Star Children Initiative
Star Children Initiative
Tel: 07459 150081
Email address: starchildreninitiative@gmail.com
19/04/15
Headline - African disability conference designed to
address stigma holds in south London on April 25
NIGERIAN disability non-profit organisation Star
Children Initiative will be holding a one-day seminar in London on April 25 to
discuss the challenges facing disabled Africans in the diaspora and at home.
To hold at the Stockwell Centre in south London, the
seminar will be addressed by speakers from several African countries including
Sierra Leone, Ghana, Nigeria and South Africa. Britain's Department for
International Development (DFID) has also been invited to see if it can help
fund any new initiatives.
Star Children Initiative chief executive Grace
Alexander, said: "Star Children Initiative is a not-for-profit organisation
that provides practical and sustainable solutions to the challenges to disabled
children and their primary care givers within our communities in UK and in
Africa, especially in Nigeria. We also work in coalition with private and
public sectors, government, individuals, medical professionals and educators.
"We also support parents of disabled children,
especially women are who facing economic and social isolation due to their
caring responsibilities. Our conference is being organised to address the
plight of disabled children/adults and their primary care-givers in Africa and
to sensitise the communities, the government and the world-at-large about the
challenges faced by persons with disabilities in Africa."
She added that apart from inviting major
stakeholders like African community leaders in the UK, it was also important to
invite DFID because of the need to channel international support towards the
needs of disabled persons in Africa. Among
the community leaders attending will be the former speaker of Hackney Susan
Fajana-Thomas, the former mayor of Lambeth Adedamola Aminu, Richard Taylor and
the former chairman of the Central Association of Nigerians in the UK Chief
Bimbo Afolayan.
Starting at 10.30am in the morning, the conference
titled Poverty & Disability: An
Overview in African Context also hopes to discuss ways to alleviate poverty and
hunger across the continent. In Africa, disability normally means destitution
and poverty as people living with disabilities are considered uneducable and
unemployable.
Ms Alexander said all those wishing to attend should
come to the Stockwell Centre on Studley Road or check the website
www.starchildreninitiative.org for more details. Alternatively, they can ring 07459
150081, email starchildreninitiative@gmail.com, go on to Twitter on https://twitter.com/StarChildrenINT,
or check the Facebook site: https://www.facebook.com/Starchildreninitiative.
For more details, contact:
Mrs Grace Abimbola
Alexander (Founder/chief executive Star Children Initiative)
Mob
no (London): 07459 150081
Mob
no (Nigeria): + 234 8031110006
Email
Address- starchildreninitiative@gmail.com
On
twitter: https://twitter.com/StarChildrenINT
On
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Starchildreninitiative
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