Contribute to the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities to achieve inclusion.

In developing countries 80 per cent of people with an impairment live in poverty. This is partly because between 80 and 90 per cent of this group at working age are unemployed. Just 2-3 per cent of children with a disability attend school.

Even in developed countries people with a disability face multiple problems including extremely limited job opportunities - the official unemployment rate for persons with disabilities of working age is at least twice that for those who are able bodied .

These are all aspects that reflect the discrimination people face each day.

The Agitos Foundation works to reduce this discrimination, promoting their wellbeing through equal education, health, housing, sports, leisure and employment and accessibility to the environment.

Case Study: Improving Accessibility

Staging the Paralympic Games has led to accessibility improvements in a number of cities around the world, making for more inclusive societies.

In China RMB 1 billion was spent on 14,000 accessibility projects in the lead-up to the Beijing Games, including making the Forbidden City and parts of the Great Wall of China accessible. Ahead of London 2012, the South Bank of the Thames was made accessible for all to enjoy whilst in Sochi, it is hoped the creation of a barrier free environment prior to the 2014 Paralympic Winter Games will act as a blueprint for the whole of Russia.