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3 Feb 2021

Providing Digital Solutions to Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) During Pandemic

Lizzy Awuor, a young blind girl, embraces remote learning Using Her Laptop COVID-19 has caused significant harm to people's health and mental well-being. Businesses and the global economy have suffered, resulting in increased poverty around the world. Unfortunately, a large proportion...

December 15, 2020

Coding for Interns Equips Graduates with Assistive Skills

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yp6gE6MRBQ INABLE CODING INTERN Johnstone Ashura PATRICK Johnstone Ashura Patrick, a 23-year-old student, is one of the interns enrolled in the inABLE Coding for Interns project. The project is...

November 7, 2020

Kenya’s President Applauds Likoni High School for the Visually Impaired...

The President of Kenya, Hon. Uhuru Kenyatta, presenting a school bus to the Likoni High School for the Visually Impaired Choir Students at Likoni High School for the Visually...

November 5, 2020

Meet Edwin: On Using Assistive Technology to Advance his Musical...

Eunice Kilungu (Left) and Edwin Omulama (Right) seated at the West FM studios  West FM recently interviewed Eunice Kilungu, Computer Instructor at inABLE, and Edwin Omulama, a musician and alumnus of the inABLE Computer-for-the-Blind...

October 26, 2020

Meet Nice: Setting her sights on international diplomacy despite blindness

Nice Watetu Macharia, inABLE Alumni speaking during the inABLE Media Breakfast at Sarova Stanley Hotel Nice Watetu began losing her sight when she was 12 years old; everything around...

October 19, 2020

Meet Joyce: Reimagining her Future After Sudden Blindness

Photo Caption: Shadrack Otieno (L), inABLE Computer Instructor, Haron Otieno (C), Lolwe TV Host, and Joyce Achola (R), inABLE Computer-Lab –for-the-Blind Program Alumni  Every year on October 11th, UNICEF observes International Day of the Girl to...

October 12, 2020

Meet David: Empowered to pursue his musical dream

Anthony Njoroge (L), inABLE Computer Instructor, David Mutugi (C), inABLE Computers -for-the-Blind Program Alumni and Karimi Kaunty (R), Radio Host, WERU FM  According to the WHO, 1 billion people worldwide have a preventable or unaddressed vision impairment. The...

10 Sep 2020

Meet Haben: A global disability rights advocate

The image above is a photo of Haben Girma smiling. The image has a blue background and Haben is wearing a black shirt. Haben is the author of the book - Haben: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law  Haben Girma,...

August 31, 2020

Registration opens for first-ever online Inclusive Africa Conference

inABLE.org is set to host the first ever virtual Inclusive Africa Conference 2020  on 8th and 9th October, from 9 – 11:30 am EAT .The conference's theme is promoting...

August 20, 2020

Homeschooling: A game changer for special needs students

Photo caption: inABLE Computer Instructor Geobert Athoo (back right), Likoni Station helping out Brian Munga (Center with headphones), a 17-year-old student from Likoni High School for the Blind and his friends.  The coronavirus pandemic has had a global impact on educational systems. In order...

August 12, 2020

Valerie’s story: From despair to hope

According to recent studies, the status of girl-child education and persons with disabilities (PWDs) is quite concerning. Despite significant progress in getting girls into school, over 130 million girls...

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