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EVERY CHILD MATTERS

All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.

... a mentally or physically disabled child should enjoy a full and decent life, in conditions which ensure dignity, promote self-reliance, and facilitate the child´s active participation in the community.

Our projects

OUR PROJECTS

MERU PS DEAF UNIT

Developing the learning environment for deaf pupils

SECONDARY EDUCATION

Making secondary education accessible for disabled students

LONGIDO AREA

Training teachers and providing food for school children

CHANGE A LIFE TODAY

“The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart.”

∼ Hellen Keller ∼

< 9

Less than 9% of deaf
students in Tanzania have reached the secondary
education level

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Approximately 80% of deaf students in Tanzania drop out and/or fail out of secondary education

91,000

There are more than 91,000 deaf students in Tanzania but only 19 schools specialized in teaching them

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95% of deaf people are born to hearing parents who use spoken language, depreciating their social-emotional development