December 3, 2019
Addis Ababa
The Internatonal Day of Persons with Disability celebrated in Ethiopia, in different town with the theme:Promoting the participation of persons with disabilities and their leadership: taking action on the 2030 Development Agenda’. "The theme focuses on the empowerment and the leadership of persons with disabilities to take action on the inclusive 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which pledges to ‘leave no one behind’, recognizing disability as a cross-cutting issue, to be considered in the implementation of its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)", UNDESA.
This year the day was celebrated in Oromia region, Ethiopia with different activities. ECDD together with NOVIB, ENDAN and FENAPD members as part of it’s CSSP 2 supported project “Disability Networks Partnering for an Inclusive Society in Ethiopia.
on the other hand, The Ethiopian National Association of Persons with Physical Disabilities hosted an independent event in Addis Ababa with the help of ECDD and other partners to commemorate the day with different activities.