SOCIAL

Notes for the preamble

• Commitment to implement standard rules and outcome.
• Access to places of worship.
• Removal of discriminatory laws and regulations e.g. right to open bank account and insurance coverage.

The following need to be included in some way:

• Protection of people with disabilities, especially children caught up in conflicts and emergencies.
• The need to add ‘volunteers’ as an element and list its contents.
• ‘Personal assistance’ [not ‘Care giver’] including sign language interpreters.
• Clear definitions of independent living, self determination and freedom of choice – from the perspective of the low income countries.

Elements and their contents

Legal protection

• Independent living.
• Home working.
• Sexual and reproductive rights.
• Land and inheritance rights.
• Protection of disabled children.
• Financial support for legal advice.
• Enforcement of laws.
• Protection from negative cultural beliefs.

Culture and Religion

• Participation in cultural and religious activities.
• Society’s attitudes to disability.
• Religious attitudes to disability.
• Resources and support from cultural and religious groups.
• Using religious and cultural activities to remove stigma.

Sports and leisure [social activities]

• Integrating young people and adults into mainstream provision.
• Physical activity for people with disabilities.
• Parallel sports activities for people with disabilities.
• Promotion of sports as a therapeutic measure.
• Inclusion in public and family social gatherings.
• Access to recreation facilities e.g. cinema.

Relationships, marriage and family

• Marriage and family.
• Sex education and HIV/AIDS preventive education.
• Sex reproduction and health issues.
• Peer counselling among married and non-married people with disabilities.
• Support for single mothers and mothers neglected and deserted by husbands after the birth of a disabled child, or after a mother acquires disability.
• Counselling and capacity building for women with disabilities.
• Awareness with religious communities on disability and relationships / marriage / sexual relations between people with disabilities and between a person with a disability and a non-disabled person.
• Compensation in cases of divorce or separation.
• Trauma and psycho social counselling.

Personal assistance

• Daily living skills.
• Protection of the young, older people, and those with severe communication impairments from exploitation and abuse.
• Persons with disabilities using the programmes have a decisive influence.
• Interpretation services.
• Access to information.
• Training – supervised / provided by people with disabilities.

Vision Center of the Disabled Kenya has experience and knowledge in the field of work, we have improved the performance of our management structures, have a highly effective team to help achieve the goals we have set. We are going to put a strong unit and build our organization, equip our team with knowledge to create jobs and find solutions for themselves.