Sound Ability for Vulnerable Women Initiative Nigeria (SAVWIN), has sensitized stakeholders and gatekeepers on menstrual hygiene management of adolescent girls with disabilities in Plateau state. The advocacy/community sensitization was organised,…
Children with Disabilities
By Samson Oti The Global Initiative for Peace, Love, and Care (GIPLC) in partnership with a foundation owned by Igho Charles Sanomi has financially supported children and children with disabilities…
Kwara State Governor and Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) Chairman AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Monday visited the school for special needs in Ilorin, the capital city, to spend the Democracy Day with…
NCPWD Marks International Menstrual Hygiene Day with Girls with Disabilities in FCT
The National Commission for Persons with Disabilities (NCPWD) has deemed it necessary to mark the International Menstrual Hygiene Day by reaching out to girls with disabilities in educational institutions such…
Children with Disabilities Deserve Love and Sense of Belonging – Super Parents Foundation
By Adewale Adeyanju, INN reporter, Lagos The Super Parents Foundation has appealed parents not to hide their children with disabilities, but to bring them out and showcase their abilities. The…
Osun State government has been charged to make public schools in the state accessible to children with disabilities to enable them interact and learn with their able counterparts. The Executive…
On the International Day of Education, January 24th, Sightsavers Nigeria is calling on governments, organisations, and communities to take action to ensure that inclusive education becomes a reality for all…
by Royal Ibeh Amid challenges posed by parenting a child with disability, the Chinua Children Care Foundation has called for more support for children with disabilities in Nigeria. The coordinator…
By Abiodun Nejo The Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Abiodun Oyebanji, has urged friends, family, well-wishers and the general public to halt any plan they might have for his 55th birthday…
Group Visits School of Children With Disabilities, Promotes Intl Volunteering Day
Henkel Nigeria visited the Ibadan Municipal Government School (IMG) in recognition of both International Volunteer Day and International Day of Persons with Disabilities, observed on 5th and 3rd of December…
In a bid to identify with the plights of vulnerable children and show some love and affection to Students with Disabilities and persons living with HIV/AIDs (PLWHIV), Kishimi Shelter and…
Tanzania cancels Independence Day celebration, to use $445k budget to build dormitories for children with special needs
Tanzania’s President Samia Hassan has cancelled the country’s Independence Day celebration. The Independence Day celebration was scheduled to hold on Friday. Hassan, the country’s first female president, directed that the…
Children with disabilities exhibit art works to raise fund for school in Benin
Some children of Salem Montessori Special Needs School in Benin, the Edo capital, on Wednesday, participated in an International Arts Exhibition, as a way to raise funds for their school.…
Bill to mandate schools to provide facilities for students with disabilities pass 2nd reading
The House of Representatives has passed for second reading, a bill seeking to make it compulsory for schools to provide facilities for children with special needs. The legislation is titled…
Centre donates educational materials to 40 students with disabilities in Sokoto
The Nagari Gender and Disability Right Development Centre has donated educational materials to 40 students of the AbdulRashid Adisa Raji Special School, Sokoto. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports…