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:: DISABILITY MANIFESTO 2007 LAUNCHED WITH POMP DIVERSITY AND COLOUR:

The historic document that stamps disability into political election politics was launcched at KICC attended by who is who in the disability leadership and tents of diversity in disabilties in kenya on the Friday of 19th October. More

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:: Community based rehabilitation (CBR) African conference to be held in South Africa October 29th to 1st November. The Conference themed: CBR: policy development and implementation' is expected... More

:: A Great tour of Tanzania:

Pelitah and Jospehine had a tour of Tanzania at the invitation of a Deaf community and attende Church is in Buguruni and it is Immanuel Deaf Church.

The challenges of communication were evident from the fact that tanzania sign language is based on kiswahili while kenyan sign language is based on english...MORE

KENYA DISABILITY MANIFESTO 2007 - 2012:

The Disability Manifesto is a document developed by the disability community in 2007 to guide engagement of people with disabilities to choose leadership that supports empowerment of people with disabilties in the general elections 2007 and to guide implementation of the Disability Act 2003 for thye next five years..

READ IT TO UNDERSTAND YOUR ROLES AND RESPONSIBILTIES.

UNDP Resident Representative Elizabeth Lwanga : Made a Historic Anouncement last week. "That all Media Houses who will be running the Media Elections Strategy Programme for the 2007 elections will have to sign an MOU to include Sign Language Interpretation."

That Ground Breaking Statement has seen this week alone three of the National TV stations running sign language enabled civic education programmes on Thursday every week. Surely what great election boost. LETs GO and VOTE the leadership of our choice WHO SUPPORTS OUR DISABILITY AGENDA as expressed in the Disability Manifesto.

:: DISABILITY MANIFESTO 2007 TO BE LAUNCHED OCTOBER 18 TH 2007:

After a Disability community workshop on the disability and electoral process recommended the development of a Disability Manifesto. A Taskforce was selected with coordination of the UNDP come up with the Manifesto to facilitate engagement..MORE.

:: DEAF WOMEN SPORTS DAY:

Deaf women had a sports day last saturday at the sports grounds of the Karen Technical Institute for the Deaf. Among others the games played were volleyball of which we had some pictures....More.

:: DOROTHY ANDESIA ASIEMA GRADUATE.

After 4 years of hard work at Strathmore Unviersity, Dorothy Asiema graduated and held a graduation celebration party last week on Friday at 14th September 2007, where she celebrated with her friends. disabilitykenya got some pictures......More

::Disability Manifesto meeting UNDP last week on Wednesday 11TH September 2007 met and agreed to modalities for the Launch of the Disability Manifesto.

:: PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES PUSHING FOR 15 SEATS IN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION BILL:

Various disability leaders on August 14th joined together in a procession pushing for inclusion into the Affirmative Action Bill that was drafted by the Government to give 50 seats to women....More

:: PAUL MUMINA WEDS IN A BEAUTIFUL WEDDING:

The wedding calendar for this year was closed by Paul who got married to a beautiful lady deaf lady in a colourful ceremony held on 7th August 2007... More

:: NATIONAL YOUTH WITH DISABILITIES WEEK:

Is the National Youth Policy really inclusive? we put this question to a group of youth with disabilties leaders and collated the policy paper to read a little different from what the ministry of youth affairs uses...MORE

:: THE DISABILITY MANIFESTO HITS MEDIA:

As disability Agenda gets into the media KTN URAIA civic education programme finally tackled the topic "Disability" and surely it was the bomb especially when a survey in progress, amid a heated debate on special constituencies and political heat of campaigns hot up... MORE

:: NICKSON KAKIRI TURNS 31 IN STYLE AND WISER!:

Nickson Kakiri; a GALLAUDET scholar and one of the leading deaf leaders threw a birthday party, 'much wiser' ! In celebrations that sounded like like the "Nickson homecoming" after over 6 years in the US, it was the beggining of the beggining of what observers say is a new social-political life: ...More

:: HAWKERS WITH DISABILIITES SIT-IN CONTINUES:
This is the 12th day the people with disabilities are staging a major sitin outside the nation centre. we visited them and collected views and photos of the situation...More

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A DISABILITY MANIFESTO FINALLY OR CIVIC EDUCATION AS USUAL?

