Presented at: Joint Expert Group Meeting on Older Persons and Intergenerational Solidarity organized by United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) and United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) on October 10-11, 2023 at United Nations Conference Centre, Bangkok, Thailand. TCI was represented at the event by Mr. […]

Addis Declaration Persons with psychosocial disabilities and organizations from 5 countries in East Africa region met in Addis Ababa on July 26, 2022 at the East Africa Subregional Convening, organized by Transforming Communities for Inclusion – Global in partnership with CIC-Kenya, TRIUMPH, RDDF and UNSAI, and developed the “Addis Declaration”, through a consultative process, over

Winfred Wanja Kirumia advocates for the rights and inclusion of persons with disabilities especially young women and girls with disabilities. She trains persons with disabilities to fight for their rights and inclusion, creating awareness of how to address their challenges and how to embrace development activities and deliver themselves from the yokes of poverty including

Author’s bio My name is Puneet Singh Singhal (he/him) from New Delhi, India. I am a person with dyslexia, dyspraxia and stammering. I see my life as the intersection of poverty, domestic violence, and multiple non-visible disabilities. I am a disability activist advocating for a more inclusive and accessible society for people with different, distinct,

Championing inclusive communities in Kenya was once an idea that was mooted by Elizabeth Ombati (Chairperson) and Njoroge Samuel(director)in April 2022 during a Strategic Planning meeting by TCI Global in Bangkok Thailand. Under the TCI Fellowship program, CIC has transited into a national movement advocating for the rights of persons with psychosocial and neurodiverse disabilities.

TCI’s story of meeting and working with Luke TCI team met the Late Mr. Luke Taveta during a visit to Fiji Islands, in February 2020 and exchanged with the Psychiatric Survivors Association of Fiji (PSA, Fiji). Started in 2004, from the life experiences of Luke, PSA is 18 years old and is among the oldest

Living Association Thailand (LAT): Living Association is a Thailand based organization of persons with psychosocial disabilities and their care givers and supporters. It offers support in recovery, skill development, promotion of opportunity to work and inclusion of persons with psychosocial disabilities in the community. The organization values the importance of wellbeing and being alive as

In Scotland, UK, deinstitutionalization has been a policy objective, at least since the 1990s, when a ‘care in the community’ policy was introduced. It was within this context the charity Carr Gomm Scotland was established, in 1998, with the main aim of supporting people with disabilities who had been housed in institutions to live safely

Submissions by TCI’s Member from UK ‘Liberation’ and it’s members

An opinion piece on the BBC Panorama undercover investigation of the Edenfield Mental Health Care unit, UK

TCI, as a global OPD, the largest representative voice of persons with psychosocial disabilities and varying identities thereof, with a membership spread across Asia Pacific, Africa, Latin America, UK and Canada, lays down our positionality on community inclusion through this paper.