Naweza Child Support Initiative

"Naweza raises awareness in the community about disability and advocates for change at different levels"

About Us

About Us

Naweza Children Support Initiative

About

Naweza Children Support Initiative

It is an initiative that is supporting children with disabilities (children with special needs) and their families especially in deprived rural areas. We believe every child able to something in the unique way. However many children with special needs do not enjoy access on all equal basis with others in all areas.

Naweza raises awareness in the community about disability and advocates for change at different levels

Naweza's model of innovation is working with the parents to change the lives of their children by empowering them holistically.

Reason for Starting

It is an initiative that is supporting children with disabilities (children with special needs) and their families especially in deprived rural areas. We believe every child is able to do something in the unique way. However, many children with special needs do not enjoy access on all equal basis with others in all areas.

Our Objectives

Is to ensure that children with special needs (0-18years) and their families are supported, protected and empowered in sustainable ways to improve their well-being by working with professionals community organisations and service providers considering the limited community resources.

Our Mission

To support children with special needs, their families through advocacy and awareness of their rights provision of appropriate education, healthcare services, building their capacity and mobilising resources for them.

Our Vision

Creating appropriate opportunities and supports for children with special needs and their families to promote holistic well-being to participate in life as well as sharing their unique talents

Our Values

We believe all human beings are unique and nobody has control of how one was created. We believe that the best of those, are not those who have the best appearance but those with ethical values. Our abilities and disabilities are a natural occurence

Our structure

Trustees

Naweza has 5 unpaid trustees that oversee the organisation’s affairs and how to manage the finances of the organisation.

OUR DISTINCIT APPROACH:

a) Reaching out to most vulnerable children with special needs/disabilities and their families in rural areas.
b) Services are influenced by parents
c) Advocating for visibility of invisible disabilities.
Naweza emphasises that not all disabilities are visible.
Disability is more than being confined to a wheel chair!

d) Run by committed volunteers
e) Diverse approach
Naweza supports children with all disabilities whether:
a) Physical
b) Mental
c) Intellectual
d) Sensory impairments
Sensory impairment includes those conditions that affect senses (hearing, smell, touch, spatial awareness, sight as well as taste.


What is Naweza doing and planning to do in the area of education?

We are training teachers in ways of how they can work with children with special needs.
We are also seeking for ways of how we could secure scholarships to encourage young people from the community to take up special needs education training. We are advocating for an education that meets the needs of children with special needs instead of being subjected to the same examination-oriented curricula.

Naweza is advocating for access to Augmentative Alternative Communication for children with speech challenges because these children learn in special ways. Naweza is also seeking sponsorship for children with special needs
Ultimate goal is to establish a vocational training centre children with special needs.



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