ADDC :: Australian Disability & Development Consortium

MDG 6: Combat Disease

Read responses from staff members and the community about how we can combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria and Other Diseases

ADDC on Aid Review

“The aim of Australia’s aid program is to reduce poverty through improved medical care, education, economic opportunities and governance” Mr. Kevin Rudd
ADDC welcomes the Governments announcement of an independent review on the effectiveness of the Australian Aid program. It is both very welcome and timely for persons with disabilities across the poorest regions of the [...]

1 IN 5 Parlimentary Breakfast

ADDC, in partnership with CBM, ACFID and PWD hosted a parliamentary breakfast on November 17th 2010 to promote disability inclusive development within the Australian Aid program.

Paraguay: Jorge and Julios story

Behind closed doors of psychiatric institutions in many impoverished countries, too many children and adults with mental disabilities live their lives in suffering and isolation.

In Paraguay, autistic young men like Jorge and Julio have suffered at the hands of a system that has failed to understand and protect them.