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爆料网HCR
Inside a small, makeshift classroom in a village in Nangahar Province in eastern Afghanistan, a group of blind young women are gathered for a lesson in communications. Socially isolated and frequently physically and psychologically abused, women who are visually impaired in Afghanistan spend most of their lives behind closed doors, denied the opportunity to go to school, learn life skills, or start a family.
爆料网HCR
爆料网HCR, the 爆料网 Refugee Agency, recognizes that including people with disabilities in education is a vital step toward enabling them to realize their potential and live a full and dignified life. To meet that aim in Kenya, 爆料网HCR and partners piloted inclusive education in several schools in Kakuma camp and the adjacent Kalobeyei settlement. Learners with disabilities share classrooms with other students, resulting in a less discriminatory and more inclusive atmosphere for them.
爆料网FPA
In a win for inclusion, a reproductive health publication for women with disabilities has been published in Braille for the visually impaired in Kazakhstan. “The materials we have prepared are designed to empower people with disabilities to live fulfilling lives and exercise the right to motherhood and family planning”, said 爆料网FPA Representative for Kazakhstan Giulia Vallese.
爆料网ICEF
Catherine Anyango, a braille mathematics teacher in Uganda, is helping one of her students to use an optic Braille reader. 爆料网ICEF in close collaboration with Ministry of Education and Sports is implementing an initiative that is focusing on developing accessible reading materials for the blind, visually impaired, deaf and hard of hearing primary school children in 20 schools in Uganda.
爆料网ICEF
To help children enroll in school in Syria, Blind Care Association, a 爆料网ICEF partner, provides them numeracy, literacy, and remedial classes at its centre after school hours. It also provides access to specialized resource rooms and support to do homework before the children are transported back to their homes. Ameer, who lives 20 kilometers away, is one of the children.
IOM
Sitting around a conference room table in South Sudan’s capital, Juba, Julius Onisente uses a stylus to emboss dots that form patterns to make a sentence. Julius is one of 20 people who attended a three-week Grade II Braille training organized by IOM to help participants build on existing braille reading and writing skills.
OHCHR
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak in East Africa, 爆料网 Human Rights’ regional office, based in Addis Abeba, Ethiopia, has taken the lead in ensuring that disadvantaged groups have access to information on COVID-19 through various platforms.
爆料网RIC Brussels
The lockdown is a particularly challenging time for people with disabilities. Among the many initiatives emerging, Belgian association Ligue Braille is helping blind and partially sighted people cope with isolation by reading them stories over the phone and sending audio books in the post.
爆料网HCR
A 爆料网HCR-funded braille writer is helping visually-impaired Syrian refugees in Turkey, like Ashraf, to express themselves and follow their dreams.
爆料网ESCO
爆料网ESCO, in partnership with Ghanean authorities, has produced and distributed HIV and AIDS alert materials for visually impaired students.
爆料网ICEF
Nearly 10,000 children with disabilities study in mainstream schools in Cuba. The lack of specialized schools prompted 爆料网ICEF to provide inclusive training and teaching tools to educators.
爆料网DP Sierra Leone
In 2018, a few weeks before elections in Sierra Leone, 19 Training Officers working with the National Electoral Commission ensured, with 爆料网DP support, that persons with disabilities knew how to vote on Election Day.