Tagged: children with disabilities

A group of smiling children sat on the floor. The girl at the center holds a blue doll.

“If they see me do it, they’ll know they can too.”

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Furthering inclusive early learning in Papua New Guinea “I was just roaming around the community all day, basically doing nothing,” Rueben (36) takes me on his journey to become a trained teacher in the Early Childhood Learning Center in Hobu, Papua New Guinea. When he was about 3 years old, polio left him partially paralysed. Over… Read more →←
A girl with only one leg stands on crutches in front of a bombed out building

Children with disabilities affected by armed conflict

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Saja has spent half her life living in conflict. She lost her home, her brother and several loved ones. She also lost her left leg to a bomb. But she has not lost hope in her future. Every day, she makes the long walk to school to continue her education. Saja says her most prized possession is her prosthetic leg. An aspiring gymnast… Read more →←
A young boy clasping his face and with elbows resting on a table is surrounded by two young girls while another boy to the side plays with a paper guitar.

Beyond invisibility: Inclusive education for children with disabilities

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First, recognise their fundamental right to education. Second, start counting them. “The answer is 4!” says Patricia, 10, as she walks confidently to the board to solve a problem during math class. She goes to school in Sandema, Ghana. At first glance, her classroom appears to be like any other, but a closer look reveals some… Read more →←
A little boy getting kissed by his 3 brothers

“Your baby is a badly-cooked potato”

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Sometimes someone says something and it hits with such impact that hours, days, years later the phrase still swirls around in your head. “The doctors told us we shouldn’t get too attached to our baby. They said he was essentially a potato – a potato that had been badly cooked. Imagine a defect at the factory, your baby is a… Read more →←
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Transforming lives in Ghana, as more children with disabilities go to school

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“The answer is four,” said Patricia, 10, smiling brightly before she walked to the chalk board with confidence to write the answer to the maths problem in class that morning. Division was the topic of today’s primary 2 maths lesson at Afoko District Assembly School in Sandema, district capital of Bulisa North in Ghana’s Upper… Read more →←
Sajad applies for asylum.

“I’d be a superhero…” Sajad Al-Faraji: after Iraq

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Presevo, Serbia, November 2015   “I don’t have any hope, I was born without hope,” says Sajad Al-Faraji, a 15-year-old boy traveling from Basra, Iraq. Sajad is with his older sister, younger brother and his mother on his way to a train station that’s exclusively serving refugees in southern Serbia. I’m on assignment for… Read more →←
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Ensuring opportunities for children with disabilities in Bolivia

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End of year reporting can have its perks. It means I get to travel to distant parts of Bolivia, where I would never otherwise go – to bring to life UNICEF’s hard work, show our donors the human side of our programming, and find ways to demonstrate both our impact and the urgent need for continued support. My trip to Oruro was one to… Read more →←
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For every child, rights: A celebration

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“We mark this year’s International Day of Persons with Disabilities in the wake of the adoption of the ambitious 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.  This global blueprint for action summons us to “leave no one behind”.  Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon December 3 is International Day of Persons with Disabilities – a… Read more →←

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