Posted on May 15, 2018
Today, on May 15, the United Nations’ International Day of Families, Kupenda celebrates the importance of the family unit to support healthy children and strong societies. Ten-year-old Neema Baya has been deaf since birth. Several years ago her parents accused one another of causing her disability and eventually decided to separate and leave her in…
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Posted on April 25, 2018
Malaria causes disabilities like cerebral palsy on the coast of Kenya where Kupenda’s work is focused. Much progress has been made in reducing the number of people contracting this horrible infection, but children continue to be disabled and die from malaria every day. On World Malaria Day we mourn the loss of John Malanga who died this…
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Posted on April 2, 2018
On World Autism Awareness Day we celebrate the amazing Kupenda kids on the autistic spectrum. Because people in countries with high poverty levels are only just starting to learn about the unique abilities and challenges connected to autism, there is no reliable data on the number of people affected world-wide. However, we know that we are encountering more…
by Kupenda
Posted on March 24, 2018
Today, tuberculosis (TB) is responsible for the death of more young people than any other communicable disease. It is estimated that 2 children die of TB every minute. It is also estimated that among every 100,00 people living in Sub-Saharan Africa, 350 have TB. The theme of this year’s World TB Day is “Wanted: Leaders for a…
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Posted on March 22, 2018
On World Water Day (March 22 every year) we stand with our partners around the world in celebrating the importance of water. In Kenya, clean water can be hard to come by. Ten years ago this was one of the main reasons students with disabilities in Marafa had no place to go to school: the…
Kuhenza and Kupenda transform harmful beliefs surrounding disability to those that improve children’s lives.
