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अपाङ्गता भएका युवाहरूको पहिलो राष्ट्रिय सम्मेलन मंसिर १९ र २० गते ललितपुरमा सम्पन्न भयो। देशभरका १०० भन्दा बढी अपाङ्गता भएका युवाहरूको सहभागितामा दुई दिनसम्म चलेको यो सम्मेलनले ३५ बुँदे ललितपुर घोषणापत्र जारी गरेको छ।

यो सम्मेलन अपाङ्गता भएका व्यक्तिहरूको ३३ औं अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय दिवसको अवसरमा आयोजना गरिएको थियो, जसको यस वर्षको नारा "समावेशी र दिगो भविष्यका लागि अपाङ्गता भएका व्यक्तिहरूको नेतृत्वको सशक्तिकरण" रहेको थियो। साथै सन् २०२५ मा हुने तेस्रो विश्व अपाङ्गता शिखर सम्मेलनको पूर्वतयारीको रूपमा पनि यो कार्यक्रम आयोजना गरिएको थियो।

सम्मेलनमा पाँच मुख्य विषयमा छलफल भएको थियो:

  • समावेशी शिक्षा तथा प्रविधिमा पहुँच
  • यौन तथा प्रजनन स्वास्थ्य सेवा र मानसिक स्वास्थ्य समता
  • राजनीतिक तथा सार्वजनिक जीवनमा अर्थपूर्ण सहभागिता र नेतृत्व
  • समावेशी रोजगारी, स्वरोजगार तथा आर्थिक सशक्तिकरण
  • अपाङ्गता समावेशी जलवायु प्रतिकार्य

विभिन्न प्रकारका अपाङ्गता भएका युवाहरूको सहभागिता रहेको यस सम्मेलनको उद्घाटन प्रतिनिधि सभाका सभामुख देवराज घिमिरेले गर्नुभएको थियो। उद्घाटन समारोहमा सांसदहरू प्रेम महर्जन र सोबिता गौतम तथा युनेस्को नेपालका प्रतिनिधि माइकल क्रफ्टको पनि उपस्थिति रहेको थियो।

समापन समारोहमा श्रम, रोजगार तथा सामाजिक सुरक्षा मन्त्री शरद सिंह भण्डारीको प्रमुख आतिथ्यता रहेको थियो। समारोहमा सांसदहरू चन्द्र भण्डारी, राजन दाहाल र रेखा यादव, संयुक्त राष्ट्र संघका आवासीय संयोजक हाना सिंगर लगायत विभिन्न सरकारी तथा गैरसरकारी निकायका प्रतिनिधिहरूको उपस्थिति थियो।

समापन समारोहमा सहभागी युवाहरूले ३५ बुँदे घोषणापत्र उपस्थित अतिथिहरूलाई हस्तान्तरण गरेका थिए। अतिथिहरूले घोषणापत्रमा उल्लेखित मागहरू सम्बोधन गर्ने प्रतिबद्धता व्यक्त गरेका छन्।

The first National Conference of Youth with Disabilities was held in Lalitpur on December 4-5. More than 100 young people with disabilities from across Nepal attended the two-day event, which ended with the release of a 35-point Lalitpur Declaration.

The conference coincided with the 33rd International Day of Persons with Disabilities, following the theme "Amplifying the Leadership of Persons with Disabilities for an Inclusive and Sustainable Future." It also helped prepare for the upcoming third Global Disability Summit in 2025, where the views of young people with disabilities will be shared with the international community.

The participants discussed five main topics:

  • Inclusive education and access to technology
  • Sexual and reproductive health services and mental health equity
  • Meaningful participation and leadership in political and public life
  • Inclusive employment, self-employment, and economic empowerment
  • Disability-inclusive climate response

Young people with different types of disabilities took part in the conference. Mr. Dev Raj Ghimire, Honorable Speaker of the House of Representatives, opened the event. Members of Parliament Prem Maharjan and Sobita Gautam, and UNESCO Nepal Representative Michael Croft were also present at the opening.

The Minister for Labor, Employment and Social Security, Sharad Singh Bhandari, attended the closing ceremony. Other guests included Members of Parliament Chandra Bhandari, Rajan Dahal, and Rekha Yadav, and UN Resident Coordinator Ms. Hanaa Singer-Hamdy, along with other government and non-government officials.

At the closing ceremony, the participants presented their 35-point declaration to the guests. The officials promised to work on the demands listed in the declaration.

A team from the Blind Youth Association Nepal (BYAN) and CBM Global Nepal recently completed a meaningful exchange visit to Kenya from November 16-24, 2024. The team included BYAN's Project Coordinator Nilu Maharjan, President Ramchandra Gaihre, General Secretary Arjun Bahadur Rawal, and CBM Nepal's Program Officer Samjhana Shah. They worked closely with the Northern Nomadic Disabled Persons Organization (NONDO) and CBM Global Kenya to learn from their successful Action for Change project.

Cultural Exchange and Learning from Kenya's Systems

The visit began in Nairobi, where the team explored the Giraffe Centre and Kenya International Convention Center before engaging in productive discussions at NONDO's office. They visited key organizations like the National Council for Persons with Disabilities and CBM Global Kenya, where they discovered Kenya's effective approach to disability inclusion. The team was particularly impressed by Kenya's system, where all 47 counties have their own disability councils, along with the National Council's digital database of disability statistics, protection allowances, and their policy of reserving 30% of procurement opportunities for marginalized groups, including persons with disabilities.

