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Let’s Talk Numbers: Proving the Effectiveness and Cost Efficiency of Kupenda’s Work

by Kupenda

  • Posted on December 5, 2019

In 2017 and 2018, under a grant from the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development, Kupenda conducted an 18-month, mix-method program evaluation that showed how our Disability Training Program for Community Leaders is both cost-efficient and highly effective in saving and improving the lives of children with disabilities. Here’s what we learned.   Changes in…



Happy World Teacher’s Day from Kupenda’s Disability Advocates and Educators!

by Kupenda

  • Posted on October 4, 2019

October 5 is the United Nation’s World Teacher’s Day! Today we want to celebrate all of the teachers on Kupenda’s team who help children with disabilities access education, medical care and loving inclusion in their communities! The Kupenda family also includes several Board members with teaching experience and hundreds of community leader disability advocates, who…



A Smile at Last

by Kupenda

  • Posted on September 10, 2019

By, Martha Karo, Kupenda’s Kenyan Project Director   Hadija Kaingu, 19, is living with autism. Her condition is accompanied with epilepsy which forces her to use drugs on daily basis to control her seizures. She does not have speech, does not make eye contact, and has a very short concentration span. Hadija is not toilet…



Better than Flowers: Mother’s Day Gifts that Support Mothers of Children with Disabilities

by Kupenda

  • Posted on April 26, 2019

This Mother’s Day, forget the flowers and jewelry, and instead, give that special woman in your life a gift that helps mothers of children living with disabilities!   What Can I Give? Sponsorship that helps a child in access care ($30 / month) Beautiful, handmade Kenyan crafts ($5 – $45) Donations with a personalized dedication…



Disability Training Tools

Kupenda's Disability Training Programs are cost-efficient and effective in reducing stigma and discrimination against people with disabilities and their families and improving their access to medical care, education and community inclusion. Our disability training tools are developed using human centered design and field testing in our innovation center: Kilifi County, Kenya. Each of our training…

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