Education
The absence of employment for the blind and partially sighted people in Liberia is alarming. This is further exacerbated by the lack of access to computers and internet connectivity. This project proposes to use Sustain for Life’s adaptive technology expertise to help blind and partially sighted young people and adults to gain computer skills…
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Agriculture
The village of Fobenga-Tierrou has a population of 1603 inhabitants. There is a river separating the village in two which prevents students on the East bank from accessing the SEN school in the rainy season.
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Health
The Problem The EPHPHATHA school is the only specialized school for hearing impaired children These younger prep students, despite their young age, have their lessons outside, with the threat of extreme weather conditions, risks of insect bites and reptile bites. The children also do not have a specific toilet for pupils and staff. They share…
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The Problem Sierra Leone (SL) is one of the poorest countries in the world, with over 50% of the population living in multidimensional poverty. Unfortunately, children with disabilities in SL are often denied their right to education. Many families keep their children out of school and when children with disabilities are enrolled in school, they…
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Sustain for Life has supported a comprehensive health outreach service to 24 Batwa pygmy communities since 2010 in the Kisoro District of Southwest Uganda operated by St Francis Mutolere Hospital to provide healthcare, preventative medicine and education to some of the world’s most vulnerable communities. About the Batwa The Batwa Pygmies currently live in Uganda, Burundi, Rwanda and…
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Sustain for Life, with generous funding from Masikini Foundation, supports a residential school for blind, deaf and deaf-blind children in Kisoro, Uganda – a town in Western Uganda near the border of Rwanda and Democratic Republic of Congo. During a field visit to the school in 2012 we saw first-hand the hardships endured by the children…
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