Tag Archive: Disability

Last February, shortly after I gave a presentation on my Community Needs Assessment at In-service Training, Alex came to me and said, “I want you to come to my post and help me start a disability group and train healthcare workers to work with persons with disabilities.”  Alex mentioned to me that in his compound, […]

Ruth, my counterpart, who participated in Mobility International USA’s leadership program, Women’s Institute on Leadership and Disability in 2010, had the opportunity to apply last year for a grant provided by Mobility International USA (MIUSA) and USAID.  She was awarded the grant which gave her the opportunity to return to the US this past June. […]

Last Sunday, I did another malaria workshop but this time, it was with a large group of blind people.  All of these people were totally blind and using white cane.  Before meeting with the group, I did know that I would have to make some adjustments to how I would teach them because they cannot […]

Last week, I visited four more homes for malaria evaluation.  I visited a home of a woman who became disabled from crashing into a plank which cut her leg severely.  Chantel, a member of Northwest Association of Women with Disabilities, never had it fixed properly and so, she struggles to walk and is often in pain. […]

Today, Alfred, a member of Special Needs Entrepreneur Group (SNEG), graciously met me and Veronica, one of my work partners, at his work place in town center and accompanied us to his home which is located on the outskirts of Bamenda. When we arrived at his home, he first showed his father’s living quarter. While […]