The National Centre for Promotion of Employment for Disabled People (NCPEDP) in collaboration with the Azim Premji Foundation has launched a three-year immersive grassroots fellowship programme for youth with disabilities wanting to construct a profession within the growth sector.
The NCPEDP-Javed Abidi Fellowship on Disability is open for kids with incapacity within the age bracket of 18-28 years. The fellows will obtain a month-to-month stipend for as much as Rs 25,000 to satisfy mandatory wants in the course of the fellowship programme.
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The first cohort can have a complete of 25 members. The fellowship will start on September 1, 2021. The functions at the moment are open and the final date to use is August 11, 2021. Candidates can apply on-line at ww.ncpedp.org
The fellows will work in direction of making a repository of data-driven and evidence-based analysis and coverage papers on varied disability-related points.
Arman Ali, Executive Director of NCPEDP, stated, “Given that we are in the midst of the pandemic, people living with disabilities have been the worst affected. There is a struggle for food, access to basic healthcare, education and livelihood opportunities. The fellows will help document such stories of struggle and good practices from all over the country to help build back better”.
Neelima Karath, Lead for Persons with Disability at The Philanthropy added, “Their research and work will lead to new narratives emerging from the grassroots which would guide the future of policy, advocacy and implementation in the disability ecosystem.”