Our first inclusive education project started in 2002 in five schools in Oriang, Western Kenya. You can see below the dramatic impact it has had on the lives of disabled children and the local community:
Number of disabled children in school has increased dramatically.....
from 15 when the project started to around 600 now. All in all, the schools benefit nearly 3,000 children in Oriang.
Attitudes towards disabled children have changed....
so that parents of children like Auma are much more willing to send them to school, and teachers and fellow students now understand and accept them. As Auma says: ‘I love my school. All the pupils are kind to me and the teachers know our problems.’
Five schools adapted...
so that children with physical impairments can have access to education. It means that children like Vijay, who have difficulty walking, can get to the classroom and learn with other children.
200 teachers trained...
in the skills they need to teach inclusively so that disabled and non-disabled children can learn together. The overall standard of teaching has also risen dramatically.
As well as our work in Kenya, we have also recently started up new projects in Botswana, Sierra Leone and Juba, South Sudan.
