‘Changing children’s lives’ isn’t just a catchy slogan.
How would you cope with a broken leg for 4 years?
Parenting is the hardest job in the world. Some things make it even harder
It’s true that being a parent of a disabled child is even harder because society places barriers in the way of disabled people and their families.
Beyond patriotism: what the Rio Paralympics really showed us
An examination of the Paralympic medal table from a global perspective paints a bleak picture. Para-sport is illustrative of an enduring problem of social injustice. But sport, and play, must also be part of the solution.
Disabled children are abused and abandoned in institutions around the world
We know things are bad in orphanages and institutions for disabled young people – but did we know they were as bad as this?
Teaching inclusion, one class room at a time
Playschemes: making childhoods happy
There's more to December than Christmas - we can't ignore World Disability Day
Building an inclusive world is a formidable task but it'll be well worth it
'I thought my child was a devil'
This isn’t what you expect any parent to say of their own child. However, in many African communities, when the child in question is disabled, this is not unusual. We heard this particular statement from a father at our most recent Parent Support Meeting in Gunjur, The Gambia. But we have heard it before. And it matters – a lot – because it is these persistent and negative attitudes that isolate and disable people with impairments.
A country of contrasts: Kenya's forgotten children
Our Project Development Officer for East Africa explores inequality, poverty and disability in rural Kenya
Our thoughts this World Mental Health Day
Chained to a tree in all weathers for years on end in order to ‘cure’ people with mental health issues
Poverty tourism: harming the people you want to help
To allow our projects to become poverty tourism attractions would reinforce the models of charity, unequal relationships and double standards that we reject and deplore.