Category: Advocacy

Persons with disabilities continue to face systemic exclusion from mainstream development. Despite the presence of OPDs, their participation in planning and implementation remains limited. To address this gap, B-SCAN, DWS, NCDW and NGDO jointly organized a sharing meeting bringing together OPDs, government representatives, and development actors on 25 June 2025 at the Bangla Academy Auditorium. The goal was to promote inclusive practices, strengthen collaboration, and ensure that persons with disabilities are not left behind in the country’s growth and SDG...

K. M. Siam Farzin is a student with cerebral palsy and also a wheelchair user. He is studying at Siddheswari Boys’ High School. But after passing the sixth grade it caused a big problem that his classroom shifted from the ground floor to the 2nd floor. In the context of the application to B-SCAN from his father, Mr. K. M. Siam Mobarakullah Shimul and also with his financial assistance, B-SCAN initiated a Wheelchair Manual Lift in that school. Only to...

B-SCAN arranged to watch the cricket match between Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium on 12th Feb, 2014, for some wheelchair users with the support of Nurture. Including helping hand or relatives of wheelchair users and B-SCAN volunteer’s total 22 people enjoyed the match of the Tigers. Complications however persist.The stadium authority did not arrange separate entrance for the wheelchair users. Conscious of the difficulty the wheelchair users might face in the long queue of thousands of...