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 are still out of school, according to UNESCO. Yet, research has shown...
InABLE Team Trained to Create Accessible Digital Books
Where would you keep a valuable book or document if you had one? You are certain that you want to conserve it in the best way possible to ensure...
Inclusive Education Leads to Future Opportunities
Did you know that people with disabilities (PWDs) experience higher rates of multidimensional poverty, which includes poorer health, lower levels of employment and earnings, and higher poverty rates? These...
Digital Accessibility in Africa: Why it matters now more than...
Banner As the global COVID19 pandemic continues, the global population's lives have been dramatically altered, highlighting how much we rely on digital systems and products for essential services in...
Advancing Digital-Accessibility Knowledge & Understanding in Africa
Delvin Obara, a 20-year old low vision high school graduate, advances her coding skills in the new inABLE internship program. inABLE is committed to expanding our computer labs for...
Inclusive Africa Conference: The Inside Story
The Inclusive Africa Conference 2020, which was supposed to take place in Nairobi, Kenya from March 29 to April 1, has been rescheduled for November 9-10. [Note: Because of...
Meet Collins: A step closer to achieving his goals
inABLE.org computer lab alumna & peer mentor Collins Maikuva Shamala aces KCSE exam Collins Maikuva Shamala, who has low vision due to Albinism, was one of the fortunate special-needs...
MasterCard Foundation Visits inABLE Computer Lab at Thika Primary School for the Blind
From back left: Joe Kiarie, inABLE Board Member. Brenda Kiema, Lecturer, Tangaza University College. Kaylee Stewart, MasterCard Foundation. George Siso, Business Development Manager. Anthony Wambua, Blind inABLE intern and Andrew Okuzuwa, MasterCard Foundation Toward the end of 2019, inABLE.org was fortunate...
World Bank Visits Thika Primary School for the Blind
We were honored to have World Bank Senior Social Development Specialist Kimberly Vilar and Social Development Specialist Annette Omolo join us at Thika Primary School for the Blind for...
Meet John Brown: Using computers to keep his mind sharp
John Brown is the seventh of nine siblings. His parents are farmers from Western Kenya. Brown was introduced to computers by his aunt in 2005, when he was 9...
Eagerly Awaited Kairi Library Opens its’ Doors
The bright red shipping container shown above is now the home of the Our Reading Spaces Program at Kenya's Thika Primary School for the Blind and Kairi Village. Individual...