Vision : The main vision
of GFDD is to make a world for the
disabled peoples to enjoy their all rights, facilities, dignities and
opportunities in respect of human being.
Policies & Systems :
Global Fund for Disability and Development (GFDD) follows its specific set of
policies and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) which has been revised and
updated a number of times up till now in order to make them more staff friendly
and organization-centered. Global Fund for Disability and Development (GFDD)
uses its following manuals of policies:
Manual of Human Resources
and Administrative Policies
Manual of Financial
Policies
These manuals contain a
number of basic organizational policies and procedures which help in the
creation and maintenance of a transparent, accountable and fair working
environment in Global Fund for Disability and Development (GFDD) and ensure the
effective achievement of overall objectives of the Organization.
Human Resources : Global
Fund for Disability and Development (GFDD) has a core team with various
professional backgrounds such as management, finances and HR etc. In addition
the GFDD hires the project staff as and when required. The Organization also
engages volunteers and interns on need basis.
In this world there are
so many disabled people who face different types of extreme problems due to
victimizations of human rights violation, lack of social justice and lack of
good governance etc. Many of them are deprived of human rights in the family as
well as society. Disabled women are mostly vulnerable and they are neglected
more than men irrespective of nation, race, and religion, they deprived of
their basic rights and they don’t have access to need based health facilities
of health support and left out and excluded from decision making, recreation
and educational opportunities. Under the circumstances, the situations of
person with Disabilities are extremely vulnerable; Persons with disabilities
are generally denied access to schooling and other educational opportunities.
Due to climate change impact disabled people are affected mostly. Considering
the above circumstances GFDD took proper initiatives and developed a strong and
innovative organizations and local and national disabled people’s organization
and provide them funding support to go through their need based project. GFDD
practically communicated and create linkage with a large number of disabled
people’s organization, Organization of the Women with Disabilities and disabled
children and discussed about their needs. Then GFDD arranged a meeting with the
participation of director of the disabled people’s organization and designed
new frame work to support them. GFDD is committed to provide them funding
support on the project at the initial
stage considering their capacity building through empowerment, advocacy and
awareness rising.
The primary working area
of GFDD is Asia, Africa and Latin America Continents. But there is a plan to
gradually expand GFDD activities in all continent of the world for carrying out
different types of charity activities for the development, empowerment and
inclusion of disabled, disadvantaged and distressed people of the world
GFDD is a global
development charity organization. It’s a non-government, not-for-profit and
nonsectarian, non-partisan organization working for social development of
disabled, vulnerable and less developed people. It is voluntary international
fund raising organization to provide funding support to the disabled people’s
organizations. It’s a human-centered international NGO. GFDD could also be
labeled as an implementing organization which designs and implements various
developmental projects with the financial and technical support of national,
international donor agencies, organizations and the government.
GFDD is consisting of
mainly with the General council and executive council. A 27 (twenty seven)
member of Governing Council meets once in a year and they are responsible to
govern the organization. The General members, associated members and life
members elected the Governing Council (GC). The Governing Council (GC) is the
highest policy making body of the organization. A nine (09) member Executive Council
elected by the Governing Council (GC) looks after the total management of the
operation and guide the Member Secretary and executive director to run the
day-to-day Administration and Management. This Executive Council (EC) should
meet once in a month. The Executive Council (EC) also needs to make plan of
operation and prepare the Annual Budget accordingly. The Executive Director
& Member Secretary looks after the day to day administration, advise and
assist the Program Director and sub-ordinate staffs for effective
implementation of all program and Project activities.