CAPD News 2007

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Canadian Association for
Participatory Development
Volume 1, Issue 10
January 2008
BEST WISHES FOR 2008!
“Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it!” Goethe.
Inside this issue:
The dreams of CAPD and our partners are becoming a reality. This newsletter
presents pictures related to those dreams in 2007. For a more complete account
of the projects presented, please go to our web page www.globalsteps.org, click on
„News‟ and look for „Picture Diaries‟.
Health Project with
ASODISPIE
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HEALTH PROJECT WITH ASODISPIE
Update on FANDIC
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Volunteer Profile
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The self care health project has professionals training people with disability and their family
members on issues the disability groups identified as important. Left picture shows a doctor
teaching about epilepsy to the cerebral palsy group. Centre: A child with Down syndrome
receives exercises from his brother to improve speech during a training session with a Speech
Therapist. Right: a man with spinal cord injury practices a chair to floor transfer during a
session with physiotherapy.
Appropriate Technology 4
Workshop
CAPD’s Vision &
Mission
A participatory evaluation to gauge change in behaviour was conducted in November. Left:
Two members of the spinal cord injury group lead mothers of the cerebral palsy group in an
exercise of analysis. Centre: Two group leaders present a skit that tells a story of change as
per the evaluation information. Right: Henry, President of ASODISPIE, presents Chantal
Camden, CAPD volunteer, with a gift of appreciation for her involvement in the evaluation.
All roads led to Rome where Rocio, facilitator in the project,
and Marlene presented the results of our project. Six other
projects from five countries also presented their results. The
meeting was organized by AIFO, an Italian organization and
director of the project, in collaboration with the World Health
Organization and Disabled People International.
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Global Steps Together
A Publication of the
Canadian Association for
Participatory Development
Editor: Marlene Wiens
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Calgary, AB T3L 1V8
Phone: 403 202 0673
Fax: 403 202 8486
Email: capd@shaw.ca
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CAPD is a registered Canadian
charitable organization.
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UPDATE ON FANDIC
FANDIC is going from strength to strength as demonstrated by these
pictures. Far Left: Yamit, mother of a disabled child, is in charge of the
education program and doing an amazing job. She also helps out in
other activities such as sewing straps and upholstery for the appropriate technology workshop held in November. One recipient of this
workshop is the boy in the picture on the left who can not sit without
assistance. His stroller was adapted so that he can sit up straight and
interact with the people around him. The constructors of the equipment included university students, FANDIC workers and Canadian
volunteers, Myra Donnelly-Gay and Chantal Camden.
The community kitchen is busier than ever! The
mothers have taken over that space for activities
that include preparing daily snacks for the children and putting on the occasional bazaar. This
November they organized a bazaar to raise funds
to purchase 31 uniforms for the children as modeled by the boy on the far right. They contributed to the purchase of a special oven with funds
earned in last year‟s bazaar and are now learning
to bake bread. They plan to start a bakery.
The dance group featured above is becoming famous! Their
presence has been requested at many events including
competitions. In one such competition they won third prize!
Above Right: Eddy, coordinator of programs in FANDIC,
holds the trophy for all to see before getting down to the
business of talking about FANDIC‟s future. Canadian
volunteers Myra and Chantal led this discussion using a
mapping exercise.
Right: This picture shows the number of people who may be
in FANDIC at any given time. FANDIC is bursting at the
seams and looking at options.
Volume 1, Issue 10
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Volunteer Profile
Have you wondered how you could help the charity of your choice?
Eva Logan from Calgary (left) is a perfect example of how a person can use creativity
in the workplace for the benefit of others. Here are some examples of what she
does to raise money for CAPD:
Eva on the annual Calgary River Pathway
Clean, a fundraiser organized by Eva and
her husband Craig, which raises $500—
$700 annually.
The “honour” box of snacks. Note the
recycle hole in the box.
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Eva created an “honour” box for her office (picture bottom left). She purchases snack food and soft drinks at the lowest possible cost and places them
in the box for her office mates to purchase on the honour system.
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Eva recycles (note the hole in the bottom of the honour box) from her colleagues in the office and her workplace and exchanges the recycled items for
cash. Her colleagues, admiring her efforts, slip her some extra cash now and
again.
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Eva has entered into an agreement with the vending contractor to receive a
percentage of the pop machine sales. She certainly has the soft drink market
sewn up at Instabox, her place of work!
Every 3 months a coffee jar full of Eva‟s profits are delivered to CAPD to be counted
and deposited. These coffee jars contain about $300.00. Think of how much she has
raised in the 3 years she has been fundraising!
Eva has seen the impact of her fundraising
on the lives of others.
In 2005 while on vacation in Mexico, Eva and
her husband visited a
remote Mexican village
to learn about the
work of Caminamos
Juntos and the projects
involving CAPD. They
saw the construction of
dry toilets and met
with community health
care workers being
trained to work with
Eva learns the basics of basket weaving from a community health
people with disability.
worker.
When asked why she does what she does, Eva replies “Because I am inspired by the contributions of the CAPD board
members to help improve the lot of others. I admire the work that they do and appreciate the fact that every dollar donated to
CAPD is used to support a project”.
Eva is a perfect example of the CAPD spirit where a few people‟s efforts can have a huge impact
on many others!
Appropriate Technology Workshop
Nilima Parikh and Marlene Wiens gave a week-long workshop to the physiotherapy students at the University of Costa Rica in
the design and construction of custom equipment for children with disability. The students built an item for the home or
modified an existing piece of equipment for five needy children. Items designed and built by the students are featured below.
The workshop was a win-win for children, mothers and students. The children and mothers received a piece of equipment that
would advance the development of their children in the home. The students learned that they could have a significant impact by
combining knowledge with low cost, readily available materials.
Canadian Association for
Participatory Development
Our Vision
The vision of CAPD is to facilitate the integration of people with disabilities as contributing members of their communities and society
through the building of individual and organizational capacities internationally.
Our Mission
CAPD builds long-term relationship of trust and respect with our partners in developing countries through a process of „accompaniment‟
in which there is reciprocal learning and understanding. We value authentic participation of partners by affirming abilities, promoting local
leadership and enhancing opportunities for self-actualization. We develop and assist with educational activities, financial support, technical
support, networking and research
Our Activities
We promote and support:
 Awareness about disability and disability policy
 Participation of people with disability in projects that enhance accessibility
 Visionary leadership in organizations promoting disability issues
 Educational opportunities for people with disabilities
 Networking and information sharing on a local and international basis
CAPD relies on volunteers. We do not have
overhead expenses such as rental of office space
or salaries. Our Board members are actively
involved in running the organization and some
of them have traveled to meet and work with
our partners.