JADDAH

About

An initiative for a city everyone can move through.

JADDAH works with institutions, designers and communities to make physical and digital environments usable by all.

Three JADDAH app screens: Explore Your World, an accessibility map of Kuwait with rated places, and an Add Your Review form.

The JADDAH app

Accessibility at your fingertips.

The app is the core of the initiative: a community-powered map of accessible places, with verified ratings and reviews written by the people who rely on them.

Explore your world

Community-powered accessibility ratings for everyday places across the city.

Verified places

Ramps, parking, elevators and restrooms checked and confirmed by real visits.

Add your review

Anyone can rate a place and tag the access features that matter to them.

Close-up of an iPhone home screen showing the red JADDAH app icon with two notifications.
JADDAH app screens arranged around a phone displaying the red JADDAH splash screen.
Street poster reading “A conscious secure path” with an isometric illustration of an accessible route.
Street poster reading “Download JADDAH now” with a red phone showing the app splash screen.

Dignity first

Access is designed in from the beginning, never retrofitted as an apology.

Evidence led

We audit, measure and publish, so progress is verifiable rather than promised.

Built with, not for

People with lived experience lead every programme we run.

Our story

JADDAH began as a small volunteer audit of one neighbourhood: kerbs, ramps, signage, websites. What started as a checklist became a standard, and then a movement. Today the initiative supports partners across education, transport and culture with practical accessibility guidance, training and open reporting.

120+
Spaces audited
40
Partner organisations
9,000
People reached