World Institute on Disability Receives Quality of Life Grant From Christopher Reeve Foundation for Proyecto Visión
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Grant to have direct impact on people from diverse communities with paralysis
(Oakland, CA) – The Christopher Reeve Foundation (CRF) announced today that the World Institute on Disability (WID) has been awarded a $4,445 Quality of Life grant. The CRF awarded a total of $717,404 in Quality of Life grants to 90 nonprofit organizations around the world. Since 1999, when the Quality of Life program was conceived by the late Dana Reeve as a way for the CRF to help improve the day-to-day health and well-being of those living with paralysis, 1,163 grants totaling $9,220,980 have been awarded.
“The Christopher Reeve Foundation is proud to carry on Christopher and Dana Reeve’s amazing legacy and make a real difference in the lives of people living with paralysis, their families and communities,” said Kathy Lewis, president and CEO of the CRF. “Our Quality of Life grantees help thousands of individual Go Forward to lead happier – and healthier – lives.”
The Quality of Life grant will support WID’s Proyecto Visión national technical assistance center to increase employment opportunities for people with disabilities from diverse communities. Specifically, the CRF grant will be utilized to enhance the project’s website, www.proyectovision.net, which brings culturally competent resources, job/internship/scholarship opportunities, news articles and individual success stories to readers across the country. The grant will also support the freelance writer initiative that allows writers with disabilities paid opportunities to contribute articles to the Proyecto Visión newsletter and be published on the project website.
“We are thrilled to implement Proyecto Visión’s freelance writer initiative again this year with the support of the Quality of Life grant,” said Kathy Martinez, executive director of WID. “It is a wonderful opportunity to mentor emerging disabled leaders, help them build their resumes and get paid to cover stories in different parts of the country.”
CRF Quality of Life Grants are awarded twice annually to programs or projects that improve the well-being of people living with paralysis, particularly spinal cord injuries. Awarded in 13 categories that span everything from health promotion to employment to sports and recreation, Quality of Life grants address many aspects of life, and are given to programs across the globe. For more information about the Quality of Life Program or the grant application process, please contact the Quality of Life department at (800) 225-0292 or visit www.christopherreeve.org for a complete list of the Quality of Life grant recipients.
The Christopher Reeve Foundation is dedicated to curing spinal cord injury by funding innovative research, and improving the quality of life for people living with paralysis through grants, information and advocacy.
The mission of the World Institute on Disability is to advance the human and civil rights of people with disabilities through research, training, advocacy and public education. WID emphasizes social and economic equity for people with disabilities so that they have increased opportunities to live independently as productive and contributing members of society.
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