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Remembering People with Disabilities on World AIDS Day

by Kupenda

  • Posted on December 3, 2018

Last Saturday, December 1, we joined with the World Health Organization (WHO) and our global partners to commemorate the 30th anniversary of World AIDS Day.   HIV continues to be a major global public health issue, having claimed more than 35 million lives so far.   In 2017, 940,000 people died from HIV-related causes globally.…



The Perfect Holiday Gift Made by Disabled Artisans in Kenya!

by Kupenda

  • Posted on November 23, 2018

People in the community look at us and think we can’t do anything. But now those same people come to me and say, ‘Sophia can I borrow 30 shilling?’ I always look at these things that we make and think, we are not disabled we are differently-abled.” ~ Sophia, founder of The Haki Disabled Self…



10 More Reasons to be Thankful This Week!

by Kupenda

  • Posted on November 21, 2018

Yesterday was Universal Children’s Day! As you think of all the things you’re grateful for this Thanksgiving season, remember that almost 3 decades ago (On Nov 20 1989) the United Nation’s General Assembly adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child. This was the first international treaty to explicitly recognize the rights of children with…



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