Quality Education
Promote access to Quality Education for the children with disabilities
The children with disabilities remain one of the main groups being widely excluded from quality education. Disability is recognised as one of the least visible yet most potent factors in educational marginalisation. Due to multiple barriers like, poor school support facilities and infrastructure, limited training of teachers, poor enforcement of government educational policies on PWD’s, social stigma and negative parental attitudes, parental resistance to inclusive education, higher cost of assistive devices required for a child, normal barriers like cost of uniform, tuition fees etc.
The foundation envision to see children with disabilities have access to an inclusive, quality and free primary education and secondary education on an equal basis with others in the communities in which they live. This programe targeted those children who are (1) enrolled in school but are excluded from learning environment due to lack of assistive facilities (2) those who are not enrolled in school but could participate if schools were more flexible in their responses (3) relatively small groups of children with severe disabilities who may require some form of additional support.
Provision of Assistive Devices/Aid
In collaboration with disabled people organization (DPO’s) Rehabilitation clinic and hospitals, we facilitate accessibility of assistive devices/aid to the recommended PWD. We believe that participation and inclusion has to go hand in hand with facilitation of mobility aid like a wheelchair, walking stick, white cane, and glasses. Also the skin protection gears and care. One of the mainstreaming disability inclusion approach of the foundation if to provide facilities and aid to ensure PWD’s are able to participate in the socio-economic activities on a daily bases. We also provide assistive psychotherapy and psychosocial support for the PWD’s with mental unrest issues like those women and girls with HIV, the gender based violence survivors, sex workers and ex-prisoners in collaboration with clinical and extensional officers.
Linkages of PWD’s to the required Service Providers
We link PWD’s with rehabilitation clinic for the PWD’s with physical disability, Ophthalmology clinic for the PWD’s with vision impairment, Dermatology clinic for the PWD’s with skin disability, Psychiatric clinic for the PWD’s with mental impermanent, Rehabilitation sober houses for the drug users, and to the police gender desk and social welfare extension officers for PWD’s who experienced violence or abused for follow up.
Empowerment Training
Empowerment Training to the PWD’s
- Vocational Education Training
We offer training initiative by improving entrepreneurial and financial literacy skill for the PWD’s who are vulnerable and dependent. These skills will increases their chances of exploring income generation opportunities hence earning income and be independent. - Sexual and Reproductive health training
In collaboration with clinical officers, this component seeks to educate PWD’s who are vulnerable to the sexual abuse/violence which put their sexual and reproductive health at risk. The training will be on sexual health and sexual rights, reproductive health and reproductive rights. The sexual and reproductive rights knowledge will help them claim their rights once it is violated and seek appropriate health care.
Disability and Climate Change
The programe of ‘Disability and Climate Change’ is about equity, hope and innovation, It is about working together with persons with disabilities to create awareness, understanding and solutions. The Impact of Climate Change anticipated to cause hardship for persons with disabilities (PWD’s) ability to adapt livelihood opportunities and resilience. Climate change threatens PWD’s health, access to clean air, safe drinking water, nutritious food (food security), infrastructure and shelter. Additionally, many are at particular risk of neglect, abandonment, and even death during instances of natural disasters, which are increasing in frequency and ferocity, due to physical, communication, and other barriers, as well as disrupted support networks. The PWD’s needs to be considered and taken into this conversation around climate change and climate change risks.
Through advocacy, capacity building and strategic partnerships, The programme using Disability Inclusive approaches will promote preservation of forests, facilitate tree planting in short and long rain seasons and empowering PWD’s involvement in the ‘green’ economy while advocating recycling and waste control.
Raise Awareness
The ‘Inclusive Future’ is the awareness raising campaign on disability rights to the wider community. We believe that everyone have the rights to learn, to earn, to lead, to participate, to make decision, to own property, to live and be happy. The campaign aim to let the community members aware of the barriers which PWD’s face (Physical barriers, environmental barriers, communication barriers, and attitudinal barriers) for them to be included and participate in daily activities.
The human right training/awareness rising are provided to the key stakeholders and duty barriers around the project area to facilitate disability inclusive mainstreaming initiatives. These sessions goes hand in hand with advocacy meetings, networking and lessons learnt sharing with decision makers to facilitate and enforce actions towards disability inclusion. We bring people from all parties of the society and providing platform to challenge assumptions and propose solution to the problems that affect PWD’s life. We conduct research and case studies documentation on the violation of PWD’s rights and act as a source of information to inform decision makers and duty bearers so as to provide evidence to the legal framework were needed so as to increase justice action to PWD’s.