{"id":91298,"date":"2025-12-03T14:27:21","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T14:27:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/crs-organizes-workshop-on-disability-inclusion"},"modified":"2025-12-03T15:10:43","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T15:10:43","slug":"crs-organizes-workshop-on-disability-inclusion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/crs-organizes-workshop-on-disability-inclusion","title":{"rendered":"CRS Organizes Workshop on Disability Inclusion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span><b>Catholic Relief Services (CRS) and its national partners on Monday convened a major stakeholder workshop at Ocean Bay Hotel to review progress and challenges under a 30-month European Union\u2013funded project designed to strengthen disability inclusion across The Gambia.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The initiative, titled Disability Inclusive Pathways: Empowering Children with Disabilities Through Education, Technology and Play, targets children living with disabilities, with a particular focus on inclusive schooling, community awareness and social participation.<\/p>\n<p>Welcoming participants, Project Manager Saidina Alieu Jarjou said the programme is being implemented in partnership with the Gambia Federation of the Disabled (GFD), the National Organisation for Disabled and Orphans (NODO), and Special Olympics The Gambia. He noted that the project covers 12 schools across the West Coast Region, Kanifing Municipality and the North Bank Region, where activities such as gender and disability audits, accessibility assessments and training for health workers have already taken place.<\/p>\n<p>Jarjou highlighted those 120 frontline health workers from hospitals in Kanifing, Brikama and Farafenni have received training to better identify and assess children with impairments at the community level. The project has also supported inclusive sports competitions led by Special Olympics, monthly radio discussions on disability rights, and a nationwide caravan that reached more than 50,000 people with messages on inclusion and the importance of education for children with disabilities.<\/p>\n<p>Representing Special Olympics, Programme Manager Catherine Moray reaffirmed the organization\u2019s commitment to helping communities \u201cremove barriers and create spaces for participation, dignity and empowerment.\u201d She welcomed the workshop as an important platform to deepen collaboration.<\/p>\n<p>Sainey Camara of the Gambia Federation of the Disabled used his remarks to underline the long-standing global push for disability rights, from the UN\u2019s early principles on equal opportunity to the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. He reminded participants that The Gambia has ratified both the UN Convention and the AU Protocol, and domesticated them through the Persons with Disabilities Act of 2021.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDisability can happen to anybody, anywhere, anytime,\u201d he said, urging institutions to treat inclusion as a shared responsibility and not a charity gesture. He also stressed the need for sustainability beyond the project\u2019s lifespan, saying progress \u201ccannot be achieved without the full involvement of parents, schools, communities and policymakers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Participants included representatives from OPDs, civil society, government institutions and academia. The meeting featured legal briefings, discussions on children\u2019s rights, and a session dedicated to identifying challenges and next steps for strengthening disability-inclusive systems in the country.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Gambia<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. Catholic Relief Services (CRS) and its national partners on Monday convened a major stakeholder workshop at Ocean Bay Hotel to review progress and challenges under a 30-month European Union\u2013funded project designed to strengthen disability inclusion across The Gambia. 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