Project

1
Project  Taking actions for the full
participation of children with disabilities
through Education  Area of intervention
Togo, Burkina Faso, Liberia, Mali, Niger et
Senegal
2
Summary

• Global presentation of the project
• Project Objectives
• Barriers and expected results

3
Handicap Internationals experience in West
Africa before the APPEHL project
(jan.2012/dec.2013)
Handicap International has worked on Inclusive
Education in Burkina Faso since 1998 , in Niger
since 2006, in Togo since 2009, in Senegal since
2008. In Liberia and Mali we started in January
2012 with the APPEHL project although we have
worked in Mali, in Tombouctou within the
education sector for years.
4
Project partners

• National Federations of Organizations of and for
  Persons with Disabilities
• Ministries of Education through the
  directorates/divisions for the education of
  children with disabilities

5
It has been ratified in Mali (2007), in Niger
(2008), in Liberia (2008), Burkina Faso (2009),
in Senegal (2010) and Togo (2010).
Legal framework
The Convention on the Rights of Persons with
Disability (UNCRDP) has been ratified by the six
countries. Article 24 refers to Education
6
In WEST AFICA, less than 5 of children with
disability are enrolled in school
7
Objectifs du projet
General Objective(s) Contribute to the
fulfillment of the commitments of the governments
of Burkina Faso, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Senegal
and Togo in terms of universal access to primary
education. Contribute to the development of a
civil society that fully recognizes the rights of
children with disabilities and which is
responsive to inclusion and diversity. Contribute
to the full participation of persons with
disabilities in society, especially children with
disabilities, through an inclusive
approach. Specific Objective Improved access to
quality education for children with disabilities
in six (6) countries in West Africa (Burkina
Faso, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Senegal and Togo) by
the end of 2014.
APPEHL regional program
8
Barrier and expected results
APPEHL regional program
9
Children with disability parents dont recognize
their own skills as children
APPEHL regional program
10
The conditions for the inclusion of children with
disabilities in their communities and schools and
for their retention at school are created.
APPEHL regional program
11
Teachers are not willing to welcome children with
disability and into their class and have few
skills to do it.
APPEHL regional program
12

• Ministries of Education, Organizations of and for
  Persons with Disabilities and other local
  stakeholders have the capacity to implement more
  inclusive educational policies in the light of a
  clear and concerted strategy.

APPEHL regional program
13
Community members dont consider children with
disability have any skills.
APPEHL regional program
14
Innovative mechanisms for the inclusion of
children with severe disabilities in mainstream
schools, in conjunction with the specialized
schools are fully operational in Togo and Burkina
Faso, and opportunities to replicate such
mechanisms in other countries are explored.
APPEHL regional program
15

• Togo itinerant teachers

APPEHL regional program
16

• Togo family support

APPEHL regional program
17

• Burkina Faso  transitory classrooms  for
  inclusive education

Last results 11 children with a hearing
impairment from Tanghin Dassouri succeded in
June 2012 in their primary studies exams.
APPEHL regional program
18

• Public policies dont consider the inclusive
  dimension of education.

APPEHL regional program
19
The experiences and good practices developed in
the areas of intervention are capitalized on,
shared and they lead to the implementation of
awareness-raising and advocacy activities at
regional and international levels.
APPEHL regional program
20
Project sustainability

• The authority has developed an inclusive
  education policy at different levels (local,
  regional and international) and standardized
  procedures and harmonized the law on education
  reform and sector plan in order to take CWDs into
  account.

APPEHL regional program
21

• A national steering committee involving
  institutionnal and civil society actors from the
  education sector will allow countries to
  understand IE issues.
•  

APPEHL regional program
22
Integration of an IE module in the national
curriculum of teacher training will allow a
sustainable professional inclusive teaching    
APPEHL regional program
23

• Accessibility of schools will allow all children
  to benefit from an inclusive educational context.

APPEHL regional program