Rights into Action Project

Today we have visited Rights Into Action for Youth With Disabilities ("RIA") to discuss on the activities carried out and the challenges faced by the organization so that we can assist them in improving their operations. Rights into Action serves as a platform to share information and experiences amongst children and young people with disabilities. It is aimed at raining public awareness on disabilities, enhancing social inclusion and participation and providing help and services to children and young people with disabilities.

Supported by Save the Children, Mr. Fu Sengjun, a young man with disability himself with other young people with disabilities founded Rights into Action for Youth with Disabilities. In January 2005 it was registered in Industrial and Commercial Administration Bureau as a Non-Profit Organization and then registered in Civil Affairs Bureau as a Non-Governmental Organization in April 2007.

Based on the needs of children and youth with disabilities, RIA tries to influence government policies, improve social inclusion, work with parents of children and youth with disabilities and work with children and youth with disabilities.

RIA manages several activities such as:

- provide advocacy for raining public awareness on disabilities

- enhancing social inclusion between children with disabilities with normal children

- participation and providing education to children and young people with disabilities including autism

- provide training to young people with disabilities to learn how to make handicrafts

- provide weekend class for children with disabilities

- provide rehabilitation training for children with autism

- organizing parents - children games activities

- provide lectures for parents of children and youth with disabilities, etc

Kevin and I are very honored that we are able to provide this organization with certain suggestions to improve their operations.

Note on the picture:

(1) Kevin, me and RIA's management

(2) Autism class for children

(3) Painting by one of children with disabilities

(4) Painting by one of children with disabilities

(5) Painting by one of children with disabilities