NCSI is working through parental support groups for them to be the champions of advocating for the rights of their children. NCSI believes that the parents of these children who are also the primary caregivers, possess invaluable insights into the unique circumstances of their children.
Their firsthand experiences form the bedrock for well-informed decisions and policy considerations,
making their participation crucial to the success of NCSI's endeavors.
1.Inclusive Education
2.Advocacy and Awareness
3.Economic Empowerment Initiatives
4.Health and Rehabilitation Initiatives
5.Promoting Leisure and Sports Activities
We have 5 pillars that our work concentrates on
Education is the most vital tool to empower communities. Research shows that educating children with disabilities is a good investment
Ultimate goal is to establish a vocational training centre children with special needs.
Why education for children with special needs/disabilities important?
Education is the most vital tool to empower communities.
Research shows that educating children with disabilities is a good investment. Education reduces future and current dependence.
It frees other household members from caring responsibilities, allowing them to engage in employment or other productive activities.
Education leads to increment of the child’s potential of productivity, wealth creation which ultimately helps in poverty alleviation.
However, children with disabilities are disadvantaged in terms of school enrolment, educational attainment as well as learning.
Goal 4 of the sustainable developmental goals focuses on ensuring equal access to all levels of education and vocational training for the vulnerable including persons with disabilities. It also calls for building and upgrading education facilities which are child, disability.
What is Naweza doing and planning to do in the area of education?
Naweza proposes to carry out campaigns to promote the rights of children with special needs, promote positive attitudes towards children with special needs and their families, promote the recognition of their skills, merits and abilities as their contribution in different areas.
This is inline with the mission of the organisation of serving humanity
Activity
1. Collect data through outreach programmes to document the stigma and harmful practices experienced by PWDs.
2. Research and prepare resources on disability awareness.
3. Design a questionnaire to assess the iniatives/ interventions being carried to protect PWDs’ rights.
4. Identify prominent PWDs and young PWDs who can be inspirational role models to empower PWDS
5. Identify public figures that can help in disability awareness.
Naweza supports the caregivers and families caring for children with special needs to engage in income-generating initiatives to generate income to sustain their families as well as meeting the high costs of caring for a disabled child. They will be trained in tailoring, agriculture, baking, crafts and other skills-based training for self-employment. We believe this will have a multiplier effect to their communities.
Providing a livelihood to care givers
Worldwide disabled people live in poverty
Economically empowering caregivers of children with disabilities is a means of getting out of poverty and getting the means of supporting the children with disabilities.Though Naweza provides food relief to carers of CSNs, the long-term target is to provide people with the means to support themselves.
Children with disabilities lave limited access to healthcare services and even where they are available, they are too costly.
Cost of rehabilitation
how NAWEZA is tackling health care for the disabled? Teaching healthcare OEP
Specific Services
Your donation will empower families especially donations towards long- term impact will have a multiplier effect.
a. DONATE TOWARDS LIVELIHOODS
Provision of knowledge and skills training
Providing a sewing machine
Donating livestock to farmers (goats, sheep, cows)
Providing a loan without interest to families who are committed to changing their lives.
Examples of
Provision of seeds, tools and training to rural farmers
Provision of skills in mushroom growing
Provision of skills in soap making
b. DONATE TOWARDS EDUCATION
Sponsor teachers’ training
Provide scholastic materials
Donate towards provision of augmentative alternative communication
Sponsor a child
Provide play equipment
Provide a tent to cater for a mobile library
Build a vocational training Centre for children with disabilities.
c. DONATE TOWARDS ADVOCACY AND AWARENESS RAISING
Donate towards setting up a drama group to promote rights of children with special needs.
Support sports training
Support establishing a drama group/ song by children for disability awareness.
Organise leadership skills training workshop for children to self-advocate for their rights.
Sponsor preparation of disability awareness materials for hospitals /schools
We urgently need a home, a place where we can hold capacity training sessions for parents, vocational training activities for the children, play activities and providing respite for the parents.
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