Graduates of Housekeeping and Gardening course in a graduation ceremony. The training program is jointly implemented by ZAPDD and the Finnish Association for Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (FAIDD) which provides financial and technical support.

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Mr. Ahmad K. Haji (ZAPDD - NEC member) welcomes Dr. David Arthur Towell (right), the Inclusive Education Expert from UK when he paid a courtesy visit to meet ZAPDD – NEC members at ZAPDD Office, Zanzibar.

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Dr. David Towell meeting self-advocates who are pursuing housekeeping and gardening course financed by the Finnish Association for Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (FAIDD) at Jang’ombe center, Zanzibar.

Self-advocates participating in a radio show program in self-advocacy campaign for combating stigma against persons with intellectual disabilities and promoting inclusion and the disability rights.

Ms. Sisko Rauhala and Ms. Susanna Hintsala (left on the front row), a delegation from FAIDD – Finland, flanked by ZAPDD leaders (right), and vocational training stakeholders in a group photo during the consultative meeting held at Maru Maru hotel, Zanzibar.

Ms. Susanna Hintsala (center) and Ms. Sisko Rauhala (first on the right) in a group photo with trainees of Housekeeping and Gardening course, and hotel supervisors (in yellow T-shirts) when the duo paid a monitoring visit at Best Western Plus hotel in Stone Town, Zanzibar, where the trainees were serving their industrial attachment.

Self-advocate learning how to make a handcraft by using the locally available materials as part of skills development program aimed at addressing the unemployment challenge facing youth with intellectual disabilities.