
Johannes Trimmel
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Programme Director #Disability #Inclusive #Development @Sightsavers. Strongly believe in #equality, #inclusion and #globaljustice.
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On #WorldHumanitarianDay, learn how this #InclusiveFutures project is helping empower women with disabilities in the Kakuma refugee camp to develop their own businesses. inclusivefutures.org/world-humanita… FCDO Inclusive @InBusinessKenya @lftwworldwide Sense International-Kenya Humanity & Inclusion UK

Learn how this #InclusiveFutures project is helping empower women with disabilities in Kakuma refugee camp to develop their own businesses. inclusivefutures.org/world-humanita… FCDO Inclusive @InBusinessKenya @lftwworldwide Sense International-Kenya Humanity & Inclusion UK Sightsavers

I’ve signed Sightsavers petition to ensure world leaders do not leave people with disabilities behind from vital progress at the #SDGSummit in September. Will you join our rescue mission? #PromiseInPeril #LeaveNoOneBehind campaign.sightsavers.org/page/128565/pe…

On our way towards real freedom of movement of all persons with disabilities!💚 We welcome the European Commission's proposal for the #EUDisabilityCard. Next, we will work hard to ensure it paves the way for a long-term recognition of disability status & access to services.


"The rate of change is not in line with the scale of the problem" Abia Akram (official) outlines why we need to step up our efforts to deliver the #SDGs to reach those who are left furthest behind - especially people with disabilities. #UNGA78 #SDGActionWeekend #PromiseInPeril


The #InclusiveFutures programme of Sightsavers and BBC Media Action advances universal health coverage by tackling the health inequities that people with disabilities face when exercising their #SRHR. #WorldContraceptionDay2023 sightsavers.org/blogs/2023/09/…



New report on some inclusive participatory research undertaken with Oluwatosin Adekeye PhD noela gwani & others under the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office funded Disability Inclusive Development/#InclusiveFutures programme, focusing on #InclusiveEducation in #Kaduna, #Nigeria opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handl…

💬 “UHC will only be achieved through concerted action to tackle these and other health inequities” In our second #UHCDay blog, Sarah Collinson, Health Policy Advisor at Sightsavers, explores how we achieve #TrulyUniversal health coverage ⬇️ healthyfutures.uk/health-news/pa…

Amazing to see Sightsavers #EqualWorld and #RatifyTheADP campaign ambassador John Chiti picked as one of the The Guardian's most inspiring interviewees of 2023. Thanks Sarah Johnson theguardian.com/global-develop…

🚨Happening TOMORROW: join us for an online HitchHiker debate on best practices for institutionalizing and sustaining social participation at national level & hear from the pen holders of the #WHA resolution about their ambitions. 🔗Register: g2h2.org/posts/january2……



Great to see @FCDO funded #InclusiveFutures receiving ZeroProject.org award for🌍work with Organisations of People with Disabilities on #InclusiveEducation👏 👉inclusivefutures.org/inclusive-futu… #DisabilityInclusiveDevelopment #ZeroCon24 #OPDs International Disability Alliance (IDA) Sightsavers


Today in Brighton, IDDC members have elected a new Chair! Please meet Mary Keogh, Advocacy Director at CBM Global Disability Inclusion. Mary is replacing Dom Haslam OBE, whose mandate came to an end after six years of service. Thank you Dom and welcome Mary! ▶️bit.ly/4auUSuR


How does it feel to win a Paralympic gold medal? 🏅 Paralympic gold and bronze medalist, and now technical advisor on disability inclusion at the FCDO, Susie Rodgers MBE 🦈 talks to Foreign Secretary David Lammy about disability inclusion and the moment she realised she’d won gold.

Our CEO Nduta Sally sharing at the #AfricanDisabilityConference on how OPDs should be engaged & respected as equal partners in programs & initiatives. She lauded the meaningful partnerships in #InclusiveFutures program. African Disability Forum (ADF) International Disability Alliance (IDA) Sightsavers Light for the World


Nairobi is hosting Africa's first-ever Disability Summit! We’re celebrating our #InclusiveFutures partnership with Sightsavers, delivering for people with disabilities: ➡️Better school attendance ➡️More job opportunities ➡️Better access to healthcare ➡️Tackling discrimination


NEW BLOG: Exclusion is holding children with disabilities back Sign the open letter to call for urgent action to end exclusion of children with disabilities from education systems worldwide #GAWE2025 Johannes Trimmel Sightsavers Policy and Research Sightsavers ukfiet.org/2025/exclusion…
