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Organization NAHPA :: National Handicapped Protection Association (NAHPA), governed by law N° 90/53/1990 relating to associations. It is a non governmental and non political association. It was founded in 2002 in Buea. Our office is situated in street 8 Great Soppo Buea. More about us...

About us

Nahpa strives for a society where every handicapped person is self confident and self sufficient, our aim is therefore to be an active force that will seek to achieve the self sufficiency of and self confident handicapped people by providing education, professional and effective training and follow-up management in a motivated and non depending way. read more

Cooperation

NAHPA cooperates with several organizations including.
- Handicapped Association Limber,
- St. John of God Hospital Nguti,
- Poor of the Poorest Association
- Nkong Hill Top Common Initiative Group
- Rural Women Development Center read more

The Rights of the Handicapped

Law No 83/013 of 21st July 1983 in Article 1 defines handicap as all person having a physical, mental, congenital, and accidental deficiency and who has difficulties in executing normal functions like normal persons.

Article 2 determines the state of a handicapped person, which determined by medical doctor who issued an attestation showing the level of disability. Until a person is 50% and above before a person is declared disabled. Below this the person in question is not disabled.read more

Activities

Since its creation in 2002, NAHPA carried out the following activities:
- A library was opened to feed the brains of handicapped people. The library provides information in the form of books, magazines and other forms of documentations relating to people living with disabilities. Disabled and non disabled persons meet at the centre to read and share ideas and their personal experiences and aspirations.read more

NAHPA Sustainability center

As said NAHPA strives in a motivated and non-depending way for the improvement of life quality of physically handicapped people in and around Buea. The current situation of handicapped people in Cameroon is miserable. Many handicapped people are physically and financially depending on others. Furthermore they mostly don’t have the opportunity to get education or to have a job. This is why they mostly sit at home and feel useless.

Membership

HOW TO BECOME A MEMBER
Sympathisers and interested persons fill the registration form online or at the NAHPA main office and pay in a fee of only 1000 frs CFA. A membership card is given or posted after successful registration. There will be a small annual fee but the amount is still in consideration. There are many advantages of being a member of NAHPA. For instance, apart from joining the sustainability centre there are other advantages. read more