Joy Ubong

CCYDN Advocacy and Campaigning Team Inclusive Action for Development Sustainability (Nigeria)Joy is a BSc holder in food and nutrition , whose passion for the humanity had journeyed into the civil space to reach many not only through healthy dieting awareness and counselling but through development issues and programs that speaks for an inclusive society, while…

Sandra Nyawira

CCYDN Advocacy and Campaigning Team Gifted Community Centre (Kenya)Sandra is an influential young leader and passionate disability inclusion advocate, providing frontline support geared towards amplifying the voices of disabled persons and marginalized youths for an all-inclusive and barrier-free society that values diversity and respects all human rights.Sandra diligently served as a Peer Counsellor at the…

Odwarat Jacob Isaac

MUADS) / Oyam District Association of the Deaf (Uganda)Odwaeat is a junior Agribusiness consultant at Njovu Agro Enterprises limited, a farmer, trainer and a young Leader with passions for livelihood Development, inclusiveness, gender equality and human rights. He is the CEO and founder of Intergrated Disabled Agripreneurs Uganda-IDAPU a youth led Agripreneurship project that specializes…

Joseph Migila

CCYDN African Region Representative Shivyawata (Tanzania) Details Coming Soon

Jonathan Andrews

CCYDN Associate Executive Committee Member and Advisor Jonathan is a lawyer at international law firm Reed Smith, specialising in media law, and an elected councillor for the London Borough of Bromley (he was elected at age 28 and is currently its youngest elected councillor). Having been diagnosed as being on the autistic spectrum at nine…

Heidi La Paglia

CCYDN Associate Executive Committee Member and Advisor Heidi is a young Autistic woman with multiple co-occurring disabilities and chronic illnesses. In addition to her own self-advocacy, Heidi has an extensive background working in disability systemic advocacy, including in spaces working to advance the rights of young people with disabilities. Heidi lives in Tasmania, the island…

Krystle Reid Wijesuriya

CCYDN Associate Executive Committee Member and Advisor Krystle is a diversity and inclusion specialist and Co-founded the Enable Lanka Foundation. The Foundation is also the Sri Lankan partner for the APAC Microsoft Enabler program, which provides online training in data engineering and programming, cloud computing, and application development to young people with disabilities. Krystle also…

#YearOfYouth – Commonwealth Youth Code of Practice (CYCoP)

Commonwealth Youth Code of Practice: Working with Youth Networks and Youth Representatives Download the PDF version here Preface Youth in the Commonwealth: In the Commonwealth, “young people” or “youth” refers to individuals who are under the age of 30. Over 60% of the Commonwealth’s total population of 2.5 billion, residing across its 56 member countries,…

#YearOfYouth – Survey on Young People with Disabilities Participation, Representation and Leadership in Disability Rights Advocacy and Public Decision Making

This survey is part of a research project for the Year of Youth 2023 to 2024 being carried out by the Commonwealth Children and Youth Disability Network, Include Me TOO, the Global Network of Young Persons with Disabilities and the Commonwealth Secretariat. We want to hear from young people with disabilities about your personal experiences…

Call for Applications for CCYDN Executive Committee 2023-2025

Join the Executive Committee Member of the COMMONWEALTH CHILDREN AND YOUTH DISABILITY NETWORK (CCYDN) a Commonwealth Youth Network (CYN) Extended Deadline: 11.59pm (GMT) on Friday 20th January 2023. Only successful shortlisted applicants will be contacted and invited to take part in online interviews taking place on week commencing Monday 31st January 2023, For enquiries or…