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Mission to Papua New Guinea
18-27 July 2006

The APCD Mission visited the Ministry of Community Development and met with H.E. Ms. Dame Carol Kidu, Minister of Community Development, who agreed to be the honorable chairperson of the Regional Training Seminar on Capacity Building for Self-help Organizations of Persons with Disabilities (CBSHOD) 2007. H.E. Ms. Kidu set up a press conference at the Parliament Building on 27 July 2006 and announced that the Ministry of Community Development will collaborate with APCD and the DPI/Asia-Pacific Regional Office hosting the CBSHOD 2007 in Port Moresby. The mission also visited 1) the Department of Health 2) the Ministry of Education 3) the Ministry of Labor and 4) the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF), stating full support towards the upcoming CBSHOD. The Mission also met many persons with disabilities from different provinces and provincial representatives of the Ministry of Health, Labor, Education, and Community Development.

The Mission participated in the 1st National Leadership Training Seminar for Women with Disabilities and the 5th NBDP Conference in Lae. On 19 July 2006, Mr. Topong Kulkhanchit, APCD Resource Person and Executive Board Member, and DPI/Asia-Pacific Regional Development Officer, shared about the new human rights convention and human rights issues of women with disabilities.

The Mission visited Pari village and met with small disabled peoples' organizations in the community to get information about persons with disabilities and accessibility. Additional projects concerning disability such as, Morobe Special Education Resource Center, Associate for Disabled Houses, PNG Rehabilitation Center, Cheshire Home, St. John's Association for the Blind, and the Red Cross Special Education Resource Center were also visited.