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Equal Rights for Persons with Disabilities International, Inc

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Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:	Economic and Social: Aging Agriculture Business and Industry Children Citizenship and Governance Culture Development Disabled Persons Education Extreme poverty Family Food Governance HIV/AIDS Habitat Human Rights Humanitarian Affairs Information Minority Rights Social Development Torture Values Violence Volunteerism Women Women/gender Equality Youth Gender Issues and Advancement of Women: Advocacy and outreach Capacity building Education and training of women Human rights of women Information and communication technologies Millennium Development Goals Policy advice Research Service provision The girl child Trafficking in women and girls Violence against women Women and HIV/AIDS Women and health Women and poverty Women and the economy Women and the environment Women and the media Women in power and decision-making Social Development: Aging Cooperative Disabled persons Employment Information and Communications Technologies Poverty Social policy Technical cooperation Youth Sustainable Development: Agriculture Education Gender equality Health Industrial development Information for decision-making and participation Integrated decision-making International cooperation for an enabling environment Partnerships Poverty Protecting and managing the natural resources Rural Development Sustainable development for Africa Transport Peace and Development in Africa: Development in Africa
Geographic scope:	International
Country of activity:	Ghana United States of America Niger Nigeria
Millennium Development Goals:	Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger Achieve universal primary education Promote gender equality and empower women Reduce child mortality Improve maternal health Ensure environmental sustainability Develop global partnership for development
Mission statement:	Equal Rights for Persons with Disabilities International, Inc., (ERPDI), is a State of Texas & The United States, Registered, nonprofit, nongovernmental, & nonpolitical 501 (c) (3), IRS Tax Exempt Advocacy Disabled Peoples Organization, geared towards protecting & Promoting the rights and human dignity for People with disabilities, women, children, youths, the elderly & Disadvantaged, victims of human/child/sex and labor trafficking, and who advocates for signing, ratification and full implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), Inclusive-Disability & Development PURPOSE:The major purpose of forming the Equal Rights for Persons with Disabilities International, Inc.(ERPDI), shall be for people with disabilities, in collaboration with their friends, family members, healthcare providers, social workers, teachers, advocates and other allies, to directly and indirectly engage in promoting and protecting the rights and human dignity for people with disabilities, women, children, youths, the elderly, victims of human Trafficking and violence against women/men. “NOTHING ABOUT US, WITHOUT US” The organization shall work to directly advocate for the rights and inclusion of people with disabilities in the society; advocate for the rehabilitation of and equalization of opportunities within society for people with disabilities and their families throughout the United States, Nigeria and African Union, as mandated by the Americans with Disability Act (ADA) and the human rights treaty of the 21st Century, called, the UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities (CRPD), which entered into force on May 3, 2008, and it shall: The organization shall aggressively engage in advocating to prevent any form of discrimination, disparate treatment, retaliations, repressions, unnecessary harassment, intimidation against any person with disabilities or those trying to help people with disabilities, to ascertain their rights under the Americans with Disability Act (ADA), the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) and their Nigerian or African Union’s national’s local disability law(s). The organizations shall encourage utilizing any readily available effective means to stop all forms of discrimination against people with disabilities and corruptions that directly affects the health and safety of people with disabilities. The organization shall serve as a medium for deliberation, for exchange of ideas, knowledge, skills and experiences, and for compilation and dissemination of information to Nigeria and all other African Union. The Organization shall organize international and national conventions, conferences, seminars, UN and African Union Conference side-events and courses of instruction on Disability Policy Changes in the United States, Nigeria and African Union. The Organization shall encourage and directly engage in research in the areas of disability rights and inclusion, prevention of causes of disability, disease prevention and treatments, Centers for Independent Living, rehabilitation of and the equalization of opportunities for people with disabilities and their family members, and shall promote measures for the prevention of causes of disability; and shall also advocate for total eradication of Polio virus infections, diagnoses and clinical management of its late effects called, post-polio syndrome. The Organization shall encourage the formation and development of local Government Councils and national organizations in Nigeria and other African Nations, for the promotion of disability rights and inclusion, prevention of causes of disability, rehabilitation of and the equalization of opportunities for people with disabilities.
