AVILA FOUNDATION

Vision, Mission & Programmes

VISION: Empowered persons with disabilities living in dignity and enjoying their rights in an inclusive society.

MISSION: To support programs for the dignity, rights, empowerment and inclusion of persons with disablities.

PROGRAMS & SERVICES

1. MOBILITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

  • To provide well-fitting wheelchairs , its accessories, and other mobility aids like crutches, braces and canes.
  • To fund or provide for repairs, spare parts and maintenance through our very own WHEELCHAIR FIX in the same building as the office of the Avila Foundation.

2. ADVOCACY ON ACCESSIBILITY & BARRIER-FREE ENVIRONMENTS:
This advocacy is directed to the civil society, especially students and professionals in the field of architecture, building owners and administrators, government agencies regulating infrastructure and the built environment, and to persons with disabilities themselves to provide deep awareness and understanding of the importance of accessibility and barrier-free environments for the inclusion and equalization of opportunities for persons with disabilities in society.

  • Lectures on universal design for accessibility and tourism
  • Providing technical assistance in accessibility implementation
  • Support for access audits
  • Linkaging that promotes accessibility nation-wide

3. SUPPORTING THE INDEPENDENT LIVING (IL) PROGRAM FOR PERSONS WITH SEVERE DISABILITIES:

  • Peer support & counseling
  • Provision of Personal Attendants (PAs
  • Building PA pools
  • Training of PAs

4. CAPABILITY-BUILDING SUPPORT PROGRAM:

  • Social rehabilitation, self-development, character-building, sports and spiritual enrichment activities
  • Skills and training and livelihood
  • Empowerment and leadership

5. MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR INDIGENT PWDS:

  • Augmenting hospitalization costs
  • Providing support for prescribed physical and occupational therapy

6. AUXILLIARY SUPPORT FOR ABANDONED CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES

About Us

TARGET BENEFICIARIES:
Persons with Disabilities

GENERAL OBJECTIVES:
Mobility, capability building, & empowerment of persons with disabilities (PWDs)

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES:

  • To provide mobility aids to persons with disabilities.
  • To support the promotion and creation of accessible, barrier-free and inclusive environments and tourism.
  • To provide funding support for the Independent Living Program for the severely disabled.
  • To provide funding support for capacity-building programs to promote self-reliance in persons with physical disabilities.
  • To provide funding support needed for the urgent and vital medical needs of persons with rare disabling conditions.

Programs

1. OUR PROGRAMS & SERVICES

Provision of Mobility Aids, such as:

  • Wheelchairs
  • Quad-canes
  • Crutches
  • Prostheses
  • Braces
  • Folding canes (for the blind)

2. Support for the Advocacy on Accessibility & Barrier-Free Environments:

  • Lectures on universal accessibility
  • Support for access audits & technical assistance

3.Support for the Independent Living Program for Persons with Severe Disabilities:

  • Independent Living Program Training & Workshop
  • Peer support & counseling
  • Provision of Personal Attendants (PAs)
  • Support for the self-development, character-building, and capability-building training programs for PWDs

Contact Us

Office: JESA Management Corporation, Century Plaza Commercial Complex, Juana Osmeña St., Cebu City, Philippines
Tel Nos.: (032) 225 – 7817 / 255 7818
Mobile No.: +639173203535
Contact Person: Social Worker