caribe Regional
•    From now on, to ensure that disabled people receive aid and support they must belong to organizations at regional level representing disabled people.

After participating in national forums on the issue and announcing that the islands are included in the Nodo Caribe Regional, the Departmental Committee of Disabled held this week a socialization workshop for the formation of organizations representing disabled people in the island of San Andres.

Next Step SAI, One Visión and ASCOPAR attended and an aid for legalization procedures with the DIAN and the Chamber of Commerce of the new foundation seeking to represent people with hearing impairment was agreed.

The exercise, led by the representative and spokesperson of the disabled people, Wilmer Antonio Hooker Thyme, helped in sharing Information of the  Community Based Rehabilitation, which from joint vision of the World Health Organization (OMS), the International Labor Organization (OIT) and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), is a strategy that takes place within the development of the community for rehabilitation, equal opportunities, poverty reduction and social inclusion of the disabled people.

“The idea is to include disabled people and have them join this node since from  now, no aid or support will be given to people individually, but should be organized in foundations or groups encharge of representing people with physical, visual, auditory or cognitive disability”, as stated by Hooker Thyme during the meeting.


PRESS AND COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE