An Inclusive Society for All !

LINC-Africa aspires for an inclusive society where children and adolescents with disabilities can enjoy their rights in equal and dignified conditions.

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We collaborated with KAN and POPDA to commemorate the #IDW2022 with an Educational Festival for Women & Girls with Disabilities at Polio Camp Magbenteh, Makeni City on the theme: Breaking the Bias for Women’s Empowerment. #Everyone! No one’s out! #breakthebias2022

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Today marks the beginning of the International Week of the Deaf. Acquisition of sign language from birth from fluent sign language models is critical to the cognitive and social development of deaf children -
@WFDeaf_org @DeafZimTrust
@MKundi21
@FODPZ1
@ncdpz

@ActionAidZim

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Zimbabwe:
The @LCDZim Executive Director Mr. Chitsiku is presenting on the Access Ability Walk during the Alumni Networking event currently being held at Cresta Lodge, Harare. @SwedeninZW
#accessibilityforall #EqualRights #DisabilityRights #inclusionmatters

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The @NUDOR_Rw thanks very much @MTNRwanda
for the support towards #inclusion in Connect #women in #business!

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Today Work and #Respect Project has finished a 3days soft skills #Training to #youth with #disabilities in @MusanzeDistrict. This was mainly focusing on their #Technical skills readiness.
@lilianefonds

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Kenya
Inaccessible &unhygienic sanitation facilities can cause illness, injuries, reduce dignity, increase stigma hence a barrier for learning for children with disabilities. CDSK in partnership with
@lilianefonds
commissioned 9 accessible toilets https://t.co/wpVsKf1lAw via

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Kenya:
National close-out ceremony of the Girls Education Challenge Transition Project at KISE recently. The UKAID funded project was implemented by a consortium of 4 orgs with interventions at the primary, secondary&vocational levels focusing on girls with disabilities.

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Many were gathered yesterday in Checheche Chipinge District as @LCDZim continued with the training of women and girls with #disabilities on the law, law making process, sexual reproductive health rights & sexual gender based violence.

#disabilityinclusion #SGBV #WomensMonth2022

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Being overweight or obese increases your risk of developing cardiovascular diseases like hypertension, heart failure, heart attack, stroke, and diabetes # EverybodyNeedsToAct; #Worldobesityday2022

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With support from @lilianefonds, we organized today our first #BreakingDownBarriers 2.0 #LearningEvent in collaboration with the Fourahbay College Institute of Gender Research to validate and share the findings of the research conducted in 2021 by talented Sierra Leonean student

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With the support of
@lilianefonds @NUDOR_Rw is #Launching the #CBR pilot #project in @Nyarugenge district of #Rwanda.Its #executive adm. asked participants to remove barriers #Challenges faced by #Children and other persons w. #disabilities in #education and other sectors

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The information provided by these categories of interviewees will go a long way to inform policy and future actions related to child safeguarding risk and accessibility of structures.
#LilianeFonds
#cbchealthservices

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A team of Child Protection Officers and Field Workers from the CBCHS EDID Program have completed a one-month Child and Youth Safeguarding Risk Assessment and Accessibility Audits among children with disabilities in the West Region of #Cameroon.

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The exercise involved family members, neighbors, schools, and health facilities.

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#currentaffairs - @LCDZim is facilitating the participation of Organizations of Persons with Disabilities in the PVO Amendment Bill around the country owing to @GlobalSpotlight & @UNDPZimbabwe.

Today we are in Zhombe (Midlands) attending the consultations.
#disabilityinclusion

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Today is #WorldHearingDay!
Loud sounds can damage ears and cause hearing loss or ringing in the ears (tinnitus).
Find out how you can protect your hearing
👉https://t.co/WHNkRL5UzY #safelistening @WHO @ShellyChadha1 @AlarcosC @MikkelsenBente_

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Today we celebrate #InternationalWheelchairDay by giving you some interesting facts about wheelchairs across all our social media platforms.

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Together, we will safe our ears and those of others.
#lilianefonds
#cbchealthservices

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Join the @CBCHSORG on #WorldHearingDay2022. Week-long commemorative activities include Ear & hearing care campaigns, health talks, free screening for ear & related conditions, a health walk, round table discussions, awareness raising etc.

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"We are happy for @NUDOR_Rw & @MTNRwanda to provide a 5m support to COTTRARU, a coperative of persons with #disabilities transporting goods in @RubavuDistrict city, after #COVID 19 and Nyiragongo #eruptions that hutted them". Mr. HABIMANA Martin,@RubavuDistrict representative.