The goals and objectives of the Southern Africa Federation of the Disabled (SAFOD) are:
(a) To support and encourage the formation of organisations of disabled persons in Southern Africa and strengthen existing ones. (b) To support and encourage the formation of national federations of disabled persons. (c) To promote the training of administrative personnel and leaders of organisations of disab
led persons. (d) To co-ordinate activities of organisations of disabled persons in the region and at international and / or continental level as circumstances may dictate. (e) To promote and co-ordinate development efforts and self-help schemes among disabled persons and their organisations in the region, through training and technical assistance. (f) To encourage and facilitate full participation and equality of disabled persons in social, political, economical and cultural activities within their communities through their national assemblies. (g) To promote, support and complement, in all Southern African countries, government policy and programmes in favour of disabled persons. (h) To urge all national governments and authorities in the region to formulate and enforce special legislation and / or national disability legislation which promotes and protects rights and interests of disabled persons and thereby assure disabled persons of access to all community services. (i) To network with the Southern African Development Community [SADC] and other Regional and African entities and organisation whose activities and approaches are developmental in nature. (j) To work and be permanently represented on the board of African Rehabilitation Institute [ARI] in Southern Africa. (k) To act as representative of Disabled People’s International [DPI] and the Pan Africa Federation of the Disabled [PAFOD} in Southern Africa. (l) To network with any Continental and / or International Organisation in order to attain the objectives of the Federation. (m) To seek consultative status and co-operation with relevant regional, continental and international organisations. (n) To facilitate exchange of information in the field of disability by public education, conferences, assemblies, journals and other publications concerning all aspects of persons with disabilities and their lives. (o) To acquire land or property and raise funds by all lawful means for the purpose of the Federation, and have the power to do all things compatible with international, national and regional laws governing relevant trusts. (p) To accept donations, testimonies and bequests, borrow or raise money for the furtherance of the objectives of the Federation. (q) To encourage and support action groups of women with disabilities, organisations of parents of children with disabilities and action groups of youth with disabilities inconformity with the Constitution of national, cross-disability federations of persons with disabilities and the Constitution of the Federation. (r) To promote and protect the rights of women, youth, elderly and children with disabilities. (s) To prohibit and eliminate duplication and proliferation of the organisations of the disabled persons, in order to strengthen national federations of the disabled persons. (t) To carry out any lawful undertaking for the furtherance of the objectives of the Federation.
