Membership
As a national umbrella, GFD currently has nine national member-Organisations of Persons with Disabilities. The member organisations are autonomous and work to address their specific disabilities related issues whilst GFD works on general/cross-cutting disability-related matters.
Aside from the nine-member organisations, GFD also works with other disability groups who are not yet organised as associations and affiliate organisations.
- Centre for Employment of Persons with Disabilities
- Special Mother’s Project
- Disability Not Inability Foundation
We work with persons with deaf-blindness, persons with leprosy and Little People. We also work with parents of children with special needs such as autism and cerebral palsy.
- Ghana Blind Union (GBU)
- an organization seeking to address issues of concerns to blind and partially sighted persons.
- Ghana Society of the Physically Disabled (GSPD)
An organization dealing with issues affecting persons with physical disabilities.
- Ghana National Association of the Deaf (GNAD)
This member organisation advocates for effective participation and inclusion of the persons who are deaf and hard of hearing.
- Inclusion Ghana (IG)
A group that work to ensure full enjoyment of the rights and promoting of the wellbeing of persons with intellectual and development disabilities.
- Mental Health Society of Ghana (MEHSOG)
Advocates inclusive and friendly society for persons with psychosocial disabilities. These include persons with mental health conditions and survivors and users of psychiatry.
- Ghana Association of Persons with Albinism (GAPA)
An organization which focuses on issues affecting persons with albinism. Their work includes advocating to end stigma and discrimination against persons with albinism.
- Share Care Ghana
An organization advocating a group of people with auto-immune and neurological conditions.
- Ghana Burn Survivors Foundation (GBSF)
An organization which promotes the welfare and inclusion of persons who have experienced any form of burn in the body. The organization aims at eliminating stigma against persons who may suffer disfigurement due to burns.
- Ghana Stammering Association (GSA)
Advocates to promote access to speech therapy for persons with speech impairment.
Ghana Federation of Disability Organisations (GFD), formerly known as Ghana Federation of the Disabled now, was established in 1987 as a national umbrella of organisations of persons with disabilities with the full legal status under the laws of Ghana
Contact
- Accra Rehabilitation Centre, Accra, Ghana
- +233302249079
- +233240867200
- info@gfdgh.org
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