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ADD International @addinternational.bsky.social · Dec 6
ADD is a participatory grant-maker for #DisabilityJustice. We work in solidarity with disability justice movements to support them to thrive. We use our position and networks to facilitate the flow of resources and opportunities to disability justice movements in Africa and Asia.
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In a blog shared by Bond UK, Perpetual Kariuki reflects on her own experiences to show how disability is often understood only through what is visible and explains that this view ignores hidden disabilities.

📖 Read more: gqr.sh/GMVS

🎙️ Register for the upcoming webinar: → gqr.sh/7bhS
‘You don't look like you have a disability’: A tale of hidden and unrecognised disabilities | Bond
This new blog looks at why including all people with disabilities matters by exploring invisible and unrecognised disabilities, and what their exclusion reveals about how disability is understood with...
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February 5, 2026 at 10:29 AM
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In 2026, we recommit to :

💡 Fund #DisabilityJustice.

💡Support persons with disabilities to make their own funding decisions.

💡Advocate for #FairerFunding .

💡Support persons with disabilities working in challenging environments.

💡Fundraise for disability justice.

Find Out more: add.org.uk
Graphic Image written Our 2026 Resolutions. The ADD International logo is at the top right corner and four illustrations of people with their fists raised at the bottom of the image.
February 3, 2026 at 12:05 PM
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📢 We are hiring!

Director of Resources, Systems and Culture

📍Location: Global, open to applicants based in any location.

Application deadline: Monday 9 February 2026 9am UK time

Find the full details and how to apply: add.org.uk/director-of-...

#ADDOpportunities #DisabilityJustice #Hiring
Director of Resources, Systems and Culture.
Contract: Full time and permanent contract (though we are open to considering applications from those who want to work on a part-time or job-share basis). At ADD we work a 4-day week…
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January 19, 2026 at 11:23 AM
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📢 We are hiring!

Safeguarding and Security Manager.

Open to applicants from Bangladesh, Cambodia, Kenya, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda or UK.

Closing date: 29 January 2026, 9am UK time

Find full details and how to apply: add.org.uk/safeguarding...

#ADDOpportunities #DisabilityJustice #Hiring
Safeguarding and Security Manager
Contract: Full time and permanent contract (though we are open to considering applications from those who want to work on a part-time or job-share basis). At ADD we work a 4-day week…
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January 19, 2026 at 6:20 AM
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We are hiring!

Director of External Engagement

Location: Global, open to applicants based in any location.

Closing date: 21 January 2026, 9am UK time

Find the full details and how to apply: add.org.uk/director-of-...

#ADDOpportunities #DisabilityJustice #Hiring
Director of External Engagement
Contract: Full time and permanent contract (though we are open to considering applications from those who want to work on a part-time or job-share basis). At ADD we work a 4-day week…
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January 13, 2026 at 6:24 AM
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We are hiring!

Director of External Engagement

📍Location: Global. You must have an existing right to work in the country you are based in.

Closing date: 21 January 2026, 9am UK time

Find the full details: add.org.uk/director-of-external-engagement/
#ADDOpportunities #DisabilityJustice #Hiring
Director of External Engagement
Contract: Full time and permanent contract (though we are open to considering applications from those who want to work on a part-time or job-share basis). At ADD we work a 4-day week…
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January 5, 2026 at 9:27 AM
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As 2025 comes to an end, we want to celebrate the work of the disability justice activists and organisations that we fund and support.

Here’s to continuing to support and resource disability justice in 2026. There is no #Justice without #DisabilityJustice.

Find out more: add.org.uk
Graphic image written, thank you for supporting disability justice. The ADD International logo is at the top right corner.
December 24, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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Last year, women with disability representatives from Ghana, Tanzania and Uganda worked together to decided how funding for women with disabilities should best be spent – and who it should be spent by.

