Divisions are always there. All this is not to undervalue the achievements made so far. It is to inspire further collective action. So there is no question that changes must begin with the PWDs themselves. They must empower themselves BOTH to generate and sustain their own activities, and to ensure that other actors, especially the government, create the enabling environment for them.
Local effort is necessary, but it can become a patchwork of indifferent performance.
Also, at the national level it may not add up to changing the overall situation of the PWDs. Certain things have to be done by government, such as changes in legislation, and providing the enabling environment for PWDs to be self-reliant. Strategising With the coming to fore a new degree of collective consciousness about social issues, people have become alive to the importance of strategising. It is not a new concept. But with mass politics encouraged by mass communications, strategising has reached new sophistication in methodology and techniques.