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The Country Champions program

The 2017-20 quadrennium has included a lot of interest in the ICEVI’s Country Champions program for young adults with visual impairment. The purpose of the Country Champions Program is to promote participation of young people with visual impairment in regional activities and to provide them with a range of skills that enable them to influence and inspire policy-makers and decision makers, and other individuals with visual impairment in their home countries. There is nothing more powerful than a young person with a visual impairment speaking for themselves and promoting policy changes that result in improved services for children and adults with visual impairment. The first country champions program was organised in the Philippines in 2017 and served as a model for other regions that wished to implement the country champions program. To date, most of the ICEVI regions have organised country champions programs at the regional level and also at country levels. A session on the Country Champions program is planned for the 2020 General Assembly of ICEVI.

Indonesia Country Champion Program

Indonesia Country Champion Program

Country Champions Programs were conducted in Nepal, India, Cambodia, Indonesia and also in the Latin America Region during the year which were attended by more than 300 persons with visual impairment. Some of them have started movements of their own to promote the development of quality educational services for persons with visual impairment at global, regional and national levels. ICEVI is in the process of bringing out a separate document on the country champions program, including video messages and clippings that will be of use to countries that are planning to implement the program.

Cambodia Country Champion Program

Cambodia Country Champion Program