SummaryReach disabled children playing different sports with able bodied peers improving health & social lives leading to the break-down of social barriers and the happiness & empowerment of participants.
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Eighty % of persons with disabilities live in developing countries like Uganda where 50 % of its children have disabilities & of whom 33% complete primary school . Sport programs for people with disabilities are a highly therapeutic method of rehabilitation by increasing mobility and self-sufficiency. Research has also shown many positive effects of sport for persons with disabilities such as empowerment of the individual, increase of selfsocial relationships and teamwork.
Reach 240 disabled kids, educate 500 volunteers, involve 7,500 community members and partner other sports based organisations in playing different sports to promote a more inclusive society which embraces the ability of all of its members .
This project has been retired and is no longer accepting donations.
This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).
The project will reach 240 disabled kids, educate 500 volunteers and 7,500 community members who will work together playing different sports to promote a more inclusive society in which all children have equal access to enjoy their Right to Play.
'I am so happy that I got a chance to play with other kids'
- Beatrice, Beatrice is in a wheelchair & lives in orphanage
Trevor and Ann Dudley
Country Director
The Kids League Uganda
Plot 35 Nakasero Rd
Kampala, Uganda P.O. Box 839
Uganda
256-412-34650
Email:
The Kids League (Uganda)
Plot 35 Nakasero Road
Kampala,
Uganda
8392
Uganda
+256 414 234650
http://www.thekidsleague.org
This project is located in 
Uganda
and can also be found under 
Education.
For more information about Uganda, read the Human Development Report on Uganda or the Wikipedia entry for Uganda.
This project was last updated on February 16, 2010.
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on July 7, 2009
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