Wezesha Elimu Project

The Wezesha Elimu Project aims to ensure that children with disabilities have a fundamental right to education like all other children.The project is guided by the following policies and acts: 1.United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD, 2006); the 2. Basic Education Act, 2013; 3. the 2018 Sector Policy for learners and trainees with disabilities which emphasizes the need to increase access, enhance retention, and improve quality and relevance of education to all; 4. Kenya Vision 2030, in particular this social pillar envisions attainment of globally competitive quality education for all children including those with disabilities; 5.The Basic Education Act (2013) which provides for free and compulsory basic education for all, promotion of quality and relevant education and provides for the right to equal standards of education; 6.Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4 which requires member states to ensure inclusive and quality education for all and promote lifelong learning.

The project interventions includes: the provision of specialist medical services through mobile clinics targeting children with disabilities with no access to treatment and surgical interventions, mobile clinics for diagnosis and provision of related services to patients, carrying out specialized pediatric orthopedic surgical interventions, providing mobility devices to children with disabilities, conducting orthopedic rehabilitation on children with disabilities, providing post-operative care to children who have received treatment, strengthen appropriate placement, retention and transition of learners with disabilities in inclusive education, providing safe, accessible and learner-friendly environment for children with disabilities, direct support to learners with disabilities and schools through provision of dignity kit and specialized teaching/learning resources to learners with disabilities, facilitating EARCs to conduct functional assessments, referrals and placement of children with disabilities, sensitization of teachers and members of boards of management on disabilities and the concept of inclusive education, increasing awareness level among target schools, families and communities on the rights of children with disabilities, awareness creation sessions in schools on disabilities and inclusive education, and provision of psychosocial support to patients and parents after undergoing surgery