Motivation: Making sure nobody is left behind during lockdown
Before COVID-19 reached their countries, disabled people and their families in India and countries in Africa already faced isolation and stigma. But everyday challenges – like discrimination, limited healthcare, lack of wheelchairs, few opportunities for work –now...
Continuing to ‘Let Hope Grow’ for children and their families in the Covid era: A Rwanda experience
The Early Intervention Programme Group B, subgroup 1 at PDC Rwinkwavu with adapted measures in place. The past few months of 2020 have pushed the world into unfamiliar and uncertain territory, with the Covid-19 global pandemic directly leading to illness,...
Running safe groups
Is the intervention essential? Will the children deteriorate without the input? Young children with developmental disabilities particularly severe disabilities are at risk of deterioration without ongoing input and support. Those particularly at risk would be those...
Updating ‘Getting to Know Cerebral Palsy’
Thank you to everyone who joined our webinar on Wednesday 22nd July 2020 - it was great to see so many of you online with us. We have recorded the session about how are are going to create version 2 of Getting to Know Cerebral Palsy (GTKCP) and update and edit the...
Participatory video to understand the impact of the Juntos Project
We present an assessment of a parent group programme by using participatory video, where the communities shape and create their own films and include stories of most significant change. Watch presentation on participatory video
Togetherness and Belonging module launch
We are excited to share with you the 'togetherness and belonging' module!Developed together with families of children with disabilities, health and community workers, disabled persons organisations, researchers and educationalists - it has been a great team effort!The...
Inclusive Education: Obuntu Bulamu
Hello everyone! We would like to share 'Obuntu bulamu', a project that is working to improve inclusion of children with disabilities in primary schools. Obuntu bulamu refers to characteristics of generosity, consideration and humaneness towards others in the...
Life after ZIKA: The Juntos Programme
This blog has been written from the perspective of Silvia Pinheiro, a mother from Brazil sharing her experience of raising a child with congenital Zika syndrome and becoming a facilitator in a social support program which provided her the coping skills to...
Let hope grow!
Communicating family experiences of caring for young children with disability. "Let Hope Grow" is a collaborative project between researchers, artists and families, to raise public awareness around families’ experiences of child disability in Uganda. The project aims...
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