Background information In 2019 the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared 2020-2030 the decade of Healthy Ageing. SHAPES (Smart and Health Ageing through People Engaging in Supportive Systems) is an Innovation Action funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 programme involving a total of 14 European countries. It aims at creating…
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June 27th: A historic day to acknowledge the rights of persons with deafblindness.
On the 27th of June 1880, Helen Keller was born in Tuscumbia, Alabama. For this reason, the 27th of June is celebrated as International Day of Deafblindness, encouraged to increase the public awareness for people with deafblindness and their rights. WFDB uses this day to share our advocacy work and…
6th WFDB’s General Assembly and 12th Helen Keller World Conference (HKWC)
Organized every four years since 1977, the Helen Keller World Conference (HKWC) has been a global arena for persons with deafblindness to meet, share and exchange information and experiences with their peers. WFDB will be holding the 6th General Assembly and the 12th HKWC in Nairobi, Kenya from September 28th…
COVID-19 and Deafblindness
Recommendations on inclusive policies from the global deafblind community In these times of turmoil, with the whole world severely affected by the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, combined with other critical incidents like the recent earthquake in Zagreb, Croatia, we must ensure that those who are the most left behind, neglected, vulnerable and exposed to double isolation in any crisis, persons with deafblindness, are also equally protected according to Article 11 of the UN Convention of the…
World Federation of the Deafblind (WFDB) workshop: At risk of exclusion from CRPD and SDG implementation
17-18 March 2019, Nepal The World Federation of DeafBlind (WFDB) has organised a workshop in Kathmandu (Nepal) to exchange ideas and discussions with persons with deafblindness and their organizations from India, Nepal and Bangladesh. The conversation was articulated around the presentation of the first Global report on the situation of persons…
WFDB East Africa Workshop – Kampala, Uganda, 22-23 November 2018
On the 22nd and 23rd November 2018 in Kampala, Uganda, the World Federation of the Deafblind held the first workshop of the WFDB in East Africa. The workshop was organized in partnership with the International Disability Alliance (IDA), which also assured the co-facilitation, with financial support from the Norwegian Ministry…
Interview with Klas Nelfelt, vice-president of the WFDB
The recently elected vice-president of the World Federation of the Deafblind (WFDB), Klas Nelfelt, was interviewed during the WFDB General Assembly and the Helen Keller World Conference (HKWC), in Benidorm, 19-27 June 2018. The events were hosted and co-organised by FASOCIDE – Federación de Asociaciones de Personas Sordociegas de España (Spanish Federation of Associations of…
Interview with Irene McMinn, WFDB board member
One of the new elected members of the World Federation of the Deafblind (WFDB), Irene McMinn, was interviewed during the WFDB General Assembly and the Helen Keller World Conference (HKWC), in Benidorm, 19-27 June 2018. The events were hosted and co-organised by FASOCIDE – Federación de Asociaciones de Personas Sordociegas de España (Spanish Federation of…
Interview to Puspa Raj Rimal, WFDB board member and president of the Deafblind Association Nepal
The recently elected board member of the World Federation of the Deafblind (WFDB), Puspa Raj Rimal, was interviewed during the WFDB General Assembly and the Helen Keller World Conference (HKWC), in Benidorm, 19-27 June 2018. The events were hosted and co-organised by FASOCIDE – Federación de Asociaciones de Personas Sordociegas de España (Spanish Federation of…
Interview with Geir Jensen, president of WFDB at 11th Session of Helen Keller World Conference
The president of the World Federation of the Deafblind (WFDB) was interviewed in the margins of the WFDB General Assembly and the Helen Keller World Conference (HKWC), in Benidorm, 19-27 June 2018. The events were hosted and co-organised by FASOCIDE – Federación de Asociaciones de Personas Sordociegas de España (Spanish Federation of…