Do you know how relevant WHO CBR guidelines are towards improved quality of life of PWDs? CAN is happy to release yet another edition of her publication from which you will find interesting discussions relating to unresolved issues with regard to CBR implementation in Africa: The latest CAN Book discusses some of the major […]
Learners with disabilities in East African region will soon start accessing equal educational opportunities once the Quality Assurance Guidelines (QAG) on Special Needs and Inclusive Education are approved. The Inter University Council of East Africa (IUCEA) is in the final stages of developing the guidelines in preparation for the declaration of East African region as […]
This may sound to you like a day dream. For a young man with physical disability to crave for presidency ─ the highest office in the land, ─ is probably unthinkable in a country where discrimination against Persons with Disabilities still reigns. Yet for a 24-year-old Ian Banda, his dream is achievable even when he […]
Bruce Mubuyayeta Nasilele, 37, is a resident of Dambwa North in Livingstone, Zambia. He is a member of Zambia Psychosocial Disability Association and Zambia Association for Hydrocephalus and Spinal Bifida. Nasilele lives with psychosocial disability. He suffered from cerebral malaria and spine problems during childhood and since then, he has had to cope with community […]
Preparation for 6th CBR Africa Conference 2018, Livingstone Zambia. view the details here
The 6th CBR Africa Conference is scheduled to take place in Lusaka, Zambia. Several CBR stakeholders and development partners are expected to take part. click the link to view the call for abstracts.
This video provides an insight on work done by APDK our partner in Kenya.
WHO has formed a working group to influence UN agencies to take responsibility for implementing through ministries of the respective components of the CBR matrix. e.g: UNESCO and UNICEF taking responsibility of education and children, ILO with livelihood, UNDP with development and so on through respective ministries. This Working group will begin this task by […]
Working toward a more open, inclusive, and fair world for people with disabilities in 2017. Hope shines a light in the darkness. It’s infectious, even healing. But what is there to be hopeful for? Let’s look at the year ahead with 12 reasons to have hope in 2017 Extreme poverty is giving up ground. In […]
It is a pleasure to invite you to 6th East African International Conference on Communication Disability. The conference is organized by Kenyatta University- KU, Association of Speech and Language Therapist Kenya- ASLTK, and Leibniz Universität- Hannover, Germany. The East African International Conference on Communication Disability Conference is biannual event organized by Association of Speech and […]
