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other international agenCies 
world bank
Disability and Development Team, 1818 H Street, 
NW, Washington D.C., 20433, USA
Website: www.worldbank.org/disability
The World Bank’s mission is to fight poverty with 
passion and professionalism for lasting results. 
In the area of disability, it is working to ensure 
full participation of persons with disabilities in its 
development work, and gives special attention to 
persons with disabilities in this section. This resource 
provides a wealth of data for statistics, policies, and 
publications with specific concentration on children in 
specific areas. 
international and regional 
non-governmental organiZations 
and networKs
action on disability and development
Vallis House, 57 Vallis Road, Frome, 
Somerset BA11 3EG, UK
Website: www.add.org.uk
ADD works with a variety of groups, some 
established as cross-disability organizations and 
others who come together due to the experience 
of a common impairment or shared experience, 
for instance, people who are deaf, or women 
with disabilities. The organizations range from 
small groups at village or local level, to larger, 
representational national federations or unions, 
which are also linked into regional and international 
networks of people with disabilities. ADD supports 
groups of people with disabilities by building 
up their confidence in their own worth, abilities 
and rights; helping them take control of their 
lives; campaigning, advocating and lobbying for 
equal rights; helping them run more sustainable, 
democratic, efficient and inclusive organizations; 
supporting them to set up self-help initiatives to 
improve their standards of living.
aifo 
(Associazone Italiana Amici di Raoul Follerau)
Via Borselli 4, I 40135 Bologna, Italy
Tel: [phone]; Fax: [phone]
Websites: www.aifo.it/English; www.aifo.it 
The activities of AIFO are focused on supporting 
persons affected by leprosy and persons with 
disabilities through integrated development projects, 
with particular attention to the poorest and most 
vulnerable groups. AIFO also promotes development 
education in Europe for a better understanding of the 
causes underlying poverty and underdevelopment in 
connection with the North–South relationship. This 
organization provides various resources on children 
with disabilities and leprosy in some of the least 
developed areas of the world. 

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