:: CIVIC EDUCATION FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITES:

The on-going civic education debate among people with disabilites lays on the premise that improving participation in the electoral process will mainstream disability agenda in national politics. How can inclusive civic education facilitate this objective?... More

:: LANDMARK WEDDING:

This weekend saw a landmark wedding between a sign language using bride and hearing groom. The wedding which was attended by quite a number of community members, was between Clayton Adema wed Judith Mwikali at the Agape Fellowship Church on the 7th of July 2007. The groom was captured on KTN fluently signing with her new wife... More

:: STEADMAN GROUP WINS TENDER TO CARRY OUT A DISABILITY AND HIV/AIDS SURVEY.

A renown Opinon survey company the Steadman Group won a tender to carry out a survey on the impact of HIV/AIDS on disability in the country. The research tendered by Handicap International bring with it challenges of adjustments... more

:: THE IMMANUEL DEAF CHURCH DRAMA GROUP:

The immanuel deaf church drama group made a presentation recently in which various biblical stories were presented in drama using sign language. The youth group is creative and full of potential... More

:: AS PARLIAMENT PLANS MAJOR RENOVATIONS

What disability factors are considered in the on-going renovations of government buildings? Does the government make renovations with the Disability ACT in mind? Government Building should encourage adjustments to enable accessibility. Jogoo House, Treasury and now Parliament are making renovations without thinking universal design.. More

:: VIOLENCE AGAINST DISABLED CHILDREN.
Article 23 in the United Nations Convention on the rights of the Child clearly states children with disabilities have the right to enjoy a full and decent life in conditions that ensure dignity, promote self reliance and facilitates the active participation of the child in community...More

::MEDIA SHOULD ENGAGE WITH DISABILITY COMMUNITY:
While organisation like UDPK may be rubbished as irrelevant in the proposed Media Bill 2007 as the disability representative in a statutory Council supervising the media, Joel Omondi in the article titles disability and media regulation in kenya argues that the media need to engage the disability community to avoid discriminatio:

::We Join hands to celebrate the Day of the African Child, we checked Kenya 2007 Budgetary Steps towards Vision 2030 that empower Kibet's Dream but dimmed Kibichi's". more

:: GOVERNMENT PAYING LIP-SERVICE ON THE DISABILITY TAX EXEMPTION.

"We have had been exempt for some time now. About six months then all of a sudden without any explanations they started making deductions again...More

:: THE CONTROVERSIAL MEDIA BILL 2007 and DISABILITY REPRESENTATION:

The Question of the moment in Kenya: What is the rationale for inclusion of a disability organisation (UDPK) in the proposed Media regulatory Body as given in the Media Bill 2007 drafted by the Ministry of Information and Communication.... More

:: LEADERSHIP:

“The problem with leadership today is that you do not know if the people you think you are leading are following you or chasing you”...More

:: WHAT SUBMISSION IS IN MARRIAGE:

Submission in marriage is a myth according to many, but a couple with years experience shared with Kwamboka Oyaro in the Daily Nation. The ego is what breaks marriages. "I have no ego before my wife" Says Allan... More

:: MENTAL RETARDATION:

In developing countries like Kenya mental retardation is considered outcasts not able to learn without a future, in the US they learn in regular classrooms?! we explore the contrast and try to find head and tail..More

:: THE BLIND-FRIENDLY SAROVA PANAFRIC:

About 350 delegates were attending the Africa Blindness Forum believed to be the largest of its kind held in Nairobi in recent history. The theme of the conference is social inclusion ... More

:: MASAKHWE FIRST SEEK THE POLITICAL KINGDOM...

Phitalis Were Masakhwe is running for a parliamentary seat in Kenyan forth coming general election! Mr Were who is among the only persons with disabilities who are finally biting the bullet to do something about political ...More

:: KSDC IN STRATEGIC CRISIS:

KENYA SOCIETY FOR DEAF CHILDREN is in a serious management crisis. The organisation urgently needs what we have called the ABC prescription to get out of the red. It begins with appointing a new director nor has :...More

THE KENYA AIRWAYS PLANE CRASH:

The KQ Crash in Duola Cameroun robs the disability community a greater leader....More

:: THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INCLUSIVE EDUCATION

We are here! We are able! Give us equal opportunities in Society...More

:: IS DISABILITY AGENDA IN RAILA ODINGA'S VISION?

