Matters Disability

KNWD Fault Gov't For Neglecting PWDs' Sexual Reproductive Health And Rights
The Kenya Network of Women with Disabilities (KNWD) has expressed concerns over the government's negligence of Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights for women a...

KNWD Wants Gov't To Focus On Employment Of PWDs
The Kenya Network of Women with Disabilities (KNWD) has called out the government for reneging on constitutional provisions for persons with disabilities.In a p...

Black Albinism- Climate Change Advocacy
Climate change has a devastating impact on persons with albinism - with a lack of pigmentation in their skin, hair, and eyes, they are susceptible to sunlight h...

International Albinism Awareness Day 2023
BY ESTHER MUTURIInternational Albinism Awareness Day is observed annually on the 13th of June to create awareness of Albinism and promote the rights and regulat...

World Albinism Day "Inclusion is Strength"
Albinism is an inherited disability characterized by a substantially lower rate of melanin production. Melanin is the pigment responsible for the color of the s...

Igembe South PWDs Asked To Register With NCPWD
BY KAMANJA MAERIAPersons with disabilities (PWDs) in Igembe South have been asked to register with the National Council for Persons with Disabilities (NCPWD) to...

UK Special Schools To Partner With Counterparts In Nakuru County
BY KNA's Veronica BosiboriA team from the United Kingdom (UK) is touring Nakuru County schools of People with Disabilities (PWDs) intending to partner with the...

Food Sensory Experience-Dining In The Dark
The Kenya Society for the Blind over the weekend treated its partners from the government and private sectors to a three-course mouth-watering meal served by wa...

Flone Initiative-Transport Safety For PWDs
Transport safety in various sectors of transport is a basic demand for all users, however, users with disabilities are not always taken into account which hinde...

Naivasha Resource Centre Offers Hope To PWDs' Creative Works
BY KNA's Erastus Gichohi A Naivasha-based Disability Resource Centre (DRIC) has created hope for tens of persons with various forms of disabilities for over a d...

cbm Launch OPDs LEAD Project
Christian Blind Mission(cbm) global disability inclusion on Thursday launched a project aimed at strengthening the capacity of small-sized Organizations for per...

NCPWD Director Urges PWDs To Acquire New IDs
National Council for Persons with Disabilities (NCPWD) Executive Director Harun Hassan has reiterated the need for persons with disabilities (PWDs) to acquire n...

Mental Health-Borderline Personality Disorder
May, as Mental Health Awareness Month, Signs Media Kenya Limited joins the national movement in raising awareness about mental health by providing educative and...

Motherhood And Disability
Mother’s Day is often dedicated to May 8 annually but celebrating such amazing and important souls in our lives in just a day isn’t just enough, right? Maybe th...

Residents Call For An Inclusive Borderless EAC Trade
A section of residents from the North Eastern region now want persons with disabilities to be made part of the East African Community (EAC).Speaking on Saturday...

Students With Disabilities Urged To Apply For Funding
BY KNA's Kibe Mburu /Daizy ChebetThe National Council for Persons with Disabilities (NCPWD) has called on students with disabilities to apply for the Higher Edu...

Tips PWDs Need To Overcome Mental Health Issues
Persons with disabilities just like anybody else, have hopes and dreams to achieve, however, with the stress of their disabilities they become more susceptible...

Gov't Urged To Focus On PWDs Empowerment
By KNA's Veronica BosiboriNakuru County chairman of Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) George Otieno has appealed to the national government to implement their co...

PWDs Benefit From Initiative Gearing Towards Inclusive Food Systems
Jumuiya Women Fund (JWF) and Equality Fund have launched the Food, Livelihoods, and Nutrition Project (FLN), targeting Persons with disabilities, women, and chi...

Understanding Short Stature Culture
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