ᴅᴀʏ 1(ᴏɴᴇ): ꜰɪʀꜱᴛ ɴᴀᴛɪᴏɴᴀʟ ꜱʏᴍᴘᴏꜱɪᴜᴍ ᴏɴ ɪɴᴄʟᴜꜱɪᴠᴇ ᴇᴅᴜᴄᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ɪɴ ᴜɢᴀɴᴅᴀ The #InclusiveEducSymposium21 aimed to increase awareness about the need for Inclusive Education in our education system is underway. Cc Ministry of Education and Sports - Uganda

Honoured to be invited as keynote speaker at the National Inclusive Education Symposium in Kampala youtu.be/CGifUNVISdY OBUNTU BULAMU MRC/UVRI and LSHTM Uganda Research Unit FPPW-UGent ICED

Today Ruth Nalugya on behalf of the Obuntu bulami research team presented our inclusive peer to peer support classroom management approach at the Inclusive Education Symposium in Kampala #InclusiveEducSymposium21 MRC/UVRI and LSHTM Uganda Research Unit FPPW-UGent ICED

The Obuntu bulamu team wishes you a Happy New Year and looks forward to resume activities in January.

The Obuntu bulamu research team presented findings on the impact of COVID-19 on children with disabilities in Uganda at the 6th International Conference on #disability & Development: “Disability & COVID-19” 🔗protect-eu.mimecast.com/s/QR6ZCPQLDU3k… ICED.

In the paper ‘Impairments of the brain’ in Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology femkembazzi and kawesa liz give a Global South perspective on childhood neurodevelopmental disabilities: doi.org/10.1111/d mcn.15253 MRC/UVRI and LSHTM Uganda Research Unit

We are excited to share our new logo, designed in Uganda, together with children with disabilities, parents, teachers and Mukiza, illustrator. FWO FIRAH Atlas-alliansen MRC/UVRI and LSHTM Uganda Research Unit ICED

Facilitator training of 16 parents and teachers; Obuntu bulamu disability inclusion trainings in primary schools in Wakiso and Masaka district are underway. OBUNTU BULAMU FIRAH Atlas-alliansen

New Obuntu bulamu updates on the LSHTM website lshtm.ac.uk/research/units…

The MRC/UVRI & LSHTM Uganda disability research group and partner organisation SHAU trained 125 children, 124 parents, and 87 teachers in the Obuntu bulamu peer to peer support intervention in Wakiso and Masaka. MRC/UVRI and LSHTM Uganda Research Unit FIRAH Atlas-alliansen London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine FWO

The paper ‘Global South perspectives on childhood neurodevelopmental disability’ published by our researchers femkembazzi and kawesa liz was selected as the Editor’s Choice in the latest issue of Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/dm…

Our researchers femkembazzi, kawesa liz and partner Ruth Nalugya met with disability researchers from Ghent University and presented the Obuntu bulamu documentary at the Africa Film Festival in Belgium. Tap link to watch youtube.com/watch?v=P6dhWb… OBUNTU BULAMU Ghent University Research

The ‘Obuntu bulamu’ disability inclusion training manuals, developed by the unit’s disability research group and Ugandan partners, are now available for download in English and French at ubuntu-hub.org/resources/obun….

Elizabeth Kawesa presented the Obuntu bulamu manuals at the Inclusive Education Symposium in Kampala. ubuntu-hub.org/resources

A new publication describes how the parental peer-to-peer support component of the Obuntu bulamu intervention improves the inclusion of children with disabilities in Uganda ajod.org/index.php/ajod… MRC/UVRI and LSHTM Uganda Research Unit

Andrew Ssemata from the MRC UVRI & LSHTM Uganda Research Unit speaking about the barriers and facilitators to accessing healthcare experiences by people with disabilities in Uganda.

The #ObuntuBulamu intervention manuals with practical tools for parents & teachers to improve inclusion for children with disabilities are now available in English & French on: 👉🏻 firah.org/en/the-obuntu-…

The 'Obuntu Bulamu' toolkit: I am happy to learn that An applied research led by MRC/UVRI and LSHTM Uganda Research Unit and partners has produced tools for parents & teachers to improve inclusion for #children with disabilities. These manuals were developped in English, and translated into French. The

Sharing findings with participants and stakeholders in Masaka district: Obuntu bulamu improved classroom inclusion, increased parental involvement, and changed attitudes and school access for children with disabilities.

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