Australia will give $7.5 million to projects that improve the rights of people with disabilities in developing countries.
Of this, $4.5 million will be given to the Pacific Disability Forum, Foreign Minister Bob Carr said on Wednesday.
The forum is the regional umbrella network of disabled persons’ organisations and helps bring people with disabilities together so they have a stronger voice in underlining their rights to governments.
“People with a disability are often made to feel invisible and shut out of community life,” Senator Carr said in a statement.
“(The forum) provides leadership training for men and women with disability to lead social change in their countries.”
It also increases community awareness and recognition of the needs and aspirations of Pacific people with disability.
Another $3 million will be given to the Disability Rights Fund between now and 2014.
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