Sunday 6th May 2007 say the Launch of one of the most elaborate political Vision by ODM luminary Raila Odinga tauted as the number ...More

:: EXPANSIVE DIRECTORY OF DONORS:
The networking of resources to community work is one of the major causes of the slow development in many developing countries. Very Few directories are available to guide resource mobilisation ...More

:: STATE ISSUES JAIL ORDER OVER NEGLECTED CHILDREN:
The Government yesterday ordered the provincial administration to arrest paretns who fail to take their children to school. In a no-nonsense order to provincial commisioners...More

:: KOIGI'S CHAMA CHA MWANANCHI PUSHES DISABILITY AGENDAs: Controversial Politician and Assistant Minister for Information and Communication, who is also chairman of a New political Party called Chama cha Mwananchi hosted a group of.... More

THE SEXUALITY AND HEALTH WORDS DICTIONARY Sexuality and reproductive health are an issue that many may not understand. A reference point online would help alot in building effective informed decisions that facilitate healthy sexuality... More

:: DISABILITY SEXUALITY WEBSITE OF THE YEAR: This was one of those great weeks that wanted to see what others are doing about disability on the internet. and the greatest website: sex support.org and surely learnt alot. The website... More

:: MISS DISABILITY BEAUTY PAGEANT 2007 Rachel Mamoss, an ASHOKA fellow known worldwide for organising the highly successful Disability beauty pageant in 2003 in which the Kenyan First Lady Mama Lucy kibaki patroned said plans ... More

:: DANIEL WEDS WANJA IN A BEAUTIFUL WEDDING HELD ON APRIL14TH: A deaf couple (Daniel and Wanja) were joined in holy matrimony on the morning of Saturday April 14th in a colourful wedding that say the deaf proof yet again that people with disabilityies are just like anybody else...More

:: THE DEAF TO GET PART OF THE ONE BILLION YOUTH FUND: Youth Minister Meets the Deaf community to seek ways of including them as the over one Billion, National Youth Enterprise fund is .... More

:: NATIONAL SPORTS 2007 COMPETITION FOR PUPILS WITH DISABILITIES SUCCESSFULLY HELD IN MERU. The national games schools games for children with disabilities was successfuly held in Meru last week with participants in various sports disciplines.... More

:: NATIONAL NETWORK OF DISABILITY-FRIENDLY CYBERCAFE'S As a public access facility the organisation is also fundrasing for the establishment of a national network of cybercafes that are disability-friendly both as an income generating...More

:: ISSUES ON MEDIA IN CIVIC EDUCATION IN KENYA A day to Easter this year saw the begining of a new interactive and inclusive NEWSLINE Programme on KTN that makes you NOT miss Luis Otieno who together with Swaleh Mdoe, Catherine Kasavuli and Effie Hunja voted for The Abrahamovich of... More

:: KTN NEWSLINE OPENS A NEW CHAPTER IN INCLUSIVE CIVIC EDUCATION Thursday 5th 2007 goes down as the eve to easter in which we celebrated the beginning of a truly inclusive Kenya society. The beggining of a series of Civic education progrtamming interpreted in Kenya Sign language is a new standard ...More

::ARE OPPORTUNITY BEING EQUALLY DISTRIBUTED? This was the question being debated on the first day of the inclusive programme on KTN NEWSLINE in 5th March 2007. The programme saw for the first time a whole interactive debate being interpreted into Kenya sign language. But was it civic education?...More

:: PARTNERSHIPS AND LINKAGES NECESSARY BETWEEN NACC PWD AND ABBA: After recent meeting within the ABBA process there emerged direct *similarities that enable synergy* between the of ABBA organised by RATN and the annual NACC PWDs stakeholders M&E forums. Since both are five year projects targeting evidence base....More

*::ADOPT A DIGITAL SCHOOL FOR PWDs* IN KENYA** The ICT sector increasingly becoming the cornerstone of Kenya's socio-economic development. This is exemplified through its potential in provision of essential services. The Government is implementing sound and responsive ICT sector...More

:: JOSEPHINE SINYO: A SENIOR STATE COUNSEL AWARDED: The only Senior State Counsel in Kenya with the visual Impairments was recently awarded for exemplary work by the Government....More.

