1. Lists of Disability-related s *See A Directory of s: Working in the Field of Disability in Bangladesh 1999 for contact persons and address of the organizations. 1-1. List of Disability-related Governmental s 1 Employment and Centre for the Physically Handicapped (ERCPH) 2 Leprosy Institute and Hospitals 3 Nilphamari Govt. Hospital 4 and Centre for the Physically Disabled 5 Institute & Hospital for the Disabled (RIHD) 6 National Centre for Special Education 7 Child Unit, Dhaka Shishu Hospital 8 Government Blind & Deaf and Dumb School 9 Government Integrated Blind Education 1
1-2. List of Disability-related NGOs Private s for PWDs 1 Action Aid Bangladesh (AAB) (International NGO) Expanded for Immunization (EPI), program monitoring & evaluation 2 Action in (AID) (Local NGO) of CWDs & youngsters, protection from drug abuse, environment development & conservation 3 Action on Disability and (ADD) 4 Adarsha Samaj Seba Samity (ASSS) 5 Amra Kaj Kori (AKK) 6 Asho Samaj Gori (ASG) Human development, integrated community development for destitute women, human rights, gender sensitivity, afforestation 7 Assistance for Blind Children (ABC) Socio-economic rehabilitation of blind children & youth 2
8 Assistance for Women Advancement and Rural Disabled (AWARD) 9 Association for Integrated Fish culture, legal aid Socio-Economic for Underprivileged People (AISEDUP) 10 Association for Rural and Studies Help to flood affected areas and slum dwellers, AIDS/HIV awareness (ARDS) 11 Association for the Welfare of Human resource development the Disabled People (AWDP) 12 Atmanirvar Banglar Samridhi (ABAS) 13 Bachar Padokhep (BAP) Gender sensitivity, afforestation 14 Bangladesh Association of the Visually Handicapped (BAVH) 15 Bangladesh Blind Mission (BBM) Service for partially sighted people 3
16 Bangladesh Council for Child Welfare (BCCW) 17 Bangladesh Drishtihin Foundation (BDF) 18 Bangladesh National Blind Women Welfare (BNBWWO) 19 Bangladesh National Federation of the Deaf (BNFD) 20 Bangladesh National Society for the Blind (BNSB) 21 Bangladesh National Society for the Blind, Mymensingh (BNSB-M) 22 Bangladesh for Disabled Advancement (BODA) Mobile eye camp Eye camps in remote areas, school sight testing program for primary school students, training programs for school teachers on primary eye care 4
23 Bangladesh Parents Club of the Deaf (BPCD) 24 Bangladesh Protibandhi Kallyan Somity (BPKS) 25 Bangladesh Protibondhi Foundation (BPF) 26 Bangladesh Centre for Trauma Victims (BRCTV) 27 Bangladesh Rural Integrated for Grub Street Economy (BRIDGE) 28 Bangladesh Society for Disabled (BSD) 29 Baptist Sangha School for Blind Girls (BSSBG) 30 BBS Integrated Education for the Blind (BBSIEPB) Arrangement of marriage of adult with hearing impairment Self-initiative promotion, technical services to government and NGOs Material development, screening Fisheries, poultry, nursery, livestock, social forestation Library service 5
31 Bhuapur Upazila Jamuna Badi Upokulio Dustha Shishu Kallaan Sangstha (BUJNUDSKS) 32 Bhuapur Upazila Mohila Kalyan Samity (BUMKS) 33 Blind Education and (BERDO) 34 Bogra Christian Hospital (BCH) 35 Centre for Child (CRCD) 36 Centre for Services (CDS) 37 Centre for Disability in (CDD) Material development Talking library for those with visual impairment Self-reliance program for persons with mental disability Child growth & child development programs programs by PWDs/Small rural initiatives Monitoring, material development & production 6
38 Centre for Services and Information on Disability (CSID) 39 Centre for the of the Paralyzed (CRP) 40 Cheshire Foundation Homes Bangladesh (CFHB) 41 Community Centre for the Handicapped (CCH) 42 Community Centre (CDC) 43 Community Eye Care & Service (CECRS) 44 Community and (CRDO) 45 Concern Services for Disabled (CSD) Disability information dissemination, pilot programs on disability services to urban slum dwellers, material development on disability Health related professional training Primary eye & health care Motivation, meetings with the families of PWDs Afforestation, STD & HIV/AIDS Library facilities 7
