Supporting education and training in Africa
Other Programmes
Beekeeping in Lesotho
DAAT is supporting a programme in Lesotho training women to keep bees in order to produce honey on a commercial basis is in progress.
Supporting education with the Tatwe Maahe Educational Trust
DAAT is paying fees for three students selected by the Tatwe Maahe Educaitonal Trust to enable them to continue their education in Kenya.
Women in Fishing Industry Project (WIFIP) Studios
WIFIP is a three year non-formal radio education project based along the shores of Lake Victoria, Kenya. DAAT has made a contribution to WIFIP’s new recording studios and we have been working with WIFIP to produce a business plan and funding proposals. We were delighted to learn that WIFIP has received an award for excellence in distance teaching materials from the Commonwealth of Learning for its handbook for women group leaders. Further details can be found in our Winter 2007 newsletter.
New Radio club in Mozambique
In a new initiative, DAAT is supporting the establishment of a radio club in Mozambique. Through a network of radio listening clubs for disabled people in several provinces, some specifically for women, this project reaches people at the grassroots with information on services, communicating health messages and information on basic rights (to education, employment, healthcare, etc.). Pressure is put on authorities to implement or enforce appropriate legislation, and policy making is informed. An embryo women’s movement has been started, and our grant will support initial training for a new women-only radio club. The programme is being run by Power International, a British-based NGO which supports the development of disabled people’s organisations in poorer countries.
Julius Omoding
Julius is a young teacher at the Kampala School for the Physically handicapped in Uganda. Despite supporting an extended family of 10 (including AIDS orphans) on his small salary, he has decided to take unpaid leave in order to pursue a professional qualification in special needs education. With support from DAAT, he has begun studying for a Bachelor of Science in Speech and Language Therapy at Makerere University. He completed his first semester exams. in May 2008 and we are waiting to hear his results. In July he will go to Soroti for his first clinical placement.
