Children with disabilities in Kenya

31st May 2012 at IFRA/ BIEA conference room, Nairobi

IFRA,in partnership with Kenyatta University and the NGO Kenya Umbrella for Children with Disabilities (KUCD), organizes a seminar on disabled children in Kenya on Thursday, May 31st. This seminar will reflect on the definitions, statements and perceptions of children with disabilities through public policy and institutions at national, local and community level. It also aims at promoting a comparative survey in poor rural areas and urban slums.

This workshop is organized by Mary Runo (KU), Alexander Meti (KUCD) and Christian Thibon (IFRA).

Programme

9.00 - Opening remarks by Christian Thibon (IFRA): IFRA research programs "Child Victims, Vulnerable Children, "Violent" Youth in East Africa (Burundi, Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda): Realities, perceptions and Care"

9.15 - Mutuma Stanley (lawyer, KU): Legal Definition of Disability

9.30 - Alexander Meti (Umbrella KUCD): Beliefs and Re sult of Traditional Beliefs in the Community in Makindi District

9.30 – 10.15 Discussions

10.15 – 10.45 Tea break

10.45 - Mary Runo (KU): Need of Independent Living for Persons with Disabilities (PWDs)

11.00 - Peter Bukhala, (KU): Sports to Demystify Disability: The Cases of Camp Shriver at Kenyatta University

11.15 - Susan Karogo (KU): What does it means to be a Parent of a Child with a Disability: Challenges and Joy?

11.30 – 12.30 – Discussions

12.30 – 14.00 – Lunch

14.00 - Benedict K.Munywoki (KUCD): The profile of Kenya Umbrella of Children with Disabilities: Previous Operations, Vision, Mandate and our Clientele

14.15 – Simon Onywere (KU) collective presentation: Project Types and Causes of Disabilities in Kenya: a Comparative Survey of Makindu and Mathare valley

14.30 – 15.30 - Discussions

15.30 - 16:00 - Closing Remarks and Recommendations