The Chief Executive Officer of Africa Disability Alliance Mr. Kudakwashe Dube has sent a heartwarming congratulatory
message to Ghana’s sensational songstress Mzbel on her appointment a Disability Music Ambassador of PROMOAFRICA.
Since 2004, the ADA has worked with a range of development
and political organisations such as AU, UN agencies, intergovernmental
organisations, International Non-governmental Organisations (INGOs),
development agencies, research institutions and universities to ensure the
generation and spread of knowledge and best practices throughout the continent
about inclusive development.
The organization advocates for inclusion of disability and people
with disabilities into development plans and programmes as well as for
self-determination of people with disabilities.
ADA is a disability-led technical
agency deriving its mandate from the African continental human rights movement
of organisations of persons with disabilities that constitute its membership, the ADA works on and utilizes a broad range of policy tools
in disability programming and implementation processes.
The ADA vision is ‘’ An African continent where people with disabilities
enjoy their human rights’’. This is achieve through working in partnership with
African governments, Private sector, Civil Society OrganiZations CSOs and
Disabled People’s Organizations DPO to promote inclusive development and human
rights for persons with disabilities in Africa.
The south African based organization,
in a letter dated 14th February 2018, said “This is to congratulate
you on your nomination as Disability
Music Ambassador of PROMOAFRICA, for your relentless and selfless service to
society. Let me congratulate you personally as well as on behalf of all the
Africa Disability Alliance.
Mr. Kudakwashe Dube in appreciation
said “Madam, the entire country knows you as a selfless social worker and a
great singer. The country has witnessed how you elbowed your way through all
hardships and worked for the destitute, the needy and the poor”.
“Madam, you have been working for
the last years and proved that if people want to bring about the social change
they can do so. I think you being the Disability Music Goodwill Ambassador is
the honor of this honor in a true sense.
“We hope our musicians in the continent
too do something worthwhile taking some inspiration from your work”.
Mzbel. born Belinda Nana Ekua
Amoah was crown the Disability Music Ambassador for PROMOAFRICA at a colorful
event at La Villa Boutique hotel in Accra by The Network of Journalists for the
Promotion of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Africa (PROMOAFRICA) supported
by the Ghana Coalition of Disability Organizations on Valentine day.
According to PROMOAFRICA, Mzbel’s appointment
is based on her long-time experience, exposure and influence in the art,
cultural and music industry in Ghana, couples with her enthusiasm to work with
the underprivileged, the marginalized, women and children in Ghana.
As Disability Music Ambassador, she
was tasked to help promote positively the rights of persons with disabilities
in Ghana and Africa and work closely with PROMOAFRICA’s projects from the
period February 2018 to February 2021.
Source: Seth Addi/PROMOAFRICA
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