Youth In Action For Disability Inclusion Zambia - YADIZ

Advancing Inclusive Development in Zambia

Today, as YADIZ we where privileged take part in a critical national consultation on the revision of the 2014 National Planning and Budgeting Policy and the participation of Organisations of Persons with Disabilities in the implementation of the SDGs and the 8th National Development Plan (8NDP).

This consultation comes at a pivotal moment as Zambia strengthens inclusive, participatory and accountable planning systems ensuring that persons with disabilities are not just considered, but actively shaping development processes.

🔑 Why this matters:
✔️Participation of persons with disabilities is a human rights obligation, not optional
✔️Inclusive systems lead to more equitable and sustainable development outcomes
✔️Bridging gaps in Organisations of Persons with Disabilities engagement strengthens accountability and service delivery

📌 Key Outcome:
The consultation will deliver a disability rights participation checklist a practical, user-friendly tool to support Government institutions and OPDs in mainstreaming disability inclusion across planning, budgeting and monitoring systems.

Through this process, Zambia is taking a significant step toward systemic change, stronger coordination and truly inclusive service delivery.

🚨 𝐃𝐈𝐃 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐊𝐍𝐎𝐖? 🚨

𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬!

𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐤𝐞𝐲 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐥-𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐙𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐚 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐀𝐋𝐖𝐀𝐘𝐒 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞:

📞 𝐒𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐓 𝐙𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐚 𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐤 – 𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟖
(𝐆𝐞𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐞-𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐞-𝐩𝐚𝐲𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐬 & 𝐙𝐀𝐌𝐀𝐏𝐀𝐒𝐒)

📞 𝐋𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐬 – 𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝟕𝟎𝟏𝟎
(𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐮𝐧𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐫 𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞)

📞 𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐄𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 – 𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝟗𝟗𝟏
(𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞)

📞 𝐙𝐈𝐂𝐓𝐀 – 𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝟕𝟎𝟕𝟎
(𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐩𝐨𝐨𝐫 𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐫 𝐮𝐧𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐬)

📞 𝐇𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 – 𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝟖𝟏𝟖𝟏
(𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞)

📞 𝐂𝐎𝐕𝐈𝐃-𝟏𝟗 𝐇𝐨𝐭𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 – 𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝟗𝟎𝟗
(𝐆𝐞𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭)

📞 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 – 𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝟏𝟏𝟔 / 𝟗𝟑𝟑
(𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐚𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐞, 𝐧𝐞𝐠𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭, 𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧)

📞 𝐍𝐏𝐀 𝐇𝐨𝐭𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 – 𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝟑𝟕𝟑𝟕
(𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲)

💡 𝐖𝐇𝐘 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐈𝐒 𝐈𝐌𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐓𝐀𝐍𝐓:
𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬:

✔️ 𝐅𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬
✔️ 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐧
✔️ 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐯𝐮𝐥𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩𝐬 (𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧, 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬)
✔️ 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬
✔️ 𝐄𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐮𝐞𝐬

⚠️ 𝐍𝐎𝐓𝐄:
𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐙𝐚𝐦𝐭𝐞𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐃𝐎𝐍’𝐓 𝐆𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐔𝐏. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐧 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐏𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐥.

𝐀𝐭 𝐘𝐀𝐃𝐈𝐙, 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬.

👉 𝐒𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭. 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐭. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞.

#𝐘𝐀𝐃𝐈𝐙 #𝐊𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 #𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐀𝐥𝐥 #𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲𝐈𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 #𝐙𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐚 #𝐓𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐞 #𝐄𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲𝐍𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐬 #𝐇𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 #𝐄𝐧𝐝𝐆𝐁𝐕 #𝐈𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐲

Did you know? 🚍

Section 47 of the Persons with Disabilities Act requires public transport to provide reasonable accommodation and reserve at least two seats for persons with disabilities. Inclusion is not charity it’s a right.

YADIZ, WE HAVE BEEN PRIVILEGED TO REVIEW GRIEVANCE REDRESS MECHANISM(GRM).
‎
‎10th December, 2025
‎
‎The Ministry of Health (MOH) has embarked on the process of reviewing, and strengthening the existing grievance redress mechanism.
‎
‎Speaking in Kabwe , Central Province during the inaugural session of the review meeting with the stakeholders, Provincial Health Director Elijah Mutoloki says the mechanism is targeted at strengthening avenues and channels for conflict resolution.
‎
‎In a speech read on his behalf by Provincial Public Health Specialist Isaac Banda , Dr Mutoloki explains that the Ministry will ensure that the document meets all the legal provisions.
‎
‎He said the last developed robust grievance redress mechanism during the COVID-19 pandemic was not fully rolled out.
‎
‎Mr Ian Banda Director, YADIZ has emphasized that the project marks the beginning of a renewed chapter in Zambia’s health governance landscape where persons with disabilities must be included, and the document to disability inclusive and address disability measures in addressing grievances in health services.
‎
‎Dr Mutoloki has further noted that the document will significantly contribute to a more resilient, responsive, and accountable inclusive health system.
‎
‎He said the mechanism also aligns with the requirements of the World Bank supported Zambia health emergency preparedness, response and resilience project under the broader multiphased approach framework for Eastern and Southern Africa.
‎
‎And MOH Assistant Director for Health Promotion and Community Kalangwa Kalangwa , has described the mechanism as very progressive to the health sector.
‎
‎Meanwhile, MOH Chief Health Promotion Officer, Constance Musenge says once the national document currently under review is fully updated and standardized will enable the speedy resolution of conflicts among the affected parties.

!
!