- Every person deserves equal respect, opportunity, and participation in society.
- Equipping persons with disabilities with skills, confidence, and support for independent living.
- Ensuring fairness and access to education, employment, and resources.
- Working with honesty, transparency, and authenticity.
- Engaging youth, authorities, and communities to drive positive change.
- Serving with empathy and respecting the dignity of every individual.
- Giving a voice to the differently-abled community and championing their rights.
WHAT WE DO
Who We Are
Gilgit Baltistan’s Goodwill Movement
ABOUT US Gilgit Baltistan’s Goodwill Movement is a disabled-led organization. GBGM was started as a social media forum in 2019 by its founder Ghulam Muhammad Baig, who has cerebral palsy and has recently graduated in BA Hons Politics and International Relations at Strathclyde University, Glasgow. Having been educated and trained in the UK since Primary School, Ghulam’s ambition was to campaign for the cause of persons with disabilities in Gilgit Baltistan.
Mission
Vision
Values
- To raise public awareness about the situation of persons with disabilities in Gilgit Baltistan.
- To collect credible, authentic data about PWDs in terms of total numbers and types of disabilities.
- To provide support in various forms to the differently-abled community and give them a voice in Gilgit Baltistan.
- To establish centres for skills development of persons with different types of disabilities.
- To establish a platform for the volunteering youth of Gilgit Baltistan to advocate and work for the differently-abled community.
- To promote disability inclusion and share our ideals with the public.
- To work with relevant authorities to address disability inclusion and uplift the educational and employability status of disabled persons.
To create an inclusive Gilgit Baltistan where persons with disabilities are empowered, have equal opportunities, and are recognized as active members of society.
A short talk on Disabled Rights in Gilgit Baltistan
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Successful Stories
Shah Zuhaib
Goodwill Student"I learned from Goodwill, and now I am applying these skills at KIU Gilgit, studying how to help other disabled people. Thank you, Goodwill Movement. I had no other options except Goodwill, which provided me with one-on-one support five days a week."
Khushan
Goodwill Student"Being a disabled woman, I had fewer opportunities within the community. Goodwill Movement supported not only me but also gave me the opportunity to empower more disabled women within society."
Muhammad Rafi
Goodwill Student"Being a disabled student, I had no choice but to struggle with my studies. In fact, I could not, but when I joined Goodwill, I learned how much I could do on my laptop or PC by accessing notes and support from PDFs to DOCX. I am now a graduate of KIU in Sociology"
Mehnaz
Goodwill Student"Being a disabled woman, I had fewer opportunities within the community. Goodwill Movement supported not only me but also more women to empower gender inclusion within society so that I can help others, as I am helping out in an additional support needs school in Gilgit"
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