NCPD UPDATES THE ORGANISATIONS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES ON THE STATUS OF THE DISABILITY MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM

Today National Council of Persons with Disabilities conducts a technical workshop with the partners, the workshop focuses on the outcomes of the Disability Management Information System pilot that took place in Gasabo District in September 2022, whereby the data were collected through Washington group question so that persons with Disabilities were identified according to the limitations, difficult and barriers persons with Disabilities are facing in life. In his opening remarks, Mrs. Emmanuel Ndayisaba Executive Secretary of the National Council of Persons with Disability said that Disability Management Information System will be the tool to identify all Persons with Disabilities in Rwanda, link to other databases including social support, individual check of information profile & degree, Mapping of Local of Organisation Persons with Disabilities and registry link of Identification. The registration countrywide will start soon