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 …

Teaching Young Children

The role of teacher is often formal and ongoing, carried out at a school or other place of formal education. In many countries, a person who wishes to become a teacher must first obtain specified professional qualifications or credentials from a university or college. These professional qualifications may include the study of pedagogy, the science of teaching. Teachers, like other …

Secondary Schooling

A secondary school, often referred to as a high school or a senior high school, is a school which provides secondary education, between the ages of 11 to 19 depending on location, after primary school and before higher education.

Nairobi, Kenya

Nairobi, city, capital of Kenya. It is situated in the south-central part of the country, in the highlands at an elevation of about 5,500 feet (1,680 metres). The city lies 300 miles (480 km) northwest of Mombasa, Kenya’s major port on the Indian Ocean. The city originated in the late 1890s as a colonial railway settlement, taking its name from a water hole …