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Manija practices reading in Braille with her teacher Roziya during a home visit.
Disability Inclusive Education

Accessible to All: Creating Learning Materials for Children with Disabilities in Cambodia, Kenya, Rwanda, and Tajikistan

Here are some examples from Cambodia, Kenya, Rwanda, and Tajikistan that show how good practices in the provision of accessible learning materials are being put into practice during COVID-19.
December 15, 2020
In Haut-Katanga, a mother ensures access to the best signal on her phone while her children listen to a radio lesson
Reading & Literacy

The DRC’s Accelere!1 Pilots Remote Reading Program During COVID-19

In the DRC, ACCELERE!1 (A!1), a USAID and UKAID funded project implemented by Chemonics, has launched “Lecture pour la vie,” a local language interactive audio instruction radio pilot program in response to COVID-19 school closures.
November 20, 2020

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Manija practices reading in Braille with her teacher Roziya during a home visit.
Disability Inclusive Education
December 15, 2020

Accessible to All: Creating Learning Materials for Children with Disabilities in Cambodia, Kenya, Rwanda, and Tajikistan

Here are some examples from Cambodia, Kenya, Rwanda, and Tajikistan that show how good practices in the provision of accessible learning materials are being put into practice during COVID-19.
A student reading a book. Photo by Eric Onyiego/USAID Kenya
Disability Inclusive Education
December 1, 2020

USAID Studies Explore Current Trends in Disability Inclusive Education in Sub-Saharan Africa

A literature review found that children with disabilities are less likely to get to school and, even when they do attend, less likely to stay in school. Learn more notable findings from the literature review in this blog post.
eKitabu’s signed Digital Story Time included in Kenya Ministry of Education’s distance learning program.
Disability Inclusive Education
September 11, 2020

Pivoting in a Pandemic: eKitabu Provides Sign Language Video Content For Students in Kenya

After Kenya closed schools in response to the pandemic, the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development requested that eKitabu support students who are deaf by developing sign language videos that support early grade literacy for deaf children.
Photo: Primary 1 students practice reading with their Kinyarwanda textbooks during a Kinyarwanda Reading Camp 2019, Burera District.
Disability Inclusive Education
April 14, 2020

The Case for Practical Techniques for Inclusive Classrooms: Experiences from Rwanda and Tajikistan

Classroom teachers, principals, and specialists are embracing an understanding that they do not need to wait for diagnosis or identification of a child’s disability to teach responsively. And, they are putting that understanding to work.
Photo: Doreen Okeyo reads a passage from the TUSOME textbooks during an English lesson.
Disability Inclusive Education
April 14, 2020

Tusome's Approach to Inclusive Education in Kenya

Kenya implemented the Tusome Early Grade Reading Activity in 2014. It introduced interventions at the grade 1 level beginning in 2015. Taking its name from the Kiswahili word for “let’s read,” the Tusome program was a five-year, nationwide effort.
Photo: Rashid Ngala reads a story from the TUSOME textbooks.
Disability Inclusive Education
March 19, 2020

Course Correction Proves Essential to Scaling up Kenya’s Literacy Program

In 2010, less than ten percent of Kenya’s primary school-aged children were reading at the national level benchmarks. Ten years later, largely due to the success of the Tusome program, nearly 66 percent of grade two students now read at grade level.
Photo: Faith Oketch reads a passage from the TUSOME textbooks during an English lesson.
Disability Inclusive Education
February 7, 2020

The Importance of Accessible Learning Materials

Today’s children are tomorrow’s leaders, and they must have access to education. Educational institutions need to meet students’ varied needs by providing a lot of ways to access information. 
Photo: One of KCEO’s female mentors. She is paraplegic and is able to relate well with other women with disabilities.
Disability Inclusive Education
January 3, 2020

Serving Marginalized Populations in Kenya Through Entrepreneurship Training and Advocacy

Kibera is the largest slum in Africa and KCEO’s Young Mothers Incubation Program has served over 200 women with disabilities, empowering them to be active in their communities through entrepreneurship and advocacy.

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