About Daystar Institute of Disability Studies
Our mandate, direction and institutional priorities.
Mandate and purpose
The Daystar Institute of Disability Studies (DIDS) was launched on 21 April 2021 as an innovative institute focused on education, training, research, assessment and intervention, and community outreach and engagement.
As a Christ-centred institute, DIDS equips people and organisations to understand disability as part of human diversity, remove barriers to participation, and support the inclusion and wellbeing of persons with disabilities in the Church and society in Africa and beyond.
Vision and mission
Strategic pillars
Inclusivity
Embracing all people irrespective of race, gender, or developmental or acquired disability, with equal access, opportunity and respect.
Equity
Advancing social justice, equal opportunity, and the political and social rights of persons with disabilities.
Servant Leadership
Serving humanity with excellence, empathy and care.
Christ Centeredness
Keeping Christ Jesus at the centre of the Institute's work with and for persons with disabilities.
