Advantage Africa - Kenya (CDD)

Along with our partners in Uganda improving the lives of people with albinism, we now team up with Advantage Africa once again to improve the self-reliance of disabled people and their families in East Africa, specifically in Kibwezi, Kenya and Kirondo, Uganda.

With Advantage Africa’s assistance, Kibwezi Disabled Persons' Organisation (KDPO) make over 300 visits a year by motorbike or bicycle to the urban and rural homes of people with disabilities throughout Kibwezi District. The homes are in remote locations unreached by other organisations or government services. These visits give vulnerable families the vital emotional support they need to live in a community that often misunderstands and discriminates against them. KDPO supports such families to rise above and fight the prejudice and stigma they face and demonstrate that the local beliefs surrounding disability have no basis. They assess the needs of their clients, make referrals to the mobility workshop or for therapy and provide families with health and welfare advice. These home visits are an absolute lifeline and the only external support that most families of people with disabilities in Kibwezi receive.

Our goal with this CDD is to help at least 100 disabled people and their families to benefit from 1) prosthetic limbs, custom-made crutches, sitting aids, orthopaedic footwear, robust wheelchairs and similar appliances, 2) home visits, rehabilitation, emotional, spiritual and peer support, and 3) the establishment of small enterprises from which to earn a sustainable income to meet their basic needs for food, health care and education.

We look forward to working with Advantage Africa to help restore dignity and bring mobility, independence, and a sense of belonging as they lift disabled people and their family members from poverty and denial of their rights to self-reliance and inclusion.

You can read more about the incredible work being done in disability advocacy work by Advantage Africa and KDPO here:

https://www.advantageafrica.org/prosthetics-and-surgery

https://www.advantageafrica.org/disability-rights-advocacy

https://www.advantageafrica.org/workshop-for-rehabilitation-appliances