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GADRA Activates to Support Disability-Led Organization in Cameroon

GADRA activated its Emergency Operations Center in response to the February 22, 2024 fire at Bamenda Main Market in the North West region of Cameroon. By supporting the Community Creative Center a disability-led organization in the impacted region, GADRA is…

Meet The Disability-Led Organizations Responding To The Needs of People with Disabilities in Türkiye and Syria

Disability-Led Organizations Continue Responding to People with Disabilities in Türkiye and Syria Since the 7.8 magnitude earthquake devastated parts of Türkiye and Syria, residents have experienced 22,000 additional earthquakes and aftershocks. In the midst of this overwhelming and ongoing crisis,…

Webinar Recording Available: GADRA Activates to Türkiye and Syria

Video recording from GADRA’s webinar, GADRA Activates to Türkiye and Syria. Recorded on Thursday, March 9, 2023. This recording has been edited to reduce technical errors and make the recording easier to understand, as well as to add open captions.…

Transcript: GADRA Activates to Türkiye and Syria Webinar

Recorded Thursday, March 9, 2023 10:00 a.m. ET Video recording with ASL and captions >> HEATHER DUNCAN: All right. Welcome, everyone, to the webinar, GADRA activates to Türkiye and Syria. Today’s program will be recorded for dissemination afterwards. We are…

Türkiye and Syria 3/17/2023 Update

Through the rapid response Emergency Operations Center, GADRA has connected with multiple disability-led organizations (DLOs) in Türkiye and Syria and is currently actively supporting four DLOs who are working tirelessly to assist people with disabilities impacted by the earthquakes. GADRA…

One Year Later: Ukraine Update

On the 1 year anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine Fight for Right continues to work directly with and for Ukrainians with disabilities, fielding over 200,000 requests for assistance, and providing emergency aid to over 10,600 people. Over the…

Türkiye and Syria Update 2/15/2023

Last week, following the earthquake in Türkiye and Syria, the GADRA rapid response was activated and stood up their virtual EOC in preparation to support disabled people’s organizations (DLOs in the region. Already, GADRA has capitalized on its Global reach…

GADRA Activates to Support Disability-Led Organizations in Türkiye and Syria

GADRA activated its Emergency Operations Center in response to the February 6 earthquake in Türkiye and Syria. By supporting Disabled Person’s Organizations in the impacted region, GADRA expedites disability resources that are not provided by other humanitarian aid supply chains.…

November Update from Fight for Right in Ukraine

Fight for Right case managers have passed the threshold 5,000 Ukrainian people who have been helped with safe living places, essential daily needs, disability accommodations and needs, evacuations to safer locations in Ukraine, and international evacuations. GADRA continues to support…

October Updates from Fight For Right in Ukraine

Ukraine Evacuations Continue Fight For Right continues to evacuate people with disabilities from Ukraine. Support from GADRA and Nippon Foundation has allowed Fight For Right to purchase an accessible vehicle and enabled them to continue this invaluable work. Teplo Project:…

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