46 Damien Foundation (DF) Detection & treatment of leprosy & TB 47 Darial Union Janakallyan Environment Songstha (DUJS) 48 Deana Uttorpara Mohila Shamity (DUMS) 49 Dhanjuri Leprosy Control Free treatment facilities Centre (DLCC) 50 Dinajpur Badhir Institute (DBI) 51 Disabled & Community development Association (DRRA) 52 Fellowship for the Advancement of Visually Handicapped (FAVH) Identification of clients, extensive training on orientation, mobility & Daily Living Activities (DLA) 53 Gaibandha - Jaypurhat Leprosy Leprosy Control, rehabilitation. Control Project (GJLCP) 54 Ganajagaran Samaj Seba Sangstha (GSSS) Nursery, fisheries 8
55 Gano Unnayan Sangstha (GnUS) 56 Gazipur Unnayan Sangstha (GzUS) 57 Gonojagoran Shamaj Kalyan Shangstha (GSKS) 58 Gonoshasthaya Kendra (GK) Reproductive Health Community health & development, (People's Health Centre of Bangladesh) poverty alleviation, women development 59 Gram Bikash Sangstha (GBS) Motivation, skill development training, IGA. 60 Gram Bikash Shohayak IGA activities Shangstha (GBSS) 61 Gram Kendra (Village and Service Centre) 62 Green Disabled Foundation (GDF) 63 Health Centre (HRC) 64 Heed Bangladesh (HEED) Transit center, training center 9
65 Helen Keller International, Bangladesh (HKI-BD) Nutritional surveillance for disaster preparedness prevention of nutritional blindness, NGO gardening & nutrition education surveillance, technical assistance for the education & rehabilitation of the blind, integrated development 66 HICARE Audio logical assessment, training of the teachers for deaf schools of oral education of children 67 Humanitarian Agency for Skill development Services (HADS) 68 Impact Foundation Bangladesh (IF-BD) 69 Inter Life - Bangladesh (IL- Material development BD) 70 Jalalabad Foundation (JF) Child health 71 Jamalpur Cultural and Academy (JCRA) Women & child rights training, afforestation, publication 10
72 Liton Hearing and Speech Centre (LHSC) 73 Local Initiative with Voluntary Efforts (LIVE) 74 Mohila Samaj Unnayan Songhstha (MSUS) 75 Moshinda Dustha Eatim Polly Unnayan Sangstha (MDEPUS) 76 Muk O Badhir Shilpa Krira Academy (MOBSKA) 77 My Right (Amar Adhikar) (MR) Child & women anti-trafficking program, women empowerment, AIDS, anti-drug abuse program, antismuggling program, skill development training Skill development, adolescent development, HIV/AIDS prevention, environment development, sustainable agricultural development Fundamental human rights implementation, afforestation & fish culture, horticulture, vegetable cultivation 11
78 Mymensingh Deaf & Dumb School (MDDS) 79 Naogaon Deaf and Dumb School (NDDF) 80 National Federation of the Blind (NFB) 81 National Forum of organization Working with the Disabled (NFOWD) 82 New Life Foundation of Bangladesh (NLFB) 83 Noakhali Rural Action Society (N-RAS) 84 for Advancement (OSA) Distribution of different aids & equipment Networking Integrated child development program, development & settlement project, coastal green belt project, women health and reproductive rights, disaster management project 12
85 for & Anthropological Approach (OSDAA)-Bangladesh 86 for Agriculture & (OSDER) 87 Palli Manobadhikar Sangho Human rights, environment, fish culture (PMS) 88 Palli Seba Sangstha (PSS) 89 Pangu Shishu Niketan (PSN) Residential facilities for disabled children 90 Paribartan IGA, environment protection, human rights 91 Peks Eye Hospital (PEH) 92 People (PDO) 93 Peoples' Education & (PEO) Poverty alleviation & protection of environment 13
94 Physiotherapy and for the Disabled (PRD) 95 Poor and Helpless (PHOD) 96 Protibandhi Unnayan Sangstha (PUS) 97 Protibondhi Seba Samity (PROSES) Women development, agriculture, horticulture, environment, skill development, relief distribution & IGA Human development, integrated community development for destitute, human rights, gender sensitivity, agriculture, fisheries, Evaluation 98 Protyasha 99 Provati Samaj Kalyan Sangstha (PSKS) 100 Rangpur Unnayan Samajik Blind rehabilitation Sangstha (RUSS) 101 RASPO Women & development, cluster village program 14
