AgrAbility for Africa

Thanks to all who attended the AgrAbility for Africa training workshop in Entebbe, Uganda. Staff hope that everyone had an enjoyable and educational time. AgrAbility for Africa looks forward to continued participation in the 2024 event. Staff continue to welcome thoughts and suggestions that will help improve the 2024 workshop.

Feedback from conversations and surveys during and after the June 2023 inaugural AgrAbility for Africa training workshop points to low sensitivity in matters of disabilities across Africa, weaknesses in communication and responses to concerns and information requests by persons with disabilities - even within organizations in the disabilities space and the governments - and a low level of assistive technology innovation and rehabilitation interventions across the continent at all institutional levels.

Responding to these gaps, AgrAbility for Africa staff are engaging different educational institutes, NGOs, and local and central governments; highlighting the findings and exploring new ways to jointly find solutions. Among the solutions that AgrAbility for Africa would like to propose is the establishment of an African low-tech skill training center and the development of a disability-sensitive training curriculum that can be adopted across the continent to enhance inclusion.

Submitted by Mutumba Faisal