Read more about the #DisabilityJustice Fund for Women design team: add.org.uk/djfw-design-team
DJFW Design team.
Last year a group of women with disabilities from Ghana, Uganda and Tanzania worked together to decide how funding for women with disabilities should best be spent – and who it should be spent by.
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December 24, 2025 at 8:07 AM
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Salamatu is a #DisabilityJustice activist from Ghana, and the leader of the Women’s Wing of Ghana National Association for the Deaf (GNAD). She is very passionate about advocating for the rights of deaf people.

Read more about Salamatu’s story: add.org.uk/salamatus-st...
#ParticipatortGrantMaking
Salamatu’s story
Salamatu is a disability justice activist from Ghana, and the leader of the Women’s Wing of Ghana National Association for the Deaf (GNAD). She is very passionate about advocating for the rights of…
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December 22, 2025 at 8:25 AM
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Abigail is a #DisabilityJustice activist from Ghana and one of the deaf women supported by the Women’s Wing of Ghana National Association of the Deaf (GNAD), where she received skills training.

Read more about Abigail’s story: add.org.uk/abigails-sto...

#ParticipatortGrantMaking
Abigail’s story
Abigail is a hairdresser and disability justice activist from Ghana. She is one of the deaf women supported by the Women’s Wing of Ghana National Association of the Deaf (GNAD)…
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December 18, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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Racheal is a #DisabilityJustice activist from Ghana and one of the young deaf women who have received skills training and support under the Ghana National Association for the Deaf (GNAD), Women’s Wing.

Read more about Racheal's story: add.org.uk/racheals-sto...
#ParticipatortGrantMaking
Racheal’s story
Racheal is a tailor and a disability justice activist from Ghana. She is one of the young deaf women who have received skills training and support under the Ghana National Association for the Deaf…
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December 17, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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On this International Human Rights Day, we highlight that the rights and inclusion of people with disabilities are essential to achieving human rights for everyone.

On this day, we are calling for more support and better protection for #DisabilityJustice work.
#InternationalHumanRightsDay
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December 10, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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Salama is a disability justice activist from Uganda and a participant of the 2025 cohort of the Global Disability Leadership Academy.

On the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, she was invited to a national television to share and showcase her talent.

#IDPD2025 #DisabilityJustice
December 9, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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On this International Day of Persons with Disabilities, we honor #DisabilityJustice activists and organisations of Persons with Disabilities leading change. Our 2024 Annual Report shares their impact and achievements.

Read the report: add.org.uk/annual-repor...

#IDPD2025
An image of Ayidah, a disability justice activist from Uganda carrying fresh vegetables and smiling. The ADD International logo is at the top right corner and a graphic written 2024 Annual Report and Disability Justice Activists Leading Change.
December 3, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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On this International Day of Persons with Disabilities, we honor the leadership, resilience, and creativity of #DisabilityJustice activists around the world.

Thank you to everyone who supports this work. Together, we are creating a world where all people with disabilities can thrive.

#IDPD2025
Graphic image written, International Day of Persons with Disabilities and the hashtag hashtag#IDPD2025. The ADD International logo is at the bottom right corner.
December 3, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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Today is #GivingTuesday. Please donate to support #DisabilityJustice activists and organisations of persons with disabilities leading change.

Your support resources them to lead their own initiatives and create meaningful, lasting impact.

Donate: add.org.uk/donate/
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December 2, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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The 2025 cohort of the Global Disability Leadership Academy has graduated!

These leaders have built powerful skills in advocacy and inclusive leadership and will now champion #DisabilityJustice in their communities.

