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KA TUTANDIKE JOINS DISABILITY NGOS TO CELEBRATE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF DISABILITY ON 3 DECEMBER

3 December 2011 marked the seventeenth year since Uganda started celebrating the International Day of Disability and this time round, it was celebrated under the line theme ‘Together for a better world for all: Including persons with disabilities in development’. The event brought together participation from Government which was represented by the Third Deputy Prime Minister – Moses Ali who presided over the ceremony and the Minister for Gender, Labour and Social Development – Saidah Bumba, individuals, schools and most importantly the Civil Society Organizations (CSO) family that is in the struggle of advocating and fighting for the rights of PWDs in Uganda and these included; National Union of Disabled Persons in Uganda (NUDIPU), Community Based Rehabilitation Alliance (COMBRA), Action on Disability and Development (ADD), Sign Health Uganda, Independent Development Fund (IDF), Sense International in Uganda, Uganda National Action on Physical Disability (UNAPD), Jinja Foundation of Women With Disabilities (JIFOWWID), The Disabled Women Designers (DWD), ADNA Foundation Uganda, Action for Youth with Disabilities Uganda (AYDU), Uganda Parents of Children with Learning Disabilities (UPACLED), Uganda National Association for the Deaf (UNAD), Uganda National Association for the Blind (UNAB), Uganda Parents with Blind Children Association, The National Council for Disability (NCDI), National Union of Women with Disabilities In Uganda ( NUWODU), Disabled Group Kole, Arua Mental Rehabilitation Center , and KA TUTANDIKE UGANDA. Besides what we would call the ‘common participation’ we also witnessed support and participation from international agencies like UNICEF and corporates such as the Standard Chartered Bank.

KA TUTANDIKE NOMINEE WINS ROTARY CLUB AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING COMMUNITY SERVICE TO DEAF AND DISABLED YOUTH

As one drives in to Masaka, there is a small trading centre called Bukulula. This is where we met Noeline Nakaggwa - a remarkable woman. She has a physical disability and outside of her wheel chair, she has to crawl on her hands and knees. But this did not stop her starting up a Community Based Organisation (CBO) for people with disabilities. As one turns in to her compound, one is met by the young men and women with physical disabilities, they no longer have to beg on the streets, Noeline has managed to advocate for them and get them equipment for a carpentry workshop. Today they make furniture and are positive and proud of what they do. She has also ensured that the Deaf youth she lives with make crafts like beads using paper materials. They knit sweaters, make printed table cloths and are equipped with skills in improved farming methods and hair dressing. As a manager Noeline has ensure that there is capacity building, income generation and sustainability.

KA TUTANDIKE PROJECT BRINGS REAL HOPE TO CHILDREN OF MARKET VENDORS

Musa Mukwaya is a 3 year old child with disabilities. By the time Ka Tutandike Uganda and Mwana Mugimu (health unit at Mulago National Referral Hospital) started monitoring his growth in May, Musa weighed 12.5 kilograms. This prompted the staff from Mwana Mugimu to refer him to Kiswa Hospital. Kiswa Hospital is the first point of call for cases of malnutrition from the urban markets project. Musa’s health deteriorated and he registered a drop in weight to 9.5 kilograms. This prompted Mwana Mugimu to refer him to their Unit at the national referral hospital in Mulago. At Mulago he was taken care of for two weeks and moved from a state where he was hospitalized and bedridden to a point where he could be attended to from home. He is now back at home and there is close monitoring of his health by the social/ health worker, Mwana Mugimu and Ka Tutandike Uganda.