Results from Kupenda’s Life-Saving Covid-19 Emergency Response Interventions

Posted on March 24, 2021
app development, disability advocacy, disability research, disability rights, east africa, kenya, kilifi, public health, vulnerable children
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Covid-19 / Program Evaluation

By, Madeleine McMurray 2020 was a universally difficult year, and the world’s most vulnerable children – those impacted by disabilities – were also those who faced the greatest impact and potential for further harm. The UN’s Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, has urged global leaders and governments to “place people with disabilities at the center of COVID-19…

1-Minute Video On How an External Evaluation Shows the Impact of Kupenda’s Disability Trainings for Traditional Healers

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Posted on February 3, 2021
community education, disability advocacy, disability research, disability rights, disability workshop, dr quissell, evidence-based interventions, global public health, inclusion, kathryn quissell, kenya, research study, traditional healers, university of virginia
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Disability Advocacy / Program Evaluation

In January of 2020, Dr. Kathryn Quissell from the University of Virginia’s Department of Public Health Sciences visited Kupenda’s field office in Kenya to set up her research study on the effectiveness of our Disability Advocacy Training Program for Traditional Healers. During this visit she trained 7 interns and 5 staff members on research study…

NGO in Western Kenya Replicates Kupenda’s Disability Training for Faith Leaders

by Isaiah Ochieng, Organizing Secretary for Together We Succeed, a community-based organization that supports disability justice work in Kenya

Posted on November 21, 2020
advocacy, Children With Disabilities, community intervention, community-based rehabilitation, disability advocacy, disability education, disability inclusion, disability rights, east africa, education, human rights, inclusion, interfaith training, kenya, NGO, non-profit, people with disabilities, religious leaders, sasa harambee, western kenya
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Disability Advocacy / Program Evaluation

Sasa Harambee, an NGO in Western Kenya, learned about Kupenda through an online search that brought them to open source Online Library of disability training materials. A few months later, they invited Christian and Muslim leaders in their community to an Interfaith Disability Training, based on our workshop model. The following article, written by one…

Kupenda’s New Mobile App Supports COVID-19 Screening and Home-Based Care

by Kupenda

Posted on August 18, 2020
advocacy, app development, boston university, boston university school of public health, Children With Disabilities, community-based care, coronavirus, covid, covid-19, disability advocacy, disability education, disability inclusion, disability rights, east africa, education, human rights, inclusion, kenya, mobile app, NGO, non-profit, pandemic, people with disabilities, public health, vulnerable people, web development
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Covid-19 / Program Evaluation

In partnership with our Kenya-based field team (Kuhenza for the Children), Boston University School of Public Health, Dimagi and Sabrams Consulting LLC Kupenda is developing a mobile application to support community-based care and Covid-19 screening, care referrals, and prevention for children with disabilities and their families. This app contains the following features: Child Progress Tracking:…

Zambian Leaders Replicate Kupenda’s Disability Outreach Model and Approaches

by Kupenda

Posted on July 31, 2020
advocacy, Children With Disabilities, disability advocacy, disability education, disability inclusion, disability outreach, disability rights, east africa, education, human rights, inclusion, kenya, lilato, NGO, non-profit, people with disabilities, social work, vulnerable people, zambia
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Disability Advocacy / Program Evaluation

Kupenda has become a role model to other organizations, leaders and families around the world. Last year we saw the impact of this example when our work inspired a Zambian social worker named Felistus to open her own organization serving children with disabilities. She called the organization Lilato Initiative for Children with Disabilities. “Lilato”, like…

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Results from Kupenda’s Life-Saving Covid-19 Emergency Response Interventions

1-Minute Video On How an External Evaluation Shows the Impact of Kupenda’s Disability Trainings for Traditional Healers

NGO in Western Kenya Replicates Kupenda’s Disability Training for Faith Leaders

Kupenda’s New Mobile App Supports COVID-19 Screening and Home-Based Care

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