Tag Archive: Disability

My Community Needs Assessment has finally been completed. Here is an infographic showing the results of my Community Needs Assessment. A full written report will be released here very shortly.

On Sunday, April 26, I held the very first malaria workshop for persons with disability. I collaborated with Richard, the president of Helping Each Other, a disability related association based in Bamenda. Eleven people attended the workshop, which is a very good number considering how many persons with disability are unable to attend due to […]

When Cameroon does a massive mosquito net distribution, they give children under 5 years old and pregnant women the priority to have mosquito nets. This is because children under 5 years old have not yet built their immunity against malaria and pregnant women face the risk of miscarriage when being ill with malaria. Moreover, the […]

In the past three days, I attended a local workshop for persons with disability on advocacy.  Almost all people who were present at the workshop were persons with disability from all over the Northwest region.  Many of the information at the workshop were not new for me personally due to my already having so many […]

In the past couple weeks, I met a number of persons with disability who have very rarely or never left their home due only because of their disability.  Their life and view of the world is very limited.  Sometimes one has to wonder if these people are living in a life like an animal who […]