About the Program
NORFIL’s Partnership for Inclusive Development (PFID) program operates using a rights-based approach and applies the Community-Based Rehabilitation (CBR) strategy to promote inclusivity, empowerment, and sustainable development for children with disabilities.
Since July 2014, NORFIL has been the Strategic Partner Organization (SPO) of Liliane Fonds (LF) in the Netherlands, working closely with local partner organizations (LPOs) at the grassroots level. Together, NORFIL and Liliane Fonds are committed to upholding the rights of children with disabilities and ensuring sustained access to healthcare, education, livelihood, and empowerment opportunities.
As an SPO, NORFIL provides financial and technical support to strengthen LPOs in delivering essential services and advancing inclusive development for children with disabilities. A key component of NORFIL’s technical assistance is the implementation of CBR, capacity development, and organizational strengthening- all aimed at fostering an enabling environment where children with disabilities can thrive.
The program places strong emphasis on child empowerment, ensuring that children with disabilities are actively involved in decision-making, have access to opportunities for self-development, and can fully exercise their rights within their families, communities, and society.
Projects within PFID
- Empowering Children, Youth and Adults with Down Syndrome and their Families
- Body Talk: Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights of Youth with Disabilities
- Enhancing Access to Rehabilitation Services through Mobile Application-based Screening & Telerehabilitation
- The Enhancing Access to Services for Persons with Down Syndrome in the Philippines (Grand Down Syndrome)
Who We Serve
We partner with local organizations in providing services to children and youth with disabilities and their families for them to realize their rights.
Aim of NORFIL PFID
Sanctuary
To secure that the rights and privileges of the children and youth with disability are properly exercised and implemented
Equality
To ensure that nothing should be a barrier in achieving the rights of the children and youth with disability; gender, race, age, ethnicity, financial status or family background should not be a hindrance
Family-Centeredness
To acknowledge and empower the importance of family in the care provided for the children and youth with disabilities
Advocacy and Awareness
To promote the rights and privileges of children and youth with disabilities and to equip the people with proper knowledge and skills to treat them properly
Pro-Poor Development
To empower and target the poor to help in the advancement of their needs through creation and implementation of policies
About Liliane Foundation
Liliane Foundation is a Dutch disability focused organization established in the 1980 as a private initiative of Liliane Brekelmans-Gronert.
The organization was established to urgently address the exclusion and lack of access to services for children with disabilities, who are disproportionately poor in the low income countries.
Where We Serve
ALL OVER THE PHILIPPINES
Office: 16 Mother Ignacia Avenue corner Roces Avenue, Quezon City
Landline: (02) 7719 9230
Mobile: (+63) 908 891 2059 / (+63) 956 468 5040
E-mail: pfid@norfil.org
Key Persons:
Gamilla Gay P. Avena, Program Manager
JOIN US IN OUR ADVOCACY
Among the different sectors of society, children and youth with disabilities sector is one of the least prioritized and neglected. NORFIL provides an avenue for their voice to be heard and their needs to be attended through the PFID program.
Support us as we walk towards the realization of the rights of children and youth with disabilities. One basic step you can start today is using inclusive language and avoiding discriminatory terms when addressing them.
A disability does not define one’s whole being.
Make sure to follow our Facebook page and check our events to learn and be equipped with the right knowledge and skills about disability through different workshops, seminars, talks, etc.
