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Sat, Aug 04 2018

Friends of ANDY and Launch of #NikoEducatable,

PrideInn Hotel Westlands, Highridge, Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya PrideInn Hotel Westlands, Highridge, Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya

  • About the event

    An amazing opportunity to get involved in programmes of persons living with disabilities. Action Network for the Disabled (ANDY) and Riziki Source are giving you a chance to get involved in programmes aimed at supporting persons with disabilities (PWDs) become more independent.

    ANDY runs programmes in:

    • Advocacy Project

    This is right based approach to strengthen the capacity of Kenyan civil society to advocate for the rights of children and young people with disabilities through bringing together a diverse coalition of DPOs, child and youth focused CSOs and influential policymakers.

    Currently, the project is engaging Disabled Persons Organizations (DPOs) and Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in Machakos, Kirinyaga, Kiambu and Nairobi counties of Kenya. The aim of the project is to form a nationwide Campaign Coalition.

    The coalition will share best practices and design, coordinate and implement a child and youth-centred campaign to raise public awareness on the rights of children and youth with disabilities and hold the government to account for their obligations on:

    1. Access to Mainstream Education;
    2. Employment Discrimination; and
    3. Government Budget Allocation

     

    • Maternal Newborn and Child Health (MNCH) PROJECT

    This is a community-based project that brings all the state actors and stakeholders in the health sectors to ensure persons with disabilities access the health services in a disability friendly environment and to ensure those services are available in the targeted health facilities.

    ANDY is partnering with Handicapped International, Nairobi Family Support Services and Light and Hope for the Children with Disabilities to implement the project in Kibera and Korogocho slums in Nairobi county.

    • #ChangingTheGame - Sports for Inclusion

    This is a school-based approached project that involves using sports to increase access to quality basic education for children with disability. The project is also using the sports to promote integration between children with disabilities and those without disabilities; hence eliminating the stigma that comes along with disability.

    ANDY is partnering with Abled Child Africa to implement the project in six schools in Nairobi and Nairobi
    and Kiambu counties.

    • #NikoEducatable

    Only 3 out of 10 children with disabilities in Kenya, will enrol, stay in and complete their schooling. In collaboration with you, we are making their dreams come true. Join the campaign by sharing your stories and thoughts via #NikoEducatable.

    Riziki Source Programmes:

    • Access to Job Opportunities 

    Riziki Source is a social enterprise enabling access to job opportunities for persons with disabilities in Kenya.

    We facilitate workplace diversity, disability inclusion, and linkage to over
    six Million people with disabilities in Kenya who have particular skill sets, currently untapped for recruitment, as a value proposition for companies, organizations, and society.

    • Workplace Inclusion

    Integration of persons with disabilities into workplaces, by training employers and companies on how to accommodate persons with disabilities.

    • Training and Riziki Hub

    Training sessions in ICT, Business and Soft Skills equipping clients with skills that make them competent.

    Why should you sponsor?

    This event is meant to create awareness about programmes that support PWDs become more independent. Sponsoring this event will be for a social cause and creating awareness about your brand among the PWDs community in Kenya, our partners (local and international) and beyond.

    Through the #NikoEducatable, this event will be covered live on national television, Kenya Television Network (KTN, Standard Media) hence bringing a wider audience and/or coverage to your brand. 

    The event is meant to raise revenue that will be used to support the programmes mentioned above, therefore, supporting or sponsoring this event will be aiding the lives of the PWDs within our network and also reaching more PWDs.


    Nicholas Omolo

    Action Network for the Disabled (ANDY) is a National Disabled Persons Organization (DPO) working at all levels of community with the involvement of persons with disabilities to bring about positive change. We were founded by and for children and youth with disabilities in Kenya.

    ANDY is dedicated to achieve equality, inclusion, and empowerment of children and youth with disabilities in Kenya through mainstreaming this group into all aspects of daily life. ANDY is a unique initiative that provides an inspiring environment for people with different types of disabilities- and people without disabilities- to work together.

    Being a user-led organization, we have developed competency over a period of time through our rights-based approaches to development work and the use of the United Nations Convention on the rights of persons with disabilities as a guiding framework.

    ANDY employs Rights-based approaches to its development works guided also by the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with disabilities. We also have and work with partners both locally and internationally to advocate for the rights of persons with disabilities.

    ANDY’S OBJECTIVES, VALUES, VISION AND MISSION

    Objectives

    • To enhance entrepreneurial culture among youth with disabilities
    • To increase the number of youth with disabilities accessing employment opportunities
    • To advance the acquisition of quality education and lifelong learning opportunities for children and youth with disabilities
    • To increase and advocate for accessibility of sponsorship and scholarship opportunities for children and youth with disabilities
    • To seek greater involvement of children and youth with disabilities in development and decision-making processes.

    Our Values

    In the course of ANDY’s work in the communities we serve, we are guided by core values to ensure consistency and prudent management of the organization`s resources for which we hold in trust; in the quest of meeting our objectives, we work towards:

    • Diversity and inclusion
    • Integrity and accountability
    • Team Work

    Vision

    A barrier-free society fully inclusive for persons with disabilities

    Mission

    To enhance the life prospects of children and youth with disabilities through education and sustainable livelihoods.

    Riziki Source

    Riziki Source is a social enterprise enabling access to job opportunities for persons with disabilities in Kenya. We facilitate workplace diversity, disability inclusion and linkage to over six Million people with disabilities in Kenya who have particular skill sets, currently untapped for recruitment, as a value proposition for companies, organizations and society.

    We are experts in workplace inclusion of persons with disabilities and embrace a two-sided, individual-focused approach for our clients and partners.

    Riziki Source offers disability mainstreaming training for companies and organizations while supporting them throughout the process of employing a person with a disability on any disability-related support needs

    We provide job-relevant skills training for applicants on our platform to meet the needs of companies and organizations.

    As a social enterprise, Riziki Source is bridging the gap between the job market in Kenya and an overlooked educated and skilled part of the workforce.

    With our approach, we help both public and private companies and government institutions meet the implementation of the 5% regulation that requires them to reserve job opportunities for persons with disabilities:

     

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  • 251-500 attendees expected


    50% Male Attendees


    50% Female Attendees

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3 available packages from US$100 to US$1000

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Your banner will be placed in the venue/hall, your brand logo will be displayed on the screen at the start and at the end while reading a brief statement about your company i.e. at the beginning and at the end of the event.

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