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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 |
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:: Us
against the world.
Often times, God recognizes the union of two in
love, but society will hear none of it...Saturday Standard
Sep 15, 2007... More
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:: DOROTHY
ANDESIA ASIEMA GRADUATE.
In celabrate that Dorothy Student for 4
years in the At Strathmore unviersity and till Last Graduate
last week on Friday at 14th September 2007 and parties which
had some the picture......More
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::DISABILITY
AND THE ELECTORAL PROCESS SEMINAR.
"A disability manifesto
that all political parties would promote and guide political
advocacy of groups of people with disabilities is the only
way to ensure effective participation in political arena"
a workshop recently resolved...More
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:: 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 Adema wed Mwikali at the Agape Fellowship church on
the 7th of July 2007. The groom was captured on KTN fluently
signing with her new bride to prove communication is not going
to be a barrier to blissful marriage..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
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BOMB EXPLODED NEXT TO AMBASSEDEUR HOTEL.
A Bomb is said to have exploded next to
the famous ambassadeur hotel few metres from where deaf
do business, in Nairobi. The Bomb is reported to have been
carried in a bag by a man who lost his life after the explosion...More |
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:: THE
MEDIA BILL AND DISABILITY DEBATE CO NTINUES...
Can the media under self regulation effectively engage the
disability community in an inclusive non-discriminatory manner?
Does the media expressions of the disability community reflect
the efforts to ensure an inclusive democratic society?...More
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:: MUREITHI
WEDDING IN MACHAKOS
Mureithi Boniface formerly
a pastor for the deaf finally wedded recently in a colourful
wedding attended by many deaf people. Boniface was joined
in Holy Matrimony to Betty at the ABC church in Machakos....More
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:: Media
in Civic education
A day to Easter this year saw the
beginning 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
::Are Opportunity resources
being Equally distributed?
This was the question being debated on the first
day of the inclusive programme on KTN. The programme saw for the
first time a whole interactive debate being interpreted into Kenya
sign language..More
::The disabled are
extra vulnerable to Aids.
A common misconception is that disabled people are not sexually
active, and are, therefore, not at risk of being infected with
HIV. Another myth is that substance abuse, sexual abuse and violence,
homosexuality and bisexuality do not exist among the physicallyhandicapped...More
::Zubeyda Melkonian dreams for the
deaf in Armenia:
Zubeyda Melkonian was born to Deaf Parents. She started interpreting
very early for her parents. She was the link between her Deaf
parents and the rest of the Hearing world. When she graduated
from the School of Pedagogy in Yerevan...More
:: Demystifying the administration
of Justice Materials:
In an effort to demystify the administration of Justice
in Kenya, the Judiciary had an open day from february 16th 2007
and presented quite a number of information some of which are
available here...More
| :: THE
NATIONAL UNION OF DISABLED PERSONS OF UGANDA |
| As a result of the activities of the International
Year of Disabled Persons of 1986, the Persons with Disabilities
of Uganda recognized the importance of forming an umbrella
organization to champion the slogan of "FULL PARTICIPATION".
They realized the importance of coming together in order to
advocate and lobby for full participation in the affairs of
the country... More |
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::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
: : How did you spend your Valentine?
14th February 2007
Valentine day how did you spend it? disabilitykenya run around
and found some interesting stories. The best was Moonlight
Valentine VCT by Liverpool VCT and the most catchy
was Nation TV story of a couple who are blind and had a great
valentines Day in their rural humble homes... 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 chocolate 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
:: The
Mzee Bubu Storm in Kenya just wont go away!
A new blogspot with a name easily translated to an Old
Deaf person was recently initiated and going by the type of stormy
articles posted someone would think Jean Claude of Deaf AID has
quite an enemy... More
::KENYA
NATIONAL DEAF WOMEN PEACE NETWORK.
The Kenya National Deaf Women Peace Network (KNDWPN)
is a membership organisation registered with the objective of
improving the capacity of deaf women in Kenya...More
:: Dandora
Deaf Self Help World AIDS & International Disability day Celebrations
World Aids day special happened in Dandora face four.
Sponsored by the Standard Charter ted Bank, Dandora Deaf Self
Help group organised over 200 deaf people... more
:: Signed Calendar 2007 project:
OMEDA Enterprises developed a creative concept in ca
lender publishing. the concept involved signed dates from 1 to
30 for each of the months using signs made by school children...More
::A comic
series is to be serialized on Disabilitykenya.org beginning
March 2007. A sequel to the first comic "Komerera,
the run away bride" the series produced by Tuf Mulokwa
will be serialized online on the website....
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:: World
AIDS Day 2006 Celebrations.
The World AIDs Day celebrations this year were held all
over the country. All constituencies held their... More
::Building
attitudes for better parenting of children with disabilities
Many children with disabilities (CWD) do not learn much
from the house environment. Many parents of CWD think only teachers
in special schools can teach their children? Parents take their...More
::People
with disabilities have the right to be full-fledged members of
society
The Convention Protects and Promotes the Rights and Dignity of
Persons with Disabilities. Such a document is badly needed especially
in the developing countries like sub-Saharan Africa where disability
human rights are assumed with impunity...More
:: Awori
makes retirement age 60 for PWD's when he met Nick...
This is will be a boon for many PWD's who have a job
and are working within the Civil Service. The government need
to make sure this has more impact by implementing a policy stipulated
in the Bomas draft and many advocacy forums that at least 5% of
all Civil service jobs should go to persons with disabilities...More
::Jesus
loves us equally: Vivichi’s greatest lessons to the Kenyan
PWD's!
Nick Vivivhi left a great impression in the minds of many kenyans
both with and without disabilities. His life without limbs is
surely without limits...More
:: Do Children
with disabilities side their parents Authority?
What are parent’s responsibilities to a child
with disabilities in a country where they have no right equal
to other children? Are parents responsible to the woes of children
with disabilities? Who would be more blameworthy if you as a disabled
person did not go to school and got an education? ...More
:: Romania's refined
Auschwitz?
A parent that treats his child badly could have his child
taken away, according to the law. For years in a row, the children
with disabilities in the special institutions in Romania are bereaved
of their elementary constitutional rights...More
::Hidden
Suffering
Mental Disability Rights International (MDRI) Report,
has found children with disabilities hidden and wasting away,
near death, in Romania's adult psychiatric facilities...More
::Inclusive Millennium development goals
One of the major opportunities is the mainstreaming of disability
issues within the implementation of the millennium development
goal...more
:: Previous Stories and Resources:
::
National Deaf
Leaders LVCT Conference 2006.
::
Rights
and privileges of persons with disabilities -
Definitions in PWD ACT.
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The
National Council of PWD's
::
Persons with disability
ACT
:: Learn about COPYRIGHT
::First
Lady Mama Lucy Kibaki & Susan Mwikali Deaf in AIDS Campaign
:: ART is accessible
to all including the blind.
::Disability
AIDS video Launch 2003
:: ZIMBABWE:
Disabled children embattled by education policy:
:: Please Teach the police
sign language
:: Kenya
where a prisoner is loved more than the disabled.:
:: Police
infringe on rights of deaf citizens
:: So is President Kibaki
Deaf?
:: I am Proud to be a
Kenyan
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