SICDE Project

SICDE team and Mtuli Foundation in this month of July were in Mwenelondo, training parents/guardians, caregivers/teachers and community members how to make assistive devices from locally available resources that are regarded as wastes in the community. The devices made were the sitting assistive devices for children with spinal disability. Two of the products got donated to two children with sitting challenges.

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SICDE, MACOHA collaborate to train caregivers, teachers in assistive device creation for children with spinal disabilities SICDE and MACOHA trained Karonga district participants to create sitting assistive devices from local materials for spinal disability support, writes Wezzie Mwangonde.

SICDE Team is constructing a standing frame device from locally sourced resources for a girl who is unable to stand by herself.

SICDE is a project implemented in 6 MACOHA branches in Karonga under U.S. Embassy Lilongwe Public Diplomacy Small Grant.

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Courtney of US Embassy PDS Grant, SICDE Team trained parents and guardians at Mwabi MACOHA Center how to make assistive sitting devices using locally sourced materials. These are made for children with spinal problems in CBCCs and primary lower classes.

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: St. Mary’s School for the Visually Impaired Faces Food Shortage, Inadequate Funding

As prices of maize continue to rise in most parts of the country, St. Mary’s School for the Visually Impaired in Karonga faces challenges of inadequate food, which has contributed to some learners with low vision being sent back to their homes and accessing education in schools closer to their homes, writes Wezzie Mwangonde.

St. Mary’s School for the Visually Impaired Faces Food Shortage, Inadequate Funding Rising maize prices lead to food shortages at St. Mary’s School for the Visually Impaired in Karonga, forcing some learners to return home-Wezzie Mwangonde.

SICDE Team since January has been visiting different schools and CBCCs in Karonga District to appreciate how the integrated children with disabilities are coping in their respective schools/CBCCs. The goal was/is to identify the gaps that require immediate attention. On-site trainings were/are offered to teachers/caregivers and parents to address the recognized gaps.

The rainy season has impacted children with disabilities negatively as most are not able to commute due to weather conditions. We keep on encouraging parents/guardians to help children with disabilities attend school at all times. This week, we will be at Mwabi Branch to train and make assistive sitting devices for children with sitting difficulties. Below are the snapshots of the activity that we have been doing since January in this second quarter of SICDE Project.

SICDE Project is financed by U.S. Embassy Lilongwe and implemented in partnership with MACOHA and Mtuli Foundation. These partners are key in coordinating some activities in the centers where the project is implemented.

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Learning has no boundaries. Those with disabilities are equally capable of doing well.

Happy New Year! To another year of making lives of children with disabilities valuable

On the blog of a partner, whose efforts have been key. SICDE Project mtulifoundation.org/sicde-team/

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SICDE Team - Under US Embassy, Lilongwe funding, SICDE Team in partners with MACOHA and Mtuli Foundation engaged chiefs, VDCs and other key education stakeholders in Karonga districts in order to establish a strategy that would promote education of children with disabilities. The platform explored the roles of t...

Today, 26 November, we visited Chinsebe Branch to train parents/guardians and teachers/caregivers how they can help children with disabilities attain academic potentials. The experts drilled the participants and they went home happy, having developed the capacity to manage and help their respective children. U.S. Embassy LilongweMtuli FoundationAirtel Malawi

Friday 25 November was yet another busy day for SICDE Team. The team visited Twambilire branch to train parents/guardians and teachers/caregivers of the children with disabilities. The training is aimed giving these people the capacity to help children with disabilities improve academic performance. It also equip these people with abilities to manage children with disabilities so that these children can have an equally conducive environment for learning. Attached are photos giving a pictorial focus of the day. U.S. Embassy LilongweMtuli FoundationAirtel Malawi

Educating children with disabilities requires teachers and parents to have the capacity to support their learning needs. SICDE Team this week began the training of parents and teachers of our targeted children with disabilities in the district. U.S. Embassy LilongweMtuli FoundationAirtel Malawi