Ugandan educators and disability advocates gathered together last week to introduce a new handbook that takes the mystery out of inclusive education for children with hearing loss. Uganda Federation of the Hard of Hearing developed this handbook to help educators understand the challenges faced when a child enters a mainstream classroom and has difficulty hearing the instruction. The handbook is […]
We raised our voices at CSW68 for the 800+ million disabled women being left behind!
Sixty-one young women gave moving testimony last Tuesday as they recounted over and over again how their lives have changed thanks to Rose Academies-Uganda’s Healthy for Life Program. Healthy for Life was grant funded by AstraZeneca Young Health Programme to address the critical shortage of community health workers in Uganda. Sixty-one women were chosen from the impoverished Buikwe District to […]
Last month we talked about the huge number of children that have either missed out completely or are behind in their vaccinations due to the pandemic. In rural poor Africa, the pandemic caused some setback but unfortunately, lack of services and supplies are common occurrence. Our programs were developed specifically to address these shortcomings. Malnutrition, preterm births, NCDs, disease, and […]
Villagers learn new techniques to grow greens when the rains don’t come. Women are enjoying the fruits of their labor after modifying their farming methods due to the lack of consistent rains.