Multi-Agency International Training & Support

Who we are

Bit of background on MAITS and our current funding set-up

MAITS is an international disability charity, which provides free disability training in developing countries through a team of highly qualified volunteer therapists and teachers. We have worked in 20 countries around the world and have a team of healthcare and education professionals globally who volunteer their time to provide training and skill-building to those working with and caring for people with disabilities such as autism and cerebral palsy. We have reached over 1 million people with disabilities and their families since we were set up in 2008. Last year, our volunteers won three of the six Prime Minister’s Point of Light Awards for their voluntary work with us.

MAITS has been solely funded by one main donor from its inception, but after an external review, we decided to expand our work and programmes and we have successfully secured funding from a range of different sources in the past two years. Demand for our work has increased and we have clear and ambitious fundraising targets to enable us to meet the demand for our work. Our current funding includes trusts and foundations, some corporates and crowd-funding.  We are also planning to apply for institutional funding in the next year.