Year established:	1999
Year of registration:	2005
Organizational structure:	Equal Rights for Persons with Disabilities International, Inc., (ERPDI), is a State of Texas & The United States, Registered, nonprofit, nongovernment, & nonpolitical 501 (c) (3), IRS Tax Exempt Disabled Peoples Organization. Per ERPDI Bylaws/Constitution, it’s Organizational Management, is Structured as Follows:ERPDI MANAGEMENT BY BOARD OF DIRECTORS: The ERPDI board of directors shall:(1) exercise or authorize the exercise of the powers of ERPDI;& (2) direct the management of the business and affairs of ERPDI.In discharging the duties of director and in considering the best interests of ERPDI, a director may consider the long-term and short-term interests of the ERPDI. 2. BOARD MEMBER ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:Any board member of ERPDI must be from a diagnosed person with disabilities, family members, healthcare providers, social worker and others, residing in Houston and other contiguous cities in the United States and must be a member in good standing as defined in this bylaw. 70% of the Board members MUST be people diagnosed as suffering from disability. “Nothing About us, Without us” 3.NUMBER OF DIRECTORS:The Board of Directors shall consist of between 5-17 members of ERPDI. If the certificate of formation or bylaws do not set the number constituting the board of directors or provide for the manner in which the number of directors must be determined, the number of directors is formation. 6. FUNCTIONS OF ERPDI BOARD OF DIRECTORS:(a)Determine the ERPDI's Mission and Purpose A statement of mission and purposes should articulate ERPDI's goals, means, and primary constituents served. It is the board of directors' responsibility to create the mission statement and review it periodically for accuracy and validity. Each individual board member should fully understand and support it. (b)Support the Executive: The board should ensure that the members of ERPDI executive have the moral and professional support they need to further the goals of the association. The Officers, in partnership with the entire board, should decide upon a periodic evaluation of the performance of the officers. NUMBER OF OFFICERS 1.1. The officers of ERPDI shall consist of a president and a secretary and may also consist of one or more vice-presidents, a financial secretary, a provost, a treasurer, welfare, medical officer, arts and culture, social officer, and such other officers and assistant officers as may be deemed necessary. New offices may be created as necessary. Any two or more offices may be held by the same person, except the offices of president and secretary. A committee duly designated may perform the functions of any officer and the functions of any two or more officers may be performed by a single committee, including the functions of both president and secretary. 1.2 At least 70% of elected officers MUST be people with disabilities, “NOTHING ABOUT US, WITHOUT US.”5. PRESIDENT: The President shall be the chief executive officer of ERPDI and shall preside at all meetings of all members. Such officer shall see that all orders and resolutions of the board are carried out, subject however, to the right of the directors to delegate specific powers, except such as may be by statute exclusively conferred on the President, to any other officers of ERPDI. 5.2. The President or any Vice-President shall execute instruments requiring a seal, in the name of ERPDI. When authorized by the board, the President or any Vice-President may affix the seal to any instrument requiring the same, and the seal when so affixed shall; be attested by the signature of either the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary. 6. VICE-PRESIDENTS:6.1.The Vice-President, or Vice-Presidents in order of their rank as fixed by the members, shall,in the absence or disability of the President, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the President, and they shall perform such other duties as the members shall prescribe
Number and type of members:	ERPDI ARTICLE II - MEMBERS 1. MANAGEMENT BY MEMBERS Management of the affairs of ERPDI is to be vested in its members. 2. CLASSES OF MEMBERS 2.1. ERPDI shall have one class of members. Members must meet the following qualifications for membership: Any diagnosed person with disability. 3. HONORARY MEMBERSHIP 3.1 Any friend and family members of a diagnosed person with disabilities, healthcare providers, teachers, guardian, and social worker.
Affiliation with NGO networks:	Rehabilitation International through the Joint National Association of Persons with Disabilities International (RI)
Funding structure:	Membership fees or dues Funds from other Non-Governmental Organizations Fees for education and training services Fees for providing consulting or research services Grants from Governments Donations and grants from domestic sources Fundraising campaigns

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