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Shaping Inclusion: How Mainstreaming a Child with a Disability Transformed a School and Inspired a Community

by Kupenda

  • Posted on October 8, 2025

Furaha Samuel, a 21-year-old girl with brittle bone disease from Mongotini, Kilifi County, spent her early education in boarding special schools—Gede Special School for primary and Sahajanad Special Secondary School for secondary. After her first year in secondary school, Furaha did not want to return to Sahajanad, citing insufficient support and the distance from home.…



A New Dormitory at Timboni Special School: A Win for Inclusion

by Veronicah Kuria

  • Posted on September 16, 2025

Written by Veronicah Kuria — Communications Officer, Kuhenza for the Children Through Kupenda for the Children’s advocacy programs, staff and trained disability advocates have inspired community action that led to the establishment of Timboni Special School in 2020. Located in a remote area, the school has since become a beacon of hope for children with…



Seven Years of Partnership: Expanding Disability Inclusion with World Relief

by Rebecca Heidorn

  • Posted on September 7, 2025

For the past seven years, Kupenda has partnered withĀ World Relief, a leading international Christian humanitarian organization that works in more than a dozen countries to serve millions of vulnerable people each year.Ā Together, we are ensuring that people with disabilities—too often excluded from education, healthcare, and community life—are welcomed and empowered through church and community programs…



Kupenda Expands Global Disability Inclusion Through Youth Running Clubs

by Jessica Charles Abrams

  • Posted on August 13, 2025

Partnering since 2016, Micah 6:8 has come to trust Kupenda’s disability expertise—engaging us in 2024 to adapt and pilot an inclusive Youth Running Clubs (YRC) program. We are now supporting them to scale this model with partners across 16 East African countries over the next four years, advancing stigma reduction and inclusion for more than…



Turning Tragedy into Testimony: A Memorial for Kenya’s Lost Children

by Jessica Charles Abrams

  • Posted on August 4, 2025

In Kilifi, Kenya, there is a patch of land where healing is beginning to take root—a site once marked by silence and sorrow is now becoming a place of remembrance, transformation, and hope. For generations, children born with disabilities in this region were viewed not as blessings but as burdens—evidence of curses, witchcraft, or divine…



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