102 REHAB me Lamb Hospital facilities Project (REHAB) 103 & Welfare Institute for Trauma, Torture and Diabetic Disabilities 104 Resource Integration Centre (RIC) 105 Rishilpi Projects Human development work/ IGA (RDP) 106 Rural Society Child rights (RDS) 107 Samajkallyan O Polli Unnayan Songstha (SPUS) 108 Save the Planet and Disability (SPD) 109 Shantigram Physically Physiotherapy & Nursing training Handicapped Orphanage (SPHO) 110 Shaw Unnayan (SU) Legal awareness 15
111 Shikkha Shastha Unnayan Karzakram (SHISUK) 112 Sinnomul Mohila Samity (SMS) 113 Assistance and for the Physically Vulnerable (SARPV) 114 (SDP) 115 & (SRDO) 116 welfare Advancement Brilliant Association (SABA) 117 Society for Assistance to Hearing Impaired Children (SAHIC) 118 Society for the Welfare of Intellectually Disabled (SWID) Fisheries, agriculture, women development & Nursery Library Poverty alleviation, environment protection, disability & AIDS program Handicraft, tailoring 16
119 Southern Socio Economic Project (SSDP) 120 Suchana Samaj Kallyan Forestry Sangstha (SSKS) 121 Sunity Sangha (SS) 122 Surma Association for the Blind (SAB) 123 Sylhet Jubo Academy (SJA) 124 Tangail Protibandhi Unnayan Referral services Sangstha (TPUS) 125 Taraka Youth (TYO) Health programs for slum areas, programs on child rights 126 Technical Assistance for Community Human resource development, nursery & Aforestation, environment education (TACD) 127 Teksai Unnayan Prochesta (TUP) Agriculture 17
128 The Leprosy Mission International - Bangladesh (TLMI-BD) Leprosy control, health education 129 The Salvation Army (TSA) Community development & rural health projects, center for visually impaired & sighted children, urban health & development projects, integrated AIDS management 130 Employment & Socio Fisheries extension, plantation, health Economical (TESEDO) 131 Underprivileged Children's s (UCEP) 132 Unnayan Dhara (UD) Ecological & agricultural programs, afforestation 133 Unnayan Shahojogy Team (UST) Community health, sustainable environment development, child rights 134 Village Disability and Centre (VDDC) Referral services 18
135 Village Education Resource Centre (VERC) 136 Centre for the Blind (VTCB) 137 Voluntary Family Association (VFDA) 138 Voluntary Health Services Society (VHSS) 139 Voluntary for (VOSD) 140 Voluntary Paribar Kalyan Association (VPKA) 141 Welfare and Association for the Speech and Hearing Impaired (WDASHI) Home visits development, human resource development, environment, AIDS, women & health, development of IEC material Fish cultivation, health Health & FP, agriculture, EMG work under WFP, fish & rice cultivation, PCE latrine Home based programs 19
142 World Concern Bangladesh (WCB) Organizing parent classes to guide proper care of children at home 143 SHAKTI PWD-related NGOs 1 Action Aid Bangladesh (AAB) EPI motivation & support, program monitoring & evaluation, policy research. Since: 1983 2 Action on Disability and (ADD) Economic empowerment Since: 1994 3 Center for Disability in (CDD) Monitoring, material development & production. Since: 1996 4 Helen Keller International, Bangladesh (HKI-BD) NGO gardening & nutrition education surveillance, integrated for development Since: 1978 5 Inter Life - Bangladesh (IL- Material development. Since: 1970 BD) 6 Oxfam - GB, Bangladesh Material development, disaster management, policy monitoring etc. 20
7 Unitarian Service Committee of Canada in Bangladesh Economic rehabilitation of PWDs. Since: 1972 (USCCB) Other PWD-related s 1 Proshika 2 BRAC 3 Caritas Bangladesh 4 Voluntary Services Overseas Disability programs. (VSO) Self-help s of PWDs 1 Bangladesh National Federation of the Deaf (BNFD) 2 Bangladesh National Society Eye hospital. for the Blind (BNSB) 3 Bangladesh National Society for the Blind-Mymensing (BNSBM)) Eye camp in the remote areas, school sight testing program for primary school students, organizes training programs for school teachers on eye care 21
hearing impaired persons services to government and NGOs Arrangement of marriage of adult Self initiative promotion, technical 4 Bangladesh Parents Club of the Deaf (BPCD) 5 Bangladesh Protibandhi Kallyan Samity (BPKS) 6 SHAKTI 22
