Erada Portal

SDG 4: Quality EducationSDG 10: Reduced inequalities
  • Original Title: إدرادة
  • Year: 2011
  • Award: World Summit Award
  • Category: Inclusion & Empowerment
  • Producer: Egypt ICT Trust Fund
  • Organisation: Marwa Elnokrashy
  • Country: Egypt
  • URL: http://erada.kenanaonline.com/

Erada is a specialized portal addressing the needs of people with disabilities (PWD) in Egypt. Information empowerment for PWD ensures their full participation and inclusion at all levels of society. Free, accessible, comprehensive, user-friendly, the Erada portal provides knowledge of concern to PWD in all categories of impairment: hearing, visual, physical, mental, as well as, autism and learning difficulties. Important topics such as definitions of disabilities, laws & rights, early intervention, genetic diseases etc. are covered. Erada also provides a web creation & technical support service to ensure sustainable knowledge for concerned communities. According to 2007 WHO statistics, approximately 11% of the Egyptian population, around 9.4 million, live with some kind of disability/impairment. Given a helping hand, they can get along independently and contribute meaningfully to society.