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IDIWA is a voluntary, not for profit non-governmental Organization established in 2000 by women of different disability categories including physical and sensory disabilities together with parents of children with disabilities from Iganga District. The establishment of IDIWA came out of realization that women and girls with disabilities face heightened discrimination on account of gender and disability. They are among the poorest in their communities and efforts to address their plight are hindered by lack of coordination and sufficient information. This necessitated the birth of IDIWA to design self help community based development programs for women and girls with disabilities. However, in 2015, IDIWA embarked on a restructuring process which opened doors for other vulnerable groups in programming including i.e. Children, Youth, People living with HIV/AIDS and the Elderly, and expanded the area of operation from Iganga district to the entire Busoga Sub region.

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