The African Disability Forum is the continental membership organization of Organizations of Persons with Disabilities (OPDs) in Africa. ADF currently has members from 44 African countries (National Federations of Organization of Persons with Disabilities), 9 continental OPDs and 4 sub-regional OPDs. ADF is committed to unifying and amplifying the voice of persons with disabilities, their families, and representative organizations at national, regional, and international levels.
ADF is a strategic partner for Light for the World in the We Can Work (WCW) program, which is a signature program to improve access to dignified and fulfilling work for young women and men with disabilities in Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Ghana, Nigeria and Senegal. The We Can Work program will deploy targeted skill-building and entrepreneurship support interventions for young women and men with disabilities to successfully transit into work. We Can Work is instrumental in realizing the ambitions of Mastercard Foundation in relation to Disability Inclusion.
Program Objective aims to empower young women and men with disabilities access dignified and fulfilling work through the three pillars:
- Pillar 1: Targeted interventions to support young women and men with disabilities into work.
- Pillar 2: Embedding and institutionalizing disability inclusion into Young Africa Works strategies and programs.
- Pillar 3: Youth led advocacy toward more inclusive policies and environment. Young women and men with disabilities enact agency by contributing to national and regional advocacy processes to implement youth and disability inclusive policies.
The African Disability Forum, serving as a strategic partner, plays a central role in coordinating the achievement of Pillar 3 and its corresponding outcomes 4 and 5. This partnership enables young women and men with disabilities to actively participate in local, national, and regional advocacy efforts aimed at promoting youth- and disability-inclusive policies. Through Outcome 4, the voices and diverse needs of young women and men are represented within disability, youth, and women’s rights structures, ensuring their perspectives shape key initiatives. Outcome 5 further supports a unified advocacy agenda across local, national, and regional (African) levels, effectively addressing the unique needs of young women and men with disabilities.
Leading on Youth Led Advocacy in the programme, ADF has developed and piloted the Youth Led Advocacy Training programme with a key learning of making accessible the Young Advocates Workbook for persons with intellectual disabilities, down syndrome, autistic, learning disability and low literacy levels. It’s within this context that ADF seeks consultancy services to translate the Youth Led Advocacy Young Advocates’ Workbook into easy read format within March and April 2025. For more information see the Terms of Reference here. Any interested consultant can submit the proposal according to the attached ToR via the following email: Azrah Shabudien jobs@adf-secretariat.org
Deadline to submit the proposal: Friday the 7th March 2025 on or before 5:00 pm East African Time (EAT).
