The Action Foundation is co-hosting the first-ever African Summit on Inclusive Early Childhood Care Education as part of The African Disability Collaboration. The African Disability Collaboration (ADC) is a collective of organizations working with children with...
Mentoring Girls With Disabilities in STEM: Betty Mulavi’s Inspiring Story
By Krystal Midega Betty Mulavi is no stranger to the bias people with disabilities face in accessing education and job opportunities. “I had to hide my disability just so I could attend STEM classes in school,” she explains in her short film for the Girls Opportunity...
Medical Camps for the holistic health, growth, and development of Children with Disabilities
By Victor Ligaya, Nurturing Care Program Lead and Head of Therapy, The Action Foundation The Action Foundation's Nurturing Care (Tunza) Program supports the holistic health, growth, and development of children with disabilities (CWDs) in low-resource communities. Care...
Education is the great equalizer
The world marked the 4th International Day of Education amidst growing polarization and gaping inequalities due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The choice to continue this current trajectory or ‘radically change course’ is pressing and heavily biased towards disrupting...
The Action Foundation Selected for Google.org Impact Challenge for Women and Girls
The Action Foundation has been named one of 34 selected organizations to receive funds from the Google.org Impact Challenge for Women and Girls. The $25 million philanthropy challenge was launched in March with a challenge to the global nonprofit community to submit...
Supporting the mobility of children with disabilities in low resource settings through Appropriate Paper-based Technology
The Action Foundation (TAF) envisions a fully inclusive society where children and young people with disabilities can realize their maximum potential. TAF is currently serving over 700 children with physical and intellectual disabilities in four informal settlements...
COVID-19 and Therapy for Children with Disabilities: A Dialogue Series
On Wednesday 3rd June, 2020, The Action Foundation and Kenya Institute of Special Education (KISE) convened an online dialogue on Therapy Support for children with disabilities in Informal Settlements Amidst COVID-19. The webinar was moderated by Lydia Chege, the...
Leaving No One Behind in Covid-19 Response
The COVID-19 pandemic has presented a range of challenges to the disability community across the world, particularly those in low resource communities. In these unprecedented and challenging times, we all have a role to play in supporting vulnerable communities This...