Parents urged to send children with disabilities to school as support grows

COAST REGION: KIBAHA District Council in Coast Region has received five wheelchairs and learning equipment for the children living with disabilities in the area.

The equipment was donated by the President’s Office Regional Administration and Local Government (PORALG).

The move is part of government’s efforts to ensure that children living with disabilities attend school without obstacles.

Speaking while handing over the equipment to the beneficiaries, Kibaha District’s Development Executive Director (DED) Ms Regina Bieda urged parents not to hide children living with disabilities and instead they should take them to school to learn.

“Our government is doing everything in its powers to ensure that all children regardless of their status have access to education. It’s up to you to support these efforts by sending all children to school and stop keeping them at home”, she said.

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District’s Special Education Officer Ms Anna Lulandala said the wheelchairs will help the children reach to school much easier.

She further noticed that there are 257 students who have disabilities in the district whereby 148 are boys and other 109 are girls.

District’s Primary School Education Officer Ms Bernadina Kahabuka took time to urge parents in the district to take children who have disabilities to Mlandizi Primary School in the district which is offering inclusive education to get their right to study.

At different times, parents of children living with disabilities expressed gratitude to the government for its continuing efforts to improve lives of children living with disabilities in the district