A team from the and Social Services in collaboration with the Zambia Agency for Persons with Disabilities, is conducting a five-day workshop in Livingstone to validate the draft children and adults functional assessment tools.
The team is also drafting the road map for the National Disability survey earmarked for 2025.
Speaking in his opening remarks, ZAPD Director General Frankson Musukwa emphasized the urgent need for the Agency to register persons with disabilities across the country, and issue them with disability certificates, which is a prerequisite in accessing various social protection services provided by government.
Mr. Musukwa was however quick to caution against fraud in the process of certifying persons with disabilities.
On the plan to develop the road map for the National Disability Survey, the Director General said it is only with a well maintained data Base that persons with disabilities can fully benefit from the services provided by government and various stakeholders.
The workshop is made possible with financial support from the United Nations Children’s Fund.
