In Kenya, the need to protect the rights of children with disabilities becomes extreme due to the following risk factors: The proportion of doctors in the population is one doctor per 100,000 inhabitants (Kenya Demographic and Health Survey – 2004) and health services are low-level and expensive. This forces many to cure themselves by traditional methods using medicinal herbs or …
Month: June 2021
SPECIAL PROJECTS IMPLEMENTATION
THE WORK DONE LOCALLY HAS BEEN AN INSPIRATION TO ACT AT A GREATER DIMENSION. THE FOLLOWING PROJECTS WERE IMPLEMENTED AS PART OF A DREAM TO IMPROVE CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES’ LIFE WHEREVER THEY MIGHT BE FOUND Project Title:-“Improving the Kenya Juvenile Justice System”Project date: 2014-2016Donor(s):-European Union EU.Partners:-Kenya Government Juvenile Justice Agencies JJAs:The Department of Children Services ministry of labor DCS, Probation …
EFFECTS OF DISABILITY IN HOUSEHOLDS
Disability causes a series of linked negative effects that affect the family system, worsening its often precarious situation due to the difficult environmental and social conditions present. These effects can be listed in the following: a) Marriage separations. Due to the cultural conceptions described, many family unions break up at the birth of a disabled child. This is because the …
HOME-BASED CARE VERSUS INSTITUTIONALISATION
The renewed interest in children’s rights can be directly linked to the desire to infuse social reforms with a child-rights approach. In particular, derived from the need to ensure the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child at the domestic level, the starting point is a community system able to include and promote the life of children …