Civil society groups including Ford Foundation West African Regional Office and Journalists for Democratic Rights (JODER) have established a centre for children living with disabilities in Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria. The centre located in the Surulere area of the state will provide capacity building including training, learning aids and vocational education for children with disabilities in order to develop and harness their potential. No fewer than 50 pupils will be enlisted in the school for an initial 12 months programme.
January 27, 2023Civil society groups including Ford Foundation West African Regional Office and Journalists for Democratic Rights have established a centre for children living with disabilities in Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria.
JODER said, “In many countries such as Nigeria, responses to the situation of children with disabilities are largely abandoned or neglected with the society rooted in negative or paternalistic assumptions of incapacity, dependency and difference that are perpetuated by ignorance. The media group further noted that the World Bank projects that persons with disabilities constitute about 15% of populations in developing countries and that between 80% to 90% of them don’t gain access to basic needs of life, especially basic education.
According to the statement, the Ford Foundation and JODER working with Independent Diamond Life for PLWDs, Dream Land Foundation and other civil society groups seek to raise awareness on the challenges of the vulnerable population in Lagos state as well as support a community centre for children with severe/multiple disabilities who are excluded from accessing assisted educational opportunities.
“It is a community service centre that provides disability-specific learning support for abandoned children with disabilities.
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