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5 Ways We Provide Life-Saving Care to Children Using Our Mobile App

by Kupenda

  • Posted on July 8, 2022

Kupenda uses its Child Case Management Mobile Application to track child progress, provide local leaders with child counseling guides, and ensure children with urgent needs can access timely care. Some of the life-saving ways this app has helped children in our program include the following: 1.Preventing and Addressing Abuse: The app enables Kupenda’s trained disability…



 Faith’s Journey From Survival to Security

by Lauren Blair

  • Posted on July 8, 2022

When Faith’s mother, Rehema, first arrived at Kupenda’s office in Kenya, she didn’t know where else to turn. Her daughter’s intellectual and physical disabilities required more time and resources than she had, especially as she was already busy sustaining her family’s other basic needs. Since Rehema worked odd jobs, it was nearly impossible for her…



A Novel Approach

by Lauren Blair

  • Posted on June 21, 2022

A new publication highlights how Kupenda’s disability trainings are changing negative perceptions about the causes of disability and helping to reduce the use of harmful practices to treat people with disabilities.   At the end of May, Kupenda had the honor of having its work published in a book entitled “Disability and Social Justice in…



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This Weekend, Meet our Fathers in Kenya and Honor Yours!

by Kupenda

  • Posted on June 10, 2022

This weekend, you can celebrate Father’s Day by learning about our dads in Kenya and honoring the special men in your life with a meaningful gift! Father’s Day is coming up this Sunday, June 19th. In Kenya, many of the fathers in our programs help raise children, teach them values and life skills, and provide…



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A Conversation with Kupenda’s New Child Protection Officer

by Rebecca Heidorn

  • Posted on June 7, 2022

Lucky Mahenzo, Kupenda’s Child Protection Officer, accomplished what very few Kenyan women have done when she became a lawyer. Disability justice has been an issue that has always been on Lucky’s heart, especially as she was raised by Leonard Mbonani, Kupenda’s Kenyan Director and a Kenyan professional with 40 years of disability advocacy experience. As…



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