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Forum for People with Disability Sierra Leone
(FPD-SL)
WELCOME TO FORUM FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITY SL
FPD-SL is a non-profit, non-governmental organization that works across Sierra Leone as a conduit for donors to reach direct beneficiaries of persons with a disability, orphans, and abused children. We facilitate different programs from clothes drive, to medical care, to education and adaptive activities; and generally, work by the programs of our collaborative partners. These have proven to be very effective when working with other individuals/organizations who see the dignity of human decency as a Human Right Issue.
FPD-SL
Vision & Mission/ Values & Principles
Vision
To ensure persons with disabilities are treated with dignity and respect by creating an enabling environment and opportunities for them to achieve their full potentials.
Mission
FPD-SL seeks to promote and uphold the rights of persons with disability, a conduit for donors to reach direct beneficiaries, for vulnerable children and orphans by advocating for equitable, inclusiveness, and support they need to make their lives meaningful in our society.
Values & Principles
We uphold the following principles and values, and consider them the core of our existence:
· Equality: We value each person as an individual, embracing diversity and promoting equity and inclusion
· Transparency and accountability: We conduct our work honestly and transparently, holding ourselves in transparent and accountable to our commitments and for our words and actions
· Integrity: Our work is our worship to God and man
Our Team
The Passion Behind the FPD-SL
While structure & Organization
Forum for People with Disability Sierra Leone (FPD-SL) is run by two organizational bodies.
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Board of Directors: includes 5 members representing the various stakeholders of the organization, 70 percent of which are people with disabilities. They are in charge of providing the strategic leadership of the organization.
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Executive body: headed by the executive director, this body comprises of the heads of the various functions of the organization including admin and finance, programs, public relations, legal advisor, and IT support.
Forum for People with Disability SL great is our incredible team. Passionate, experienced, talented, and friendly, we truly have the best of the best. Get to know the people behind the organization, who are dedicated to making sure the lives of children are not only met, but exceeded.
John U. Swarray
Executive Director
Mariama M. Swarray
Director of Human Resources
Margaret Yainkain Mansaray
Director of Programs
Our Impacts
Who We Are
How We Work
How We Work
Forum for People with Disability Sierra Leone (FPD-SL) focuses on the following areas to achieve its vision of disability equality and social assimilation:
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Advocacy relevant to handicap empowerment including:
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Awareness campaigns targeted at the people with disabilities to raise their morale and confidence
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Social integration campaigns addressed the general public to educate them about disabilities and eliminate the handicap stigma
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Campaigns targeting the employment organizations and companies to remind them about the rights of the people with disabilities to get employed
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Encouraging the building-owners, banks, companies and public service agencies to consider accessibility for the people with disabilities as a priority
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Provision of special accommodation for the people with disabilities in their place of employment
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Implementation of projects that build the capacities of the people with disabilities:
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Education and establishment of physically challenged individuals and people with disabilities
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Facilitation of equipment to enhance the mobility of the people with disabilities
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Provision of scholarships for the people with disabilities.
Creation of employment opportunities for people with disabilities.
We understand that doing all this requires the mobilization of the communities and organizations to do their share of the work. FPD-SL will establish and maintain good relations with the private and public sector to coordinate employment opportunities and raise funds to support the organization's initiatives.
OUR IMPACT STORIES
Together we've impacted the lives of vulnerable children
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About Us
The Full Story
Background & Motivation
Being unable to move and walk or move any part of your body like any average person is a burden that can make living impossible in circumstances like the one Sierra Leone has been in for the last couple of decades.
My name is John U. Swarray, I came from a family background of six, at the age of seven (7) years old, and during the Rebel war in Sierra Leone, I was stale with a bayonet on my right hand by rebel to the point of death.
And I became very sick, my body was swelling and my right hand started to rot while we were in the bush.
My mother found her way to Matru Jong hospital in the southern district of Sierra Leone. I was hospitalized at the Matru Jong Hospital for four (4) years for which an operation was done on my hand, the doctors removed some flesh from my hand.
I wasn’t fully recovered then the rebel attacked the Matru Jong village, we escaped from the hospital and we moved into the bush for almost eight months (8) after which we came to Freetown the capital city of Sierra Leone. We visited Dr. Mike the man who did the initial operation in Matru Jong hospital and he transferred us at the Connaught Hospital to Dr. Boima which I was admitted there for another three and a half years.
So I have spent seven (7) and half long years in hospital. At Connaught hospital, the situation got worse and my whole body swelled up some part of my hand got rotten. The doctors try all but gave up on me. My mom was driven out of the ward as I was only giving a few minutes to live, but I survived. For each surgery, they took the skin from my legs for the skin grafts.
I had to wear pressure garments on my legs because it takes a while for the donor sites to heal. My mum was taught how to change my bandage, assist with the prescribed exercise program to keep to skin stretched out.
Forum for People with Disability Sierra Leone (FPD-SL) is a non-profit, non-governmental organization that worked across Sierra Leone as the mediator for donors to direct beneficiaries of physically challenged person, orphans and vulnerable children in assisting the mobility challenged disability faced in order to build better lives through social integration, skill development, and useful representation to enhance dignity, protection, and empowerment and to ensure that their life matters irrespective of their situation.
FPD-SL is the motivation for making a difference in our communities by targeting people with disabilities, orphans, and less privileged to improve and maintain a healthy living and to maximize their quality of life.
We stand in a gap that no one left behind, everybody can do better irrespective of their situation, status, or class of individual. Forum for People with Disability Sierra Leone (FPD-SL) is a child, women, and youth-led organization, geared towards increasing and improving the lives of less privileged children and disable in Sierra Leone.
Opening Hours
Come Visit
Mon - Fri: 9am - 6pm
Sat: 10am - 2pm
Sun: Closed
