“Count Me, Include Me” is my Mission 2020

As the president of NFDN, in 2018, I suggested “Count Me, Include Me” the national theme of International Day of Persons with Disabilities, December 3^rd 2018 to the Ministry of Women Children and Senior Citizen during the meeting of main event organizing committee. The theme was accepted and I felt very proud of that because it was a strong slogan of people with disabilities particularly to claim their meaningful and contributing participation in the whole development  

process. After that time the slogan was established as the main voice of people with disabilities. This theme was highly appreciated by youth with disabilities and now they are promoting this theme as the main motto of their campaign of inclusion. After my departure from NFDN, I have engaged myself in the capacity building and organizing youth with disabilities in the disability rights movement and supporting themselves to conduct disability rights campaign which I am enjoying a lot.

Just before one day of 2020 I had an opportunity to participate a review and reflection program of youth with disability about “Count Me, Include Me”. I am really impressed by the effort of young people and their idea and thought to lead the disability rights movement in a new way.

It has given me more energy to work with youth friends for the "Count Me Include Me" campaign and this is my new year's resolution for 2020. Thank you to all youth with disabilities who worked to establish this theme as the campaign. My all dear friends, I commit to work with you and support you to promote inclusion and inclusive development, CRPD and SDG Localization, Access to justice through this campaign. I will try my best to work for ending all kind of discrimination against person with disabilities giving special focus to those who are really left behind and underrepresented.

Happy New year 2020