Why 14-yr-old is changing the way we see the disabled today

Dodoma. Fourteen-year-old Ekilia Elias has proved not only to her school but the entire division that disability is not inability. The Standard Seven pupil at Buigiri School for the blind in Chamwino district in Dodoma region, is a star in her own right--admired by teachers and envied by fellow pupils--blind and non-blind—for her unmatched academic prowess.

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Habari Zinazoendana

9 years ago

Dewji Blog

01 Sep

Capitalize on today’s changing workforce to drive business success — DHL Africa

Charles Brewer, Managing Director for DHL Express Sub-Saharan Africa.

As with many other industries, the logistics industry has traditionally been male-dominated, but this has been changing over time

The workforce landscape has evolved quite significantly over the last few decades, with women in leadership and milliennials (Generation Y) taking centre stage as the drivers of business performance in the future.

As with many other industries, the logistics industry has traditionally been...

 

9 years ago

TheCitizen

28 Sep

More needs to be done to assist TZ’s 2.4m disabled

Mr Tumaini Mcharo 44, is one of the reported 2.5 million Tanzanians living with one form of disability or other. As experts gathered last weekend in Dar es Salaam to discuss ways of helping the disabled, Mr Mcharo, who was at the meeting, gave a testimony to the common adage that disability is not inability.

 

10 years ago

BBC

The man changing remittances

The UK-based Somali helping people transfer money abroad

 

9 years ago

TheCitizen

19 Sep

Changing religion for love

Love is a beautiful thing, and it is made even greater when two souls decide to form a union. But love is also known to cause great pain; people do the most unthinkable of things in the name of love.

 

11 years ago

Daily News

04 Apr

Disabled want closer support

Disabled want closer support
Daily News
THE Association of Disabled People in Katavi Region has called upon District and Municipal Councils in the country to allocate funds in their budgets to support the poor families of disabled people so that they do not die for failure to meet medical costs.

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

09 May

Disabled grieve over treatment

As Tanzanians join the world to mark the education week, people with disabilities (PWDs) are not in a celebratory mood.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

08 Apr

Do disabled have a shot at education?

>Children living with disabilities often fall victim to all manner of stereotypes, and when the disability in question is mental, the sufferers find themselves at the bottom of the priority list.

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

14 Mar

Life ‘now easier for disabled’

A Constituent Assembly (CA) member has praised the CA secretariat for being considerate of delegates with special needs.

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

30 Jun

Call to care for disabled

People with disabilities are still stigmatised in many pastoralist communities whereby basic needs for children including education are not among their priorities, it was observed here recently.

 

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