:: RATN LEADS PWD STAKEHOLDERS IN THE KENYA CHAPTER OF ABBA PROCESS. 29th March 2007 the venue was Lilian Towers Nairobi, and the objective was to seek evidence based methods to addressing the balance of burden to AIDs among PWDs... More

THE NATIONAL ICT MASTERPLAN Information communication technology (ICT) has great potential in creating the so called universal access. Various traditional services are built within structures and environments that are not accessible to persons with various disabilities...More

::AFRICAN NETWORK FOR HEALTH KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT AND COMMUNICATION, (AFRIAFYA): AFRIAFYA is an African Netwrok for Health Knowledge management and communication. It was established in April 2000 by Kenyan based health development agencies to explore harnessing modern...More

::GLOBAL ALLIANCE ON ACCESSIBLE TECHNOLOGIES AND ENVIRONMENTS. Youth with disabilities who are excluded from the mainstream due to lack of access to the urban environment, children who do not receive information on health promotion in an appropriate format and developers who are involved in re-building and re-construction are now working... More

:: MISS DEAF WORLD 2007: Allow us to announce the procedure for partcipating in the 2007 Miss Deaf world Event taking palce in July. Applications are now available and please apply...More

THE KENYA DISABILITY SURVEY FINALLY KICKS OFF. The disability Survey kicks off in April 2007, after months of behind the scenes work that involves various stakeholders led by the National Coordinating Agency for Population and Development ...More

:: MOTABILITY-UK PUTTING PWDs ON THE DRIVING SEAT: Since the charity first supplied a car in 1978, they have gone on to provide 1.5 million cars in the UK to almost 500,000 customers-now representing around seven per cent of all new car sales in the UK...More

::WHAT DOES ADHERENCE MEAN?: It means taking medicines in the right amounts at the right time with or without food as necessary and checking for interactions with any other medication you may be taking...More

:: CHILDLINE SERVICES SERVES ALL: The free services has received several calls related to children with disabilities. The main challenges are to do with the speed of delivery of services should the refer be made. The institution works with a network of other institutions which mainly provide the services to the children in need ...More

:: INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY: Thursday 8th March is the annual International Women Day. We look at the achievments and challenges we face as women and girls with disabilities across Kenya and Africa. As we celebrate this day, let us reflect on the various issues women with or without disabilities need to be able to improve ...More

::THE FREE E-BOOKS PROGRAMME Starts by publishing the Primary English Books one in Sign Language. The Units will be published as they are developed and support is encouraged for more schools to have access to the Internet to help alleviate the shortage of instruction materials especially in Deaf Schools... More

::: PRIMARY ENGLISH PUPILS BOOK 1 is the first among a series of FREE ELECTRONIC BOOKS in sign language for children with hearing impairments. The Class one English book published on the website disabilitykenya.org with the objective of expanding free education to all children. It is published to supplement any other materials Special education teachers ...More

:: BEAUTIFUL WEDDING BELLS FROM THE KERUGOYA DEAF COMMUNITY: The wedding was between couple that is deaf, Patrick and Wambui who were joined in Holy matrimony by Pastor Paul Njatha, himself Deaf, and the Rev Pastor of PCEA church at Kerugoya... More

::KENYA NATIONAL DEAF WOMEN PEACE NETWORK.

The Kenya National Deaf Women Peace Network (KNDWPN) is a registered membership organisation with the objective of improving the capacity of deaf women in Kenya...More

::DISABILITY DENIES JUSTICE:

One of the greatest impediments to justice among Persons with Disabilities is the traditional architecture used in constructing courts of law...More

::MOONLIGHT VALENTINE VCT A GREAT SUCCESS
15th Feb 2007

What did you do on valentine? I know many are awash with fond red memories full of choclate and music and love. But much more are those who thronged the Moonlight VCT services provided to nairobians on the 14th of February 2007... More

:: POLICY ADOPTED FOR YOUTH WITH DISABILITES.

:: DEAF WOMEN AND HIV/AIDS IN AFRICA CONFERENCE

:: THE DISABLED LOSING OUT ON FREE EDUCATION

:: PILLOW-TALK AMONG OR WITH DEAF PARTNERS

:: PRESIDENT KIBAKI IN HIS NEW YEARS MESSAGE

::CONFUSION AND COMPETITION IN DEAF VCT SERVICES UNNECESSARY

:: VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES RAMPANT

:: OFFICE OF THE PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS TO ENABLE DISABILITY-FRIENDLY GOVERNMENT COMMUNICATION
:: PROSTITUTION STORY CAUSES ACRIMONY IN DANDORA SELF HELP GROUP
:: LOW KEY INTERNATIONAL DISABILITY DAY CELEBRATIONS
:: THE MZEE BUBU STORM IN KENYA JUST WONT GO AWAY!
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