Stories

Alice Atieno Ouma is one beneficiary of the Education for Life project. She is 18 years old and lives with her husband and child in Wakesi village, Muhoroni Sub-County, Kisumu County, Kenya.

In Kenya, we’ve been working to help offer educational pathways to girls aged 10 to 19 who may not have had opportunities to learn. It’s part of our work on the UK Aid funded Girls’ Education Challenge - Leave No Girl Behind programme named Education...

Linda tells us about her experience with online disability hate crime during the pandemic.

Julia talks about how we adapted our Change 100 internship programme during the coronavirus pandemic.

Neil tells us about how he's been able to stay connected during the pandemic thanks to our Discover IT @ Home programme.

In these difficult times, we all feel a little bit uncertain about what the future may bring. But making sure we have small things to look forward to from day to day can make all the difference. Find out what the staff in our care homes have been...

Our Innovation to Inclusion (i2i) programme embodies the UK Government’s global leadership in disability inclusion. Two years on from the Global Disability Summit (GDS), i2i is making firm strides on the GDS commitment to economic empowerment for...

Touch is an important aspect of day-to-day life for Mandela George Gaya, a student with a visual impairment living in Kenya. But once the coronavirus pandemic hit, social distancing measures and stigma around disability left him feeling like a...

Maria Francis lives at Greenhill House, our care home in Bath, and has been making new friends thanks to our pen pal scheme.

The coronavirus pandemic is continuing to affect the world. Whether that's from everyday living to employment and education. Amalie Quevedo is part of our International Technical team. She explores the impact of the pandemic on our inclusive...