The DRPI Honduras project project was implemented by the National Federation of People With Disabilities in Honduras (FENOPDIH), with the cooperation of all our affiliated organizations around the country and the Federation of Parents of Persons With Disabilities in Honduras (FENAPAPEDISH), along with the technical and financial support of: Disability Rights Promotion International (DRPI); York University, Toronto (Canada); and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA). The full report was launched in August 2013: Monitoring of Human Rights of Persons With Disabilities: A Comprehensive Analysis of Compliance and Breach of Fundamental Rights in Honduras

A training of monitors, site coordinators and data analysts took place in Tegucigalpa, Honduras from June 25 to July 1, 2012. It was attended by over 50 participants. The participants were empowered and their technical skills were developed, to implement an integral system to follow-up on the human rights of persons with disabilities in Honduras. Once the training was finished, work teams were defined to conduct interviews about individual experiences. Additionally, another group was devoted to the analysis of laws, policies, and programs within the framework of the learned methodology, and another team to the monitoring of societal attitudes through media monitoring. The participants were empowered and their technical skills were developed, to implement an integral system to follow-up on the human rights of persons with disabilities in Honduras.

Monitoring

Once the training was finished, work teams were defined to conduct interviews about individual experiences. Additionally, another group was devoted to the analysis of laws, policies, and programs within the framework of the learned methodology.In the context of the Honduras project, monitoring was conducted in three different sites: Tegucigalpa, the capital, San Pedro Sula and Catacamas Olancho. In these sites over 100 people with disabilities were interviewed by people with disabilities about their experiences.

DRPI Honduras – People

ORGANIZATIONAL PARTNERS:

• FENOPDIH (Federation of Organisms of People with Disabilities of Honduras)
• RIADIS (Latin-American Network of People with Disabilities and their Families)
• DRPI (Disability Rights Promotion International)

HONDURAS COUNTRY PROJECT COORDINATOR:

• Celeste Aida Guardiola

INDIVIDUAL EXPERIENCES MONITORING TEAM:

TEGUCIGALPA MONITORING SITE

• Site Coordinator: Víctor López
• Monitors: Cristian Barahona, Marlon Josue Garcia, Jorge Corea Benitez, Oscar Joel Carrasco, Gilda Medina, Belkys Leticia Reyes, Joel Mejia, Claudia Martinez

OLANCHO MONITORING SITE

• Site coordinator: Fredesvinda Cerrato
• Monitors: Venancio Bonillo, Adalid Hernandez, Edgar Garcia, Mary Carcamo Garcia, Jose David Guevara, Jose Medina Galea

SAN PEDRO ZULA MONITORING SITE

• Site Coordinator: Daisy Xiomara Mejia Crum
• Monitors: Franklin Alberto Fernandez, Olga Marina Guzman, Jose Nicolas Marquez, Rosa Beatriz Cornejo, Jose Neptali Lorenzo, Jose Izaguirre

INDIVIDUAL EXPERIENCES DATA ANALYSIS

• COORDINATOR: Jose Luis Sevilla Lago
• ASSISTANTS: Wendy Molina, Cindy Vojaira Santo

SYSTEMIC MONITORING (LAWS, POLICIES AND PROGRAMS) TEAM:

• COORDINATOR: Ruben Vasquez
• Assistants: Benjamin Frank Nuñes, Juan Manuel Valladares

SOCIETAL ATTITUDES MONITORING (THROUGH MEDIA) TEAM:

• COORDINATOR: Armando Sanchez
• ASSISTANTS: Jorge Andino, Marlon Arita Cortes