Projects


		June 2010 - Tanzanian Employment Support Programme Chairperson of Disability Aid Abroad, John Coghlan and General Secretary of Tanzanian Union of Industrial and Commercial Operatives, Boniface Nkakatisi in June 2010 announced the launch of an employment support programme for disabled people in Tanzania called Include. The two year Include pilot project, funded by international trade unions seeks to strengthen the participation of Tanzanian workers with disabilities in employment The employment of people with disabilities is an important step towards ending ignorance, stigma, discrimination, and building a truly inclusive society in which all members are able to participate fully.

	June 2010 Mwanza Disabled Women’s Training and Employment Co-operative The project was started by Disability Aid Abroad in 2008 to develop a disabled women’s training and employment clothing co-operative in Mwanza Northern Tanzania. In partnership with the Small Industry Development Organisation of Tanzania Disability Aid Abroad is using an existing training centre in Mwanza to train 80 women with disabilities per year in clothing skills.



		The project directly addresses the issue of poverty, illness and the degradation of disabled women by empowering them financially by providing them with machinery, training, materials, and initial set up costs in a clothing co-operative. The project provides training and equal employment opportunities for disabled women, as well as capacity building and community development programmes. The ensuing financial independence enables access to medical and education facilities for the women and their families.



				The project plans to directly train 400 women with disabilities over a planned 5 year project life span. A Disability Coordinator will be employed in Mwanza to coordinate the training, employment and marketing aspects of the co-operative.

June 2010 - Mehayo Centre for Disabled Young People
MEHAYO is a Tanzanian non-government charity established with the aim of helping Intellectually Disabled Children and Young People in Morogoro.

Many of the children have been abandoned at birth at the gates of the centre because they were disabled.

The Mehayo Centre is run by an amazing woman called Linda Ngido, a former teacher who has dedicated her life to helping disabled children and young people.

The social stigma associated with being disabled frequently means that disabled children are denied basic appropriate medical treatment. In a recent visit to the centre we were told of instances where disabled victims of sexual abuse were denied medical treatment.

A recent project at Mehayo has been the employment of a doctor for two days per week and the construction of a medical clinic.

Disability Aid Abroad in co-operation with War on Want (NI) supports the medical treatment for the 60 residents of the Mehayo Centre.


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