Goto main content

West Africa: Inclusive education is first step towards full participation of children with disabilities

Inclusion
Benin Burkina Faso Guinea-Bissau Liberia Mali Niger Senegal Togo

Since 2012, Handicap International has been improving the school enrolment and attendance of 170,000 children with disabilities in nine West African countries through the “Promoting the Full Participation of Children with Disabilities in Education” (APPEHL) project. Sandra Boisseau, who coordinates APPEHL from Dakar, Senegal, explains what the organisation is doing to remove obstacles to education for these children.

Bénédicte Leguezim is visually impared. She is 12 years old and studies in 5th grade in Loma Kolide, Togo.

Bénédicte Leguezim is visually impared. She is 12 years old and studies in 5th grade in Loma Kolide, Togo. | © Studio Cabrelli / Handicap International

Date published: 13/06/16

COUNTRIES

Where we work

Read more

“I want people to be aware of the risk of putting civilians in the middle of war”
© HI
Emergency Inclusion Rehabilitation

“I want people to be aware of the risk of putting civilians in the middle of war”

Marwa is living in Germany. She fled the conflict in Syria where she was injured and is now using a wheelchair. She tells how she has coped with her disability.

“School has become a scary place”
© HI
Emergency Inclusion

“School has become a scary place”

Salam is the director of the Boys Elementary School in Jenin refugee camp in the West Bank. She tells us about the dangers of teaching in a context of armed violence.

In Laos, HI is supporting 200 children with autism to access education
© V. Teppalath / HI
Health Inclusion

In Laos, HI is supporting 200 children with autism to access education

HI is supporting the inclusion of children with developmental disabilities, including autism, in the provinces of Champasak and Houaphan.

FOLLOW US