Advancing Disability Rights and Inclusion in Sudan.
We stand with persons with disabilities as rights holders, leaders and changemakers, working for a Sudan where everyone can live with dignity, equal opportunity and full participation.
A Voice for Disability Rights and Inclusion.
Who we are
Disability Rights and Inclusion Organization (DRI) is a Sudanese civil society organization established on 3 February 2022 in Khartoum, Sudan, with a commitment to advancing the rights, dignity, inclusion, and meaningful participation of persons with disabilities. DRI was founded in response to the persistent discrimination, exclusion, and social, institutional, economic, and physical barriers faced by persons with disabilities in Sudan. Our work particularly seeks to reach people living in rural, underserved, displaced, and conflict-affected communities.
We place persons with disabilities at the center of our work—as rights holders, leaders, advocates, and active participants in shaping the decisions, policies, and programs that affect their lives.
An inclusive and accessible Sudan where persons with disabilities enjoy equal rights, dignity, opportunities and full participation.
To promote disability rights and inclusion through advocacy, empowerment, accessible services and meaningful participation in humanitarian, development, peacebuilding and decision-making processes.
Our Programs
Our programs respond to the real barriers persons with disabilities face in Sudan. Together, they work towards one goal: a country where disability is never a reason for exclusion.
Who We Serve
DRI works with persons with disabilities of all ages and all types of impairment, including physical, sensory, intellectual and psychosocial disabilities, together with their families, caregivers and communities. We give particular priority to people who are hardest to reach:
- Persons with disabilities in rural and underserved communities
- Internally displaced persons and refugees with disabilities
- Communities affected by conflict and insecurity
- Women, girls, children and older persons with disabilities
Why Disability Inclusion Matters?
The World Health Organization estimates that around 1.3 billion people, about one in six people worldwide, live with a significant disability. In Sudan, years of conflict, displacement and limited services have deepened the barriers persons with disabilities face, and the ongoing crisis has created new disabilities and new risks every day.
When persons with disabilities are excluded, whole communities lose their skills, ideas and contributions. When they are included, families grow stronger, economies grow fairer and peace becomes more lasting. That is why DRI works to make sure no one in Sudan is left behind because of disability.
Your gift helps us reach persons with disabilities in displaced and conflict-affected communities with protection, services and opportunities.
We welcome partnerships with UN agencies, international and national NGOs, donors, government bodies and the private sector to advance disability-inclusive programming.
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