Background

Kampala School for the physically handicapped (KSFPH) is a primary school catering for the educational needs of the disabled children in Uganda. Started in 1968 by a few parents of cerebral palsied children, the school aims at educating, rehabilitating and equipping physically handicapped children for self- reliance and development. It follows the national syllabus including co-curricular activities like sports, music, dance and drama, spiritual fellowship and education tours.
It also offers vocational subjects like tailoring, screen printing, craft, tie and dye and computer training to all the children that can not continue with further education.

The school has an enrollment of 100 pupils with physical disabilities between the ages of 6 - 18. They include those with cerebral palsy, muscular dystrophy, spina bifida and polio amongst others.

The project is located on plot 63A, Balintuma Road, Mengo (opposite the Uganda Protestant Medical Bureau) just 15 -25 minutes drive from Kampala city and 30 - 45 minutes from UPA guest house in Nansana. It has a teaching staff of 13 five of whom are trained in special needs education with 2 of them disabled old students of the same school.

Aim

Activities

• Teaching children
• Care and assisting children in and outside classrooms
• Training children in vocational subjects, games and sports and music, dance and drama.
• Assist in social and physical development of the children through offering occupational and physiotherapy exercises

Volunteer task

Volunteer qualities

• Emotionally strong. The volunteer work on this project requires a person who has close feeling for children with special needs.
• Having skills in caring for children with special needs or occupational and physiotherapy skills carries an added advantage.
• Command of good communication skills
• Ability to work with children with disabilities or special needs.

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Past Volunteers