Background, Mission and Task
- Background
The Korean Federation for the Protection of the Disabled was
founded on July 29, Juche 87 (1998) with its original name as the Korean
Association for Supporting the Handicapped. For the sake of universal
and unified development of the disabled people`s affairs in the country,
the Korean Association for Supporting the Handicapped was developed
into the Korean Federation for Protection of the Disabled on July 27,
2005.
The KFPD is the only non-governmental organization related to the
disabled that is approved by the government and includes all the
organizations concerned with the disabled people`s affairs.
- Mission and Task
The KFPD`s mission is to represent and advocate the rights and interests of all the disabled people in the DPR Korea.
Its
basic task is to help the disabled people play their role as the true
masters of society and the collective by ensuring their acquisition of
social position, mental and physical rehabilitation and establishment of
barrier-free environment through various support and advocacy
activities, publications and propaganda campaigns.