In Cambodia’s rural Siem Reap province, teacher Chea Seiha reveals that the local community used to be afraid of children with disabilities. Even Seiha herself admits that before she started teaching, she didn’t understand much about the various needs of children with disabilities, largely because they were excluded from education and society. “The community used […]
disability
Aide et Action Magazine: Celebrating 40 years of action
‘Setting up Aide et Action was a project that was certainly crazy at the start, but which took shape little by little since the beginning of the year and which has now become a very concrete reality thanks to all of you’. These were the first words in the editorial by Pierre-Bernard Le Bas, founder […]
Aide et Action Magazine: Inclusive Education, Equal Chances
Disability, ethnic origin, gender, religion … there are many obstacles to the education of millions of children around the world. Increasing access to quality education for each and everyone has been for Aide et Action’s mission for the past 40 years. We have taken action to remove barriers to participation and success for all learners, […]
Cambodia: Periods are causing girls with disabilities to drop out of school
As we mark Menstrual Hygiene Day on 28 May 2021, we wish to highlight the need for continued investment in removing the barriers that keep marginalised children from accessing quality education. “I was afraid that the other students, and especially the boys, would mock me when they saw the blood on my chair and on […]
Cambodia: Disability and the right to education
In Siem Reap province, home to Cambodia’s famed Angkor temples, Covid-19 has had a devastating impact on families as those who once relied on tourism struggle to provide for their families. Among them is 54-year-old Thong Teuy who despite needing to borrow rice from neighbours to survive, is not letting go of her commitment to give her daughter a quality education. […]
Mali: Opening school doors for children with disabilities
In Mali, West Africa, not all children have equal opportunities to go to school. But, thanks to Access to School for All Children in Mali – a project we are proud to be implementing in partnership with Education Development Center, Educate A Child, and others – we are opening school doors for children with disabilities […]
Cambodia: Reaching children with disabilities during Covid-19
As the sun rises over the rice fields in a small rural village, in Cambodia’s Kampong Speu province, 25-year-old Horm Chandy feeds and baths her 14-month-old son before she drops him over to her parents nearby so she can get to work. Chandy typically sets off on her motorbike at 6.30am to get to the […]
Coronavirus crisis: An opportunity to develop more inclusive emergency education planning
Before Covid-19, one in two children with disabilities in Cambodia was not in school. Today on International Day of Disabled Persons, we hope the current pandemic – which has closed schools nationwide for the second time this year – may offer an opportunity to re-think how emergency education planning can be inclusive of children with […]