Story by.Albert Bwana
Cheshire a non governmental organization in Kenya which
takes care of children and youths with mental disability aims at improving their
physical, social, mental well being of their communities at large.
Speaking during the forum of the people with mental disabilities,
David Masika the Chairman of Cheshire Kenya ,said that the organization is committed to ensure that they
all get education which is needed for it
to transform their lives.
Masika added that the project of people with disability is
being implemented in Makueni, Nairobi Kajiado and Kisumu.
Paul Hunt the Un
Rapporteur , described people with mental disabilities as one of the most
marginalized and vulnerable groups in all countries.
Pual added that also in Kenya persons with disabilities face
special problems as a result of their disabilities since most of them has no
access to basic education, health, employment and rehabilitation.
The social inclusion for children and youths with mental disability *SCYMD, the project was commenced in 2012 , then coordinated by
Liliane fonds and implemented by five partner organizations namely ,Wandumbi special
school,Allamano special school, Maria Magdalena special school, Mairungu
special Unit and Kiriko special school.
Majority of the 2.8 million are orphaned and vulnerable
because of high rate of divorce and separation of their parents, and HiV AIDS
highly affects people with mental disabilities who are prone to rape ,incest
and other sexual exploitation.
In july 2015 CDSK got into a partnership with lilian Fonds
from Netherlands being its strategic partnerorganization in Kenya.
With a population of 32 million people, persons with
disabilities are estimated at 4.8 million 15% in Kenya out of which 60% of 2.9
million are living with mental disabilities.
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