Our Education & Therapy Program provides physical rehabilitation services and individualized learning programs for more than 77 students.
When our founders, Jeremiah Kuria and Zane Wilemon, met in Maai Mahiu twenty years ago, they found children with special needs cared only by their single mothers, mistreated, and secluded. The Ubuntu Life Special Needs Centre was established to combat stigma and injustice and provide therapy, education, and vocational training for children with special needs in the region.
The stigma and lack of understanding surrounding special needs in Kenya leads to minimal access to essential services, limited opportunities for social inclusion and results in numerous social and economic issues that ultimately deny children with special needs a life of dignity.
What We Do
Physical therapy and rehabilitation (in the school and at-home)
Individualized education programming including training on daily living skills as well as social and communication skills
Trainings for parents and families of children for special needs
Social inclusion and community awareness events
Advocacy and political action surrounding disability awareness. rights, services
About the SCHOOL
Our students range from one to 17 years of age and progress through our four classrooms based on their level of physical and mental development.
All students have been diagnosed with intellectual, physical, and/or developmental disabilities such as cerebral palsy, down syndrome, spina bifida, autism, epilepsy, and other learning disabilities and neurological conditions.
Our team includes occupational therapists, a special needs educator, teachers, caretakers and a cook. (Students also have access to the Ubuntu Life Health Program).
