Disability Africa establishes programmes which recognise a view of the Social Model of Disability in which we distinguish between the words “impairment” and “disability
On Monday this week, MPs debated a motion on scrapping the United Kingdom’s commitment to spend 0.7% of GDP on foreign aid. But they were missing the point.
It’s safe to say that my first week of work at Disability Africa was unlike any other. This was my first trip to Africa and it was great to see the life-changing work that Disability Africa does.
Disability Africa is currently running a campaign to raise £8,000 for a unique playground. The playground is specially designed to offer a wide range of exciting challenges to disabled children at our newly built Inclusion Centre in The Gambia – and we need your help…
Hi my Name is Dan Law – I’m running the London Marathon 2015 for Disability Africa - a charity started by my dad, which helps disabled children in African countries.
I was recently asked a series of questions about the work of Disability Africa by the Gambian Press. So just in case you don't get your Gambian daily . . .
The Gunjur Inclusion Project is on track for it's busiest year to date. Our Medical Support Programme continues to grow - We have an ever growing number of children who require medical treatment related to aspects of their impairment.
Thanks to the amazing generosity of our supporters at the Toy Trust, preparations are now underway to build our centre to support disabled young people in Gunjur, The Gambia. The images below document our progress to date:
There are disabled children everywhere in Africa; unknown, hidden and desperately deprived. Disability Africa works with people in African communities to develop awareness of the needs of disabled young people and provide services to meet those needs.
I had this Idea about two years ago; thought about it for a week and then shared the Idea with a few people - the ones I knew wouldn't think I was too crazy, and they rallied round to help set up a charity