Sat, 10 Feb 2018 12:42:07 +0000 By KETRA KALUNGA MULUMBO Early Childhood Care and Development (MECCD) foundation of Kabwe has donated nine tailor-made wheelchairs to disabled pupils in a special unit class at a cost of K24 000. The foundation last year with help from the district education board carried out a research on children with special needs in Makululu and Nakoli townships which revealed that most parents were hiding their children with special needs in their homes. Handing over the donation, foundation board secretary, Esabel Hamaboyu said children with special needs should be given a right to education because they were human beings like any other person. Ms Hamaboyu said to the foundation a child, whether disabled or able bodied, is a child because children with special needs also had the ability to grow into responsible citizens. She said even as the country talks about inclusiveness in education, children with special needs, the disabled […]