1-3. List of Disability-related Facilities /Title Contact address Purpose/Target National Centre for Special Education (NCSE) Since 1991 Section - 14, Mirpur, Dhaka. Children/persons with disability, teachers and trainers of special education Education Centre for the Physically Handicapped Tongi, Gazipur. PWDs Capacity: 120 Branch office of ERCPH Mulshar, Fakirhat. PWDs Capacity: 120 Special Education Teacher's Course Since 1960 IER, Dhaka University Trainers and Teachers Capacity: 400 Teachers College Since 1996 Dhaka Trainers and Teachers Capacity: 45 National Blind and Centre Since 1968 PWDs Capacity: 100 23
2. List of Disability-related Aid Projects 2-1. List of Disability-related International Aid Multilateral/Bilateral s 1 No /Donor Implementing Duration/ Budget in Tk 2 Address/Tel/ Fax Description Multilateral s 1 Jamalpur Integral Rural Project, Department for International -GBP 2 Disability and HIV/AIDS Co-ordination Unit. Department of International -GBP Action Aid UK 1992-1995 Includes Disability to improve level of self-confidence of PWDs by developing new skills and assisting them. Since 1997 553644.6 US$ 2 Bilateral s N/A Other Donors 1 Artificial Limb Production Unit (ALPU)/ HEED Bangladesh 2 Assistive Centre (AD-Centre), Inter-Life Bangladesh HEED Bangladesh Since 1992/ Not available Inter-Life Since1999 Bangladesh 1,600,000.00 Production of artificial limbs, crutches, surgical belts, splints, braces, and cosmetic gloves Production of hand splint, back slabs, mobility aid, special furniture, hand Braille, wheel chairs, witting frames, toys, sticks, book supports and holders etc. 1 Source: Gateway Home Page (Retrieved February 20, 2002 from http:www.developmentgateway.org/) 2 1 Bangladeshi Taka = 2.45 Japanese Yen as of February 2002 2 1US Dollar=129 Japanese Yen as of March 2002 (Retrieved from http://www.oanda.com/convert/classic ) 24
3 Assistive Production Unit. Centre for the of the Paralyzed (CRP) 4 Aid and Appliances Production Unit, Bangladesh Council for Child Welfare (BCCW) 5 Limb and Brace Centre, Memorial Christian Hospital (MCH) 6 Limb Centre, Government of Bangladesh 7 Braille Press and Artificial Limb Centre, Government of Bangladesh 8 HICARE Hearing Centre, HICARE 9 Chittagong Leprosy Control Project, Government of Bangladesh 10 Zakir White Cane Works, M/S. Zakir & Co 11 Danish Bangladesh Leprosy Mission, Danish Bangladesh Leprosy Mission (DBLM) Centre for the Not available of the Paralyzed (CRP) Bangladesh Council for Since 1987 Child Welfare (BCCW) Not available Memorial Christian Since 1978 Hospital (MCH) Not available Institute and Since 1972 Hospital for the Disabled Not available (RIHD) Department of Since 1995 Services 20,000,000.00 HICARE Since 1982 150,000.00 National Leprosy Control Since 1994 Project Not available M/S. Zakir & Co Since 1985 Not available Danish Bangladesh Not available Leprosy Mission (DBLM) Production of long leg calipers, cervical collars, back slabs, lumber corsets, standing frames, wheelchairs, tables, tailor braces, walking frames, walkers, trolleys etc. Production of neck tractions, lumber tractions, parallel bars, tailor braces, cervical collars, lumber corset belts, cock up splints, long leg braces, short leg braces, back slabs, artificial legs, surgical shoes, white canes etc. Production of knee orthosis, knee splints, chair back braces, Boston braces, cock up splints, finger splints, clavicle straps, fresco pillow splints, corsets, hill pads, thumb splints, walkers, sticks, canes, scooters, arch supports, rolling drums, CP books, chair back spinal braces, plastic hip abduction braces, overhead door tractions etc. Production of neck tractions, tailor braces, lumber corsets, mill walking braces, neck braces, arm braces, cock up splints, dynamic splints, long leg braces, short leg braces, medial bar T-straps, artificial arms, artificial limbs etc. Production of Tailor braces, cervical collars, long leg braces, short leg braces, artificial arms, artificial legs, hearing aids. Production of ITE hearing aids, ITC hearing aids, bone conduction hearing aids with spectacles, bone conduction hearing aids with hearing bend. Production of artificial limb and surgical shoes for Leprosy patients. Production of white canes, abacus, tailor sets, braille writing slates, teaching wheel and signature boards. Production of cervical collars, plastic hand slabs, fixed braces, plastic foot back slabs, foot drop springs, artificial limbs, MCR and leather sandals, MCR slippers, molded sandals, auxiliary crutches etc. 25