Community Empowerment and Health Rights Initiatives

In Kajiado County, the team witnessed NONDO's impact through visits to local disability organizations—Loodokilani and Ewauso. These organizations help their members learn valuable skills like beekeeping, table banking, animal rearing, and making bead ornaments. With NONDO's financial support, these groups are becoming self-sustaining. The delegation then traveled to Mombasa to meet with the Dream Achievers Youth Organization (DAYO), which works on sexual and reproductive health rights. During this visit, BYAN's president participated in a radio program organized by DAYO, discussing how to improve health services for persons with disabilities.

Knowledge Exchange and Future Plans

BYAN shared their expertise by presenting their inclusive educational materials, including resources in Braille, large print, and easy-to-read formats. This presentation inspired the Kenyan teams to consider similar accessibility features in their programs. One standout initiative that caught BYAN's attention was NONDO's self-help groups for parents of persons with disabilities, where members learn income-generating skills while supporting each other—a model that BYAN hopes to adapt for Nepal.

The exchange visit, supported by CBM Global UK, has equipped BYAN with new ideas and approaches to disability inclusion. Their experience demonstrates how international collaboration can strengthen disability rights work worldwide, and both organizations are now better positioned to create more inclusive communities in their respective countries. The team returns to Nepal ready to adapt these valuable lessons to their local context, ensuring that the benefits of this exchange continue to grow.

Team of 12 blind and partially sighted youth lead by Blind youth association Nepal (BYAN) went to a delegation to Teachers service commission yesterday 23rd march, 2016. The purpose of the meeting was requesting TSC for providing additional time and alternative question during the exams of Teachers service commission. From the Teachers service commission, there was a presence of President of Mr. Tana Gautam, Member : Mr. Gyani Yadav, Admin officer : Mr. Laxmi Ram Paudel and Mr. Sudarshan Marathha. They are very positive in providing additional time and alternative questions as well as other needed arrangements for the Blind.

Following are the picture from the event:

Representatives from BYAN in meeting with TSC Officials

Meeting with Teacher Service Commission's officials by Blind Youth Association Officials.

BYAN organised a half day public service commission decision dissemination program in Hotel Hardik on 29th of march 2016. There was various representative from different blind peoples organisation. The Chief Guest Mr. Madhab Dhungel, Vice president of National Youth council, Nepal, Special Guest Mr. Sudarshan Sudehi, president of National Federation of Disabled Nepal, Guest - Joint Secretary of Public service commission Mr. Laxmi Bilas Koirala Guest Mr. Ramesh Pokharel- president- Nab Nepal,Mr. Narendra khatiwada- President- Youth Advocacy Nepal were present in the program. It was a Big success after the tired less effort for having blind friendly provisions while taking examination carried out by Public Service Commission.This decision by the public service commission is a history breaking one with provisions on not including the pictorial/reasoning tests, additional time @10 minutes/hour.

The issue of blind and partially sighted youth is being reconized by various medias and civil society organisations. Blind youth Association Nepal highly appreciates all medias especially Sichak Mashik (Teachers monthly magazine) for covering our issue on blind friendly education system. Through the article Sichak Mashik has not only highlighted our issue but also protrayed positive message. The article is able to cover the issues and challanges faced by blind and partially sighted students during the Exam and provisions and commitment from the government sector. Blind youth association would like to acknowledge the writer saloja dahal for her excellent writing as well as team of teachers monthly magazine.‪#‎blindyouthnepal‬

BYAN organized a half day workshop where we will discussed the potentiality of mainstreaming visually impaired youths in job market. We facilitated on possible challenges and some mitigation measures in the hiring process.  We also highlighted the benefits for the employers on having visually impaired youths as employee.

Hiring person with disability is good business. The employers who do this turn social issues into business opportunities. This process will not only promote the employer’s image as a diversity employer but also justifies the fact that they are responsible to their communities. There were many participants from various colleges, Hospitals, Business houses, Travels etc

Blind youth association Nepal is partnering with visually impaired youth of Sweden also MyRight, Sweden(emporing persons with disability). In this connection team of 3 members ( Mr. Kaladhar Bhandari, President , Mr. Ramchandra Gaihre, General Secretary and Mr. Vishwo Ram shrestha, Project manager ) from BYAN is visiting Sweden to learn about the labour market and potential job opportunities/ areas of employment for blind people, Educational system, disability movement and democratic practices of disability organisation and adaptive technologies for the blind people in European context.

 

BYAN organised half day workshop with curriculum development center(CDC), Department of Education (DOE) office of Examination controller(OEC) for blind friendly examination during the SLC examination of the blind. The examination system gaps were :

  1. Sufficiently and timely availability of Braille text books: In 2015, close to 65 percent of BPS students received braille text books in time while some others did not receive or received towards the end of academic year. One of the focuses of the project will be to have braille text books in the hands of each and every student at the start of each academic year. This also includes the provision of text books in large print for the partially sighted people.

 

  1. BPS friendly curriculum and text books: The existing curriculum and text books are of general nature that treats BPS children on the equal basis to that of others. Given the fact that BPS students have some functional restrictions in participation, there needs some adaptations in the curriculum and text books, for example choice of subjects, Geometry.

 

  1. Assessment and evaluation system: More adaptive nature of assessment and examination system has to be adopted for the BPS students. Short and general natured of assessments can be done using slate and stylus while long and time taking assessments has to be carried out by provisioning of 'competent' writers provision. Currentprovision of writing assistant with one class junior does not appropriately depict the talency/knowledge of BPS academics.
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