Strategic Objectives
In 2007 we set out a 5 year strategic plan to lead us into 2012.
For more information on our strategy and objectives:
Download our Strategic Plan 2007-2012 (PDF)
1. Effect change in policy and practice so that the rights of disabled children and young people are main streamed across Africa, nationally and locally.
What will success look like?
- Information about childhood disability is accessible and good practice is shared.
- Disabled children and young peoples’ needs are integrated into the policies and programmes which affect them.
- Disabled children and young people participate in advocating their rights.
- Mainstream development agencies have integrated the concerns of disabled children and young people into their work.
How will we do it?
- Collect information and resources about childhood disability and about best practice in advocating the rights of disabled children and young people.
- Support our partners to carry out advocacy work to improve the rights of disabled children.
- Build the capacity of disabled children and young people to advocate their rights.
- Work to persuade and support mainstream development agencies to include disabled children and young people using Uganda Society for Disabled Children (USDC) and its achievements as a key resource.
2. Support African models for ensuring that disabled childern and young people are included in the development of their communities.
What will success look like?
- Five partner organisations (including USDC) have been supported to develop local models which promote and facilitate the participation of disabled children and young people in development in Africa.
- Partner organisations are able to share good practice and learn from one another.
How will we do it?
- Develop partnerships with at least four new organisations.
- Continue to support USDC Uganda within this new framework.
- Provide financial support to partners and monitor the impact of that support.
- Accompany partners and help build their capacity so that their work becomes more effective and more inclusive.
- Provide opportunities for learning and networking amongst our partner organisations.
- Develop guidelines for partnership – partners will be expected to commit to basic principles of quality and accountability to ensure that they share the key values of AbleChildAfrica..
3. Develop AbleChildAfrica so that it can effectively support and initiate activites to achieve its mission.
We will develop the organisation as a specialist ‘brand’ known for advocating for the rights of, and working with, disabled children and young people in Africa. As part of this remit we will develop networking activities for organisations with an interest in childhood disability, so that information and learning can be shared.
Internally, we will prioritise Organisational Development (Click for details)
What will success look like?
- AbleChildAfrica is financially secure and its funding is diverse enough to ensure future sustainability.
- AbleChildAfrica is known for work with disabled children and young people in Africa.
- AbleChildAfrica is a specialist agency in the field of childhood disability in Africa and is able to provide information and learning to people in Africa and world-wide.
How will we do it?
- Launch AbleChildAfrica and develop it as a brand.
- Diversify our funding base and increase our income to reach £1.8m by 2012.
- Provide networking opportunities for development partners to interact with each other and learn about childhood disability issues.
- Provide a signposting service for people looking for information about childhood disability, which is easily accessible to communities in sub-Saharan Africa.
- Build the capacity of AbleChildAfrica’s Board.
4. Develop child-focused policies and systems which enable both us and our partners to ensure full participation, accountability and child safety.
What will success look like?
- Our work is directly informed and monitored by disabled children and young people.
- The quality (as well as the quantity) of our work can be measured.
- Partners at every level (including donors as well as disabled children) can obtain meaningful information about our work and how it is developed, funded and monitored.
- AbleChildAfrica and its partners are child safe.
How will we do it?
- Develop a planning and review framework, which emphasises consulting and involving disabled children and young people.
- Ensure that this framework addresses the issue of quality and actively participate in initiatives in the sector which seek to improve quality and transparency.
- Develop a means by which both our supporters and the people with whom we work can monitor what we do with the funds we receive and the impact which we make.
- Create a child protection policy and make the development of such a policy a condition of our partnership agreements.
- Put a complaints system in place.
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