12 Assistive Project/ Local fund Disabled and Association (DRRA) Since 1996 350,000.00 Production of tailor braces, cervical collars, lumber corsets, mill walking braces, night splints, long leg braces, back slabs, thumb splints, artificial legs, walking sticks, walkers etc. 26
3. List of Disability-related Reports and Documents No Legal Document 1 Bangladesh Persons with Disability Welfare Act 2001 2 National Policy concerning the disabled persons 3 Draft Legislation on equal opportunity, rights and full participation of the disabled persons Issued Date 3-1. Disability-related Laws and Regulations Summary 2001 Ensures quality of opportunities and provide other benefits, facilities and privileges to PWDs. 1995 Includes fourteen chapters on, Detection and Intervention, Early Intervention, Assistive, Education,, HRD, Employment,, Accessibility and facilities for movement, Information, Recreation, Self-help movement and implementation and Coordination 1997 An outcome of the coordinated efforts of the organizations and agencies working in the field of disability in Bangladesh, the coordinator of which is the National Forum of s Working with the Disabled (NFOWD). Includes thirty two chapters on the Title, Definition,, Detection, Inter Education, Education for severe and multiply disabled persons, Role of the Government, Health services and, Center, HRD, Employment,, Accessibility and facilities for movement, Information, Recreation, for service and multiple disabled persons, (and properties) security, Different Roles of the government, Strengthening self help organizations, Welfare organizations for PWDs, Registration certificates, National Coordination Committee, Directorate concerning disabled persons, implementation and Coordination etc. 4 Constitution of Bangladesh 1972 Promises to give PWDs equal rights and opportunities. 27
3-2. List of Related Reports and Documents Title Writer Year published Publisher Place of publication Street Children With Disabilities (CAP) [A situation analysis and need assessment on street children with disabilities in Dhaka city]. Nirafat Anam, Ph. D Nazmul Bari Khandaker Jahurul Alam December 1999 Centre for Services and Information on Disability (CSID), Dhaka. Crossing the Hurdles [Disability issues in : Situation and Need Assessment] Hope for the Millennium [Need assessment survey on Delivery of services from "Jiban Tari" Floating Hospital] Second South Asian Conference of Network [Community Based for the Disabled: Today and Tomorrow] Disability A Profile in Rural Bangladesh [Study of 4 villages at Narshingdi] Four Baseline Surveys on Prevalence of Disability Baseline Survey on Disability at Hazarigonj Union of Charfesson Khandaker Jahurul Alam June 1998 Impact Foundation Bangladesh Dhaka Not mentioned March 1999 Impact Foundation Bangladesh Dhaka AHM Noman Khan 1998 National Forum of Working with Disabled (NFOWD) Dr. Nasir Uddin Dr. Rezaul Farid Khan Nazma Karim Nafeesur Rahman Dhaka 1995 Voluntary Health Services Society (VHSS) Dhaka November 1996 Actionaid Bangladesh Dhaka Ranada Prasad Saha July 1995 Village Education Resource Centre (VERC) National Policy for Games Not mentioned 1998 Ministry of Youth and Sports Dhaka 1998 Statistical Year Book of Bangladesh Editorial Committee 1999 Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics Dhaka National Policy on Disable of Bangladesh Not mentioned 1995 Ministry of Welfare Dhaka Draft Legislation on equal opportunity, rights and full participation of the disabled person Savar, Dhaka NFOWD 1997 NFOWD Dhaka 28
