Empowering Girls with Disabilities in Uganda through Education

The project aims to address the educational marginalisation of 2,560 children with disabilities with a focus on girls.

It is working to improve the teaching and learning environment for children with disabilities in mainstream schools. It also encourages families and communities to appreciate the need to send children with disabilities (especially girls) to school. It addresses the educational needs of individual children, including education costs, safety and self-esteem. It advocates for more inclusive policies and practices at the regional and national level.

Activities

• Teacher training focussing on literacy, numeracy and delivering inclusive education
• Supporting schools to build ramps and walkways and to improve the accessibility of toilets and washing facilities for children with disabilities
• Providing free accessible transport to and from schools
• Linking disabled girls with education corporate sponsorship and government scholarship schemes to cover school costs
• Providing career guidance and counselling to build girls’ self-esteem and life skills
• Supporting adolescent girls with menstrual cycle management
• Supporting parents of disabled girls to access rehabilitation services to ensure proper use of prescribed therapies and assistive devices given to their daughters
• Supporting families to access productive income activities so that families can afford education for their daughters
• Raising awareness about gender, education and disability with parents, schools and communities

Cheshire Services Uganda: https://csuganda.org/