To empower people with disabilities through the provision of innovative and affordable mobility aids and appliances to ensure that they are socially, economically and politically relevant in the society.

Mobility Aid and Appliances Research and Development Centre (MAARDEC) is a registered non-profit organization established in April 1991 Mr. Cosmas I. B. Okoli, a Nigerian with disability. Since inception, the centre has transformed millions of lives of people with disabilities and has successfully developed and produced various types of mobility aids and appliances such as the award winning Cosokoli-Hand-Control-Mobilizer (for people with lower limb paralysis to drive with hands only), wheelchairs, crutches, leg braces, walking frames, equipment for the blind and other hospital equipment such as trolleys, couches etc.

Empowerment
Mobility aid
Counselling
Advocacy