Title Writer Year published Publisher Place of publication Annual Report of Mini Study of Welfare 1997-98 Not mentioned Not mentioned Ministry of Welfare Dhaka Bangladesh Economic Review 1999 Not mentioned June 1999 Ministry of Finance Dhaka Feelings on Disability issue in Bangladesh Disaster and Disability A look into the Situation of the long term Disabled in Saturia Community Based () [Study on Disability Attitudes Beliefs and Behaviors (DABB) at Narshingdi, Bangladesh Shahidul Haque Shahnaz Begum Atiur Rahman M Shahidul Haque M Abdus Salam Rathindra Rathijit Dr. Nasir Uddin Dr. Reazul Farid Khan 1997 Assistance and for the Physically Vulnerable (SARPV- Bangladesh) Dhaka Not mentioned SARPV Dhaka 1995 VHSS Dhaka An Directory for the Visually Impaired Not mentioned 1998 HKI Bangladesh Dhaka Annual Report 1997-98 [Improving the quality of life of persons with disability] Towards Equalization Escap Decade of Disabled Persons 1993-2002 {A Review of Progress in Bangladesh] A Directory of s working in the field of Disability in Bangladesh Dr. S.J.X. Sosa Not mentioned Centre for the of the Paralysed (CRP) Ministry of Welfare & NFOWD 1999 Ministry of Welfare and NFOWD Dhaka Dr. Nafeesur Rahman December 1999 ActionAid Bangladesh Dhaka Assistance Catalogue-1999 Salah Uddin 1999 Inter Life Bangladesh disability program Dhaka Hope for the Millennium {Need assessment survey on delivery of services from Impact Foundation, Bangladesh Savar, Dhaka. 1999 Impact Foundation, Bangladesh Dhaka 29
Title Writer Year published Publisher Place of publication "JIBAN TARI" floating Hospital] Unveiling the Darkness situation analysis on disaster and disability Study Team 1999 Centre for Services and Information on Disability (CSID) Dhaka Information Manual on Visual Impairment Md. Mahabubul Ashraf 1997 VHSS Dhaka Information Manual on Hearing Impairment Md. Golam Rasul Arman 1997 VHSS Dhaka Information Manual on Locomotor disability Md. Golam Rasul Arman 1999 VHSS Dhaka Information Manual on Mental Retardation Md. Mahabubul Ashraf 1999 VHSS Dhaka Fact sheet on Leprosy VHSS 1997 VHSS Dhaka World of Actions Concerning Disabled Persons United Nations 1983 United Nations New York 30
3-3. List of s to get information/contact persons of organizations Contact person Experiences Publications Contact address (Tel/Fax/Email) Government 1 Ministry of Welfare Secretary Education, rehabilitation, vocational training, production of assistive devices for the PWDs. Only in Govt. Gazette Annual Report of the Ministry. Secretary, Bangladesh Secretariat, Dhaka. Tel: 8610452 2 Bureau of Statistics Director General Survey Statistical year book Director General Bureau of Statistics, Bangladesh Secretariat, Dhaka-1000. Tel: 8618695, 8617046 NGOs 1 Voluntary Health Services Society (VHSS) Executive Director Surveys on disability, health and population issues and implemention of different programs for development of PWDs over 12 years. - Jogajog ( A monthly Bangla newsletter) - IN Touch ( A monthly English newsletter) - Compendium: NGOs in Health and Family Planning Sector. - NGO activities in Disability - Disability Manual - Information Manual on Hearing Impaired - Information manual on the Visually Impaired - Information Manual on Locomotor Disability - Information manual on Mental Retardation - Directory of Reproductive Health - Primary Health Care Manual Executive Director, VHSS 272, Baitul Aman Housing Society, Road # 1, Adabar, Shyamoli, Dhaka-1207. Tel: 8112962, 8115755 Fax: 880-2-8113253 E-mail: vhss@citechco.net 31
of organizations Contact person Experiences Publications Contact address (Tel/Fax/Email) 2 National Forum of the s Working with the Disabilities (NFOWD) Secretary General A coordinating agency of NGOs active in the field of disability. - A directory of organizations working in the field of disability in Bangladesh, 1999. - Towards Equalization. Secretary General, NFOWD House # 8/12, Block-A Lalmatia, Dhaka-1207. Tel: 9124487 Fax: 880-2-124487 E-mail: nfowd@bracbd.net 3 Disability Resource and Documentation Centre (DRDC) Secretary A network of NGOs involved in developing disability related materials. - "Commitment" a quarterly Bangla Newsletter Secretary, DRDC House # 5A, Road # 25A, Banani, Dhaka. Tel: 9881594, 8813240 Fax: 8812780, 9353128 E-mail: ilb@citechco.net 32