More here: add.org.uk/leadership-a...
Global Disability Leadership Academy participants and facilitators stand together outdoors in front of a building with a colorful vertical garden made of hanging pots. Everyone is smiling, some holding certificates, and many raising their fists in celebration. Several participants wear purple stoles over white shirts. There is a banner with the Global Disability Leadership Academy branding and the tagline “Nurturing lived experience leadership for disability justice.” Global Disability Leadership Academy participants and facilitators stand together outdoors in front of a building with a colorful vertical garden made of hanging pots. Everyone is smiling, some holding certificates, and many raising their fists in celebration. Several participants wear purple stoles over white shirts. There is a banner with the Global Disability Leadership Academy branding and the tagline “Nurturing lived experience leadership for disability justice.” Global Disability Leadership Academy participants and facilitators stand together outdoors in front of a building with a colorful vertical garden made of hanging pots. Everyone is smiling, some holding certificates, and many raising their fists in celebration. Several participants wear purple stoles over white shirts. There is a banner with the Global Disability Leadership Academy branding and the tagline “Nurturing lived experience leadership for disability justice.” Global Disability Leadership Academy participants and facilitators stand together outdoors in front of a building with a colorful vertical garden made of hanging pots. Everyone is smiling, some holding certificates, and many raising their fists in celebration. Several participants wear purple stoles over white shirts. There is a banner with the Global Disability Leadership Academy branding and the tagline “Nurturing lived experience leadership for disability justice.”
November 18, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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The second in-person Global Disability Leadership Academy is happening now in Nairobi, Kenya.

Leaders are deepening their advocacy & leadership skills, and building power for disability justice — ahead of their upcoming graduation.

🔗https://add.org.uk/leadership-academy/

#DisabilityLeadership
The academy participants in group photo outside with a white pull up banner on the extreme left that has the Global Disability Leadership Academy logo and a picture of a woman in a wheelchair. The academy participants in a room seated during a session. The room has white lights and grey / cream walls. The academy participants in a room seated during a session. The room has white lights and grey / cream walls. There's a woman standing at the front holding a microphone speaking.
November 12, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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Help make Ghana’s free education truly accessible.

Sign The Challenged Foundation’s petition to help make Ghana’s education system accessible for persons with disabilities.

Sign and share: c.org/MKFFCQtRCC

#InclusiveEducation #DisabilityJustice
Petition unterschreiben
Make Ghana’s “Free Education” Truly Accessible, Enforce the Law and Open the Doors
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November 11, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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Big things are happening through the Global Disability Leadership Academy!

After in-person sessions, participants are now in online mentorship growing their skills, confidence and connections.

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#DisabilityJustice #DisabilityLeadership
Leadership Academy
This year, 2025 we launched the Global Disability Leadership Academy to support the unique but largely untapped leadership potential of disability justice leaders, especially women and girls and…
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November 5, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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Recently, grantees in Ghana under the #DisabilityJusticeFundForWomen met to build connections and share learning. This is a participatory fund designed by women with disabilities in Ghana, Uganda and Tanzania, to make sure it meets the real needs of disability justice activists.
October 29, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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Meet grantees from Uganda under the Disability Justice Fund for Women.

Co-created by women with disabilities in Ghana, Uganda & Tanzania, the fund supports grassroots groups led by women with disabilities to advance justice and equality.

Read more: add.org.uk/disability-j...
Disability Justice Fund for Women Grantees - Uganda
The Disability Justice Fund for Women is a fund designed by women with disabilities in Ghana, Uganda and Tanzania, to make sure it meets the real needs of disability justice activists in these…
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October 23, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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Leave a lasting legacy for disability justice.

Write your Will for free and help future generations of disability activists across Africa and Asia lead powerful movements for change.

Find out how: 👉 add.org.uk/legacy

#LegacyGiving #DisabilityJustice #WriteYourWillForFree
Legacy
When you give a Gift in your Will, you can support generations of disability activists in Africa & Asia. Over the last couple of years, we have received several legacies from loyal…
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October 21, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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Meet Juliana one of the participants from our Disability Leadership Academy

In her story, she reflects on the challenges she faced as a woman with a disability pursuing leadership and how she overcame them with resilience.

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#DisabilityLeadership #DisabilityJustice
Juliana’s story
Juliana is the Executive Director of Voices of Women and Children with Disabilities in Ghana. She is taking part in ADD’s Global Disability Leadership Pilot that kicked off with an in-person week of…
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October 14, 2025 at 2:13 PM