Creating deep community leadership and engagement.
We’ll amplify stories and knowledge driving inclusion through partnerships, networks and DPOs.
With advocacy and engagement across key sporting and cultural moments, we’ll empower for change in collaboration with AT users and the disability innovation community.
Co-developing storytelling narratives for social change we’ll challenge stigma, while building knowledge and understanding by testing and scaling community engagement strategies to accelerate impact. Our Para-Sport Against Stigma programme will explore new and innovative ways of to amplify para sport activity and drive change as we power change through dissemination.
We will develop a network of Disabled Peoples Organisations (DOPs) aligning to Assistive Technology – developing foundational knowledge on what’s available within each country. By designing research alongside these DPOs, we’ll work collaboratively to address AT access, while building mechanisms for AT user engagement.
Using digital, social, and participatory events across our programmes we will maximise knowledge dissemination, build collaborative opportunities, transfer knowledge capital and advocate for change across emerging and established audiences.
Include sub programmes:
- Para-Sport Against Stigma
- DPO and AT User Engagement
- Sector Events and Engagement
- Amplification of the Paralympics
Latest
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Amplifying Para Athlete Voices Through Radio Drama.
Story WorskshopApril 22, 2025MalawiIn the lead up to the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games six episodes of the popular Malawian radio drama series, Zimachitika (These Things Happen) were broadcast as a creative way of building interest in Para sport. In Malawi, radio remains a cornerstone of communication, with a listenership rate of 71.2% of the national population . This makes it the most consumed and trusted source of information in the country. With 76 licensed radio stations, ranging from national to community levels, radio has the unparalleled ability to reach diverse audiences. For 28 years, programs like Zimachitika, produced by Story Workshop Educational Trust (SWET), have leveraged this reach to address pressing social issues, including discrimination against people with disabilities. By weaving authentic narratives into its storytelling, the drama not only entertains but also educates and challenges societal biases, a strategy known as ‘edutainment’.
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Kenyan Para athelete Stency Neema
Harrison KamauMarch 31, 2025KenyaAlongside Paris 2024 we explored innovative mechanisms to amplify para sport activities and drive change. Working alongside Kenyan athletes and the youth movement and award-winning media house Shujaaz, we were able to reach new audiences with the aim of dismantling stereotypes and sharing first person narratives of entrepreneurship, sporting achievement and community participation. Through the narrative of successful para-athletes, we have looked to spark youth interest to expanding the pipeline of future sporting talent. A vivid illustration of these efforts can be seen in the experiences of Stency Neema, a Kenyan para-athlete, para-badminton, and para-taekwondo star.
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Kenyan para athlete Samson Ojuka
Harrison KamauMarch 31, 2025KenyaSamson who was born with Erb's palsy, competes in para athletics classifications that typically involve athletes with lower-limb differences or limitations. Born and raised in Kenya, Samson is based in Nairobi, where he trains under challenging conditions. He has been competing for close to a decade, having started his athletic journey in secondary school as a 100-meter sprinter before coaches recognized his exceptional takeoff power and fluid stride perfect traits for the long jump.
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Beyond the Track
Harrison KamauMarch 31, 2025FranceWith Paris 2024 still fresh in our memories and the road to Los Angeles 2028 ahead, we asked leaders from the Global Disability Innovation Hub and key figures across the disability movement on what the Paralympics means to them. Their answers show how the Games influence everything from city planning to space exploration.
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AT Innovation and Impact Podcast
Maryam Bandukda, Harrison KamauDec. 3, 2024KenyaCase Studies and ReportsThis podcast is brought to you by the Global Disability Innovation Hub’s flagship AT2030 programme, funded by UKAid. In this series, we're embarking on a journey through the heart of Africa to explore a world where creativity and technology meet to challenge and change our understanding of disability. We will spotlight the incredible work of Innovate Now, Africa’s first assistive technology accelerator, and the pioneering spirits behind its success. We’ll uncover how the AT innovation ecosystem in Africa is not just evolving but also revolutionising the way assistive technologies are perceived, developed, and adopted. Innovate Now was co-founded 2019 by the Global Disability Innovation Hub and Bernard Chiira.