Improving Lives of Youth with Disabilities, Kenya

Disabled Youth in Africa

Summary

Best Buddies brings social opportunities to people with intellectual disabilities and strives to reduce their barriers to full participation with in their community; creating a more inclusive society. project reportread updates from the field

Today Only - Donations To This Project Are Being Matched Up To $1,000 Per Person!Today Only - Donations To This Project Are Being Matched Up To $1,000 Per Person!

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Received $2,738 from 55 donations from people like:

More Information About this Project

Project Needs and Beneficiaries

Without programs like BBK, the majority of Kenyan youth with intellectual disabilities would be unable to participate in social activities with non-disabled students. The BBK project will aid in the socialization, independence, productivity and inclusion of students with intellectual disabilities in all aspects of society.

Activities

One-to-one friendships, Buddy Pairs, see each other twice a month taking part in everyday activities such as going out to eat, spending time at each other's homes and participating in sporting events. School Chapters hold 4 organized events a year.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $2,738
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $2,262
Total Funding Goal: $5,000

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

Resources

Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

BBK aspires to forever transform the way Kenyans with intellectual disabilities are viewed in schools and the community.

Project Message

My friendship with my buddy has been quite outstanding and a turning point to my whole life. Hardly can a week pass without making contact with each other.
- Bonface Kimeli, Chapter Leader and Student Volunteer

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Enouce Ndeche
Executive Director
Box 288-00610
Nairobi, Kenya Eastleigh
Kenya
+ 011254723954556
Email:

Project Sponsor

GlobalGiving

Organization

Best Buddies Kenya
288-00610
Nairobi, NAIROBI 254
Kenya
+ 011254723954556
http://www.bestbuddieskenya.org

Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in KenyaKenya and can also be found under SportSport.

For more information about Kenya, read the Human Development Report on Kenya or the Wikipedia entry for Kenya.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on February 23, 2010.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on June 5, 2007

Latest Update from the Field

Best Buddies New Recruits

By Enouce Ndeche - Executive Director, February 23, 2010 10:36 AM

After experiencing a life changing experience and a mutual friendship that Best Buddies provides to both students with and without intellectual disability, 16 students from Ngei high school were recruited into Best Buddies movement. Each new recruit “peer buddy” (a student without intellectual disability) was matched into a one-to-one friendship with a “buddy” (a student with intellectual disability) from Mathare special school bringing to a total of 80 matches from 45 matches in the year 2009.” At first I was kind of afraid to have a friend with intellectual disability because I thought I would also be affected, that’s why I couldn’t join Best Buddies, but after watching the development of my classmate’s friendship with his buddy, I came to realize that it is just a normal friendship that comes with lots of joy and experience in someone’s life. On the other hand the way peer buddies have been having their chapter activities and meetings, it clearly shows how Best Buddies also builds leadership skills amongst students without intellectual disability who have been matched into a one-to-one friendship with buddies. “Said 15 year old Nahashon Omondi, a newly recruited peer buddy from Ngei High school who is in form one.



ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Best Buddies Kenya would like to express its utmost THANKS to: all the donors who have been donating through Global Giving , teachers of Ngei high school and Mathare special school for their continous programmatic support and the entire Best Buddies Student volunteers for making it happen…

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