Yesterday The Handicap International reported to journalists that through its project of helping children with disabilities to get educated, it realized to help 4000 children to receive due education. The project has been effective within past four years and operated in four districts namely Muhanga, Kamonyi, Gasabo and Rutsiro.
Bankundiye, the manager of the project lauded the achievements of the projects within four past years. She said that aims of the projects included campaigning on the rights children with disabilities have to get education, advocating for the availability of adequate teaching and learning material to both teachers and learners…have been achieved in four districts that the project was applied in.
The project aimed at strengthening both intellectual and technical capacities of teachers so to equip them with necessary skills and means to cater for the special education needs of children with disabilities living in these distinctive districts.
Bankundiye stated that these projects are sustainable as the government backs these efforts.
The government has been to our sides since the starting of the implementation of the project as it is one of the milestones of the education policies government has set up, she revealed .
The project has launched operation centers in 20 districts to keep pushing that advancement of these forward so to be fully effective.
Different beneficiaries of the projects told UM– USEKE that they are thankful to the achievements of the project. Mukansine Athanasie said that the project has helped her to send her child to school.
Before I used to leave my child at home hidden in a room, she told UM– USEKE.
But as now my child knows how to take care of himself because of educaion, I appreciate this, she explains.
Nyirabugingo Bernandine is thankful to the project for the initiation of the project that has helped her to attend classes as an other student without disabilities does.
Umuragwa Noah, a ten years old student says he will complete his studies and become a headmaster of the school he is studying in currently.
For him, if the educational for all project would not be initiated, the chances for him to receive education would not materialize.
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