The YI and DRI saw a dire need to set up a specifically African organization, which gave rise to the African Youth with Disabilities Network (AYWDN). 
YI na DRI (vifupisho vya majina) waliona haja kubwa ya kuunda shirika mahususi kabisa la kiafrika, iliyosababisha kuundwa kwa shirika hilo la kuwahudumia vijana walemavu wa ki-Afrika.