Handicap International - Humanity & Inclusion - Mano River Program

We are excited to announce the successful completion of the 2024 Experience Sharing and Cross-Learning Visit for the Touching Minds, Raising Dignity (TMRD) project!
Funded by Agence Française de Development (AFD) and implemented by HI, this initiative aims to enhance collaboration and improve project outcomes.

From the 15th to the 26th April, HI teams from Lebanon and Togo visited Sierra Leone to share best practices and innovative approaches within the TMRD project. This visit will foster dynamic exchanges and continuous learning among support agents, project members, and partners.

By bringing together different perspectives and experiences, we aim to improve our interventions and make a greater impact in the communities we serve.

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HANDICAP INTERNATIONAL – HUMANITY & INCLUSION (HI) WISHES THE OUTSTANDING WOMEN OF SIERRA LEONE A HAPPY INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY.

Today, March 8th, is recognized as International Women's Day. HI and partners honor, uplift, and recognize the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women all over the world, especially women in Sierra Leone.

A day also marks a call to action for educating, raising awareness, lobbying for accelerated gender equality, and creating platforms for women to take their rightful place in society.

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HANDICAP INTERNATIONAL- HUMANITY&INCLUSION LAUNCHES NEW PROJECT AT COUNTRY LODGE CALLED INCLUSIVE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE: HIV AND AIDS PREVENTION PROGRAM (HAPP IV) IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CARE SIERRA LEONE.

HI and CARE Sierra Leone are implementing a project with the objective to ensure that youth and girls/women with disabilities have access to HIV and sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) messages through production of the Comprehensive Sexuality Education-CSE (now Child and Adolescent Health and Life Skills – CAHLS) adapted material for Junior Secondary School (JSS) 1,2 and 3 in different accessible formats (braille and audio version).

The project will be implemented in Freetown in which 30 teachers from 5 schools will be selected and trained on comprehensive sexuality education and inclusive teaching practices to ensure that children living with disabilities especially the ones with visual impairment get the information.

In his statement, the Country Director of HI, Alain RUSUKU mentioned “through the provision of Braille materials and audio, we are not only promoting literacy among children with visual impairments but also fostering a sense of independence and confidence that will serve them well throughout their lives.”
“I would like to thank CARE Sierra Leone for funding HI in implementing a wonderful initiative. This project is in line with inclusive campaign that the commission has been fighting for and this opportunity should not only be limited to visual impaired children but also the ones with hearing and speech impairment.” Communication and outreach manager, National Communication for person with disability.

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HANDICAP INTERNATIONAL -HUMANITY & INCLUSION (HI) CAPACITATES SERVICES USERS AND FAMILY MEMBERS (SUFMA) THROUGH QUALITY RIGHTS TRAINING

Handicap International-Humanity & Inclusion (HI), through the Touching Minds, Raising Dignity Project, with funding from the France Development Agency (AFD) on the 23 and 24th of November 2023 conducted a two-day capacity-building training for the Service Users on quality rights.

The objective of the training was to empowered SUFMA to advocate for change in terms of attitudinal, environmental, and institutional barriers that hinder their full participation in their respective communities.

The Project Manager James Sulleh emphasised on the need for SUFMA to understand their rights as outlined in the Convention on the Rights of Person with Disabilities (CRPD). He went on to state that, by providing resources and tools for effective advocacy, individuals with psychosocial disabilities and their family members can become active champions for change within their various communities.

At the end of the training, Mr. Kaikai, chairman for SUFMA, expressed his thanks and appreciation to HI stating his organization’s commitment to fight for the rights of persons with psychosocial disabilities through advocacy in subsequent years.