OUR PHILOSOPHY

• All persons with disabilities should be recognized as citizens and should be accorded all rights extended to other citizens.
• Persons with disabilities must have the equal opportunity to participate in the social and economic life of the community.
• Persons with disabilities must have access to supports and resources to enable them to participate.
• The goal of this process is to create a warm, loving environment within their homes and communities.

OUR HISTORY

3D Projects grew out of the Early Stimulation Project launched in 1978. This progressed through a parent training programme in 1983-84, to the formation of a strong parent association, The St. Catherine Parent Association for Disabled Persons, which sponsored 3D Projects. 3D is now a registered non-profit company under The Companies Act.

OUR SYMBOL

Our name -3D- represents our goal: 'Dedicated to the Development of Persons with Disabilities'. 3D represents the three major areas of disability- sensory, learning, and motor- and three crucial areas of rehabilitation: social, educational and economic.

3D Projects is Jamaica's first fully established community based rehabilitiation programme. Based in the parish of St. Catherine, we have a network of rural community groups comprising parents of disabled children and disabled persons in the parishes of Manchester, St. Thomas, St. Mary and Portland.

OUR PROGRAMME

1. Provides community based rehabilitation (CBR) services for persons with disabilities requiring the following:
      a) home training programmes
      b) counseling
      c) educational placements
      d) job placement or employment development
2. Provides advocacy for persons with disabilities and their families in obtaining community services in the areas stated in #1.
3. Develops parent associations and leadership for the purposes of solidarity, advocacy, and parent mutual support.
4. Generates sources of income for the services being provided, by fundraising and income generation projects.
5. Trains people in the community in many aspects of inclusion.

WE BELIEVE THAT PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES DO NOT NEED TO BE HANDICAPPED!

If their families have access to simple, basic skills and low-cost equipment, and if the family members appreciate their abilities and learn to understand them, most children and adults with disabilities can become productive people, taking an active part in the life of the community.

Even when a person is too severely disabled to benefit from rehabilitation, he or she can still be valued, and family members can gain self-esteem and satisfaction by helping other families with similar challenges.

A PUBLIC APPEAL

3D Projects has been providing community based rehabilitation services for persons with disabilities for over 13 years. As a registered not-for -profit company, we are continuosly seeking financial support in order to maintain services and programmes already in place as well as finance and reate new projects. Any and all assisstance is greatly appreciated. For information about how you could support our efforts, please contact us.