People with a disability

Improving the quality of life and inclusion of people with a disability and their families.

Housing, employment, accessibility and other aspects: there remains a great deal to do to give people with a disability their rightful place in society. The King Baudouin Foundation strives for greater equality and fights the negative representations associated with being disabled in society.

Our activities

  • we support grassroots initiatives that help those with a disability to participate fully in society, to improve their quality of life and that of those close to them
  • we raise awareness and inform people about issues related to disability (respite breaks for the family, employment, the siblings of children and young people with a disability etc.)
  • and we conduct advocacy among government bodies and citizens to attract their attention to the realities and needs of people with a disability and their families.

People with a disability is part of the programme Social justice & poverty

Grantees

Entrevues, Chiens guides et mobilité

Guide Blog - Training Diary 2.0 for the future guide dog in its foster family.

Monitoring future guide dog development and creating a bond between foster families and trainers, whilst respecting privacy, thanks to the Guide Blog internal web platform.

Freunde des Marienheims

New van equipped to transport elderly/disabled people in Marienheim (Raeren)

Buy/fit out a van for 4 wheelchairs for the elderly/disabled to take them to their appointments and transport guests to lunch

Behindertenstätten Eupen

Financing the kitchen/bathroom of a day centre for people requiring assistance

Adapting the ground floor of the Résidence Lambertus to the needs of the disabled people who will soon be accommodated there and who require assistance

Funds and philanthropic tools

Leefboerderij De Kanteling (Funds Friends of)

Philanthropists support Leefboerderij De Kanteling, which provides meaningful day care for (young) adults, prioritising those with intellectual disabilities and/or autism

Constellations (Friends of Fund)

Philanthropists support projects of the asbl Constellations around the living environment, services and activities for people with mental disabilities, regardless of their income…

Stories

Defending yourself when you are a woman with a disability

People with a disability

"We teach these women to be strong, free and safe."
Dorothée Van Avermaet
asbl Garance