• Disability-specific training
• Disability information materials
• Advocacy and campaigning to promote the rights of persons with a disability
• Workshops, forums & conferences on disability issues
• Sensitizing the community using drama, flashcards, leaflets, courtyard meetings, etc
• Sharing our expertise with organizations on how to be more inclusive
• Building understanding & promoting rights

AWF has built a reputation as an experienced and innovative disability inclusion training and consultancy organization committed to raising awareness of disability issues and improving access for persons with disabilities.

Our core competency is in delivering disability-specific training courses to individuals, partners, and organizations throughout Kenya. These courses aim to improve understanding, create disability-friendly environments, and improve access and inclusion to enable persons with disabilities to participate in mainstream society. We also produce and disseminate a range of disability information materials and organize workshops and forums to celebrate the achievements of persons with disabilities and encourage organizations to share experiences on how best to achieve inclusion.

Disability Inclusion Training Courses

AWF addresses the need for more skills and capacity in Kenya in the disability field by delivering disability-inclusion training. We have now developed a suite of disability training courses and materials and have built up an expert core group of trainers, who have developed their skills at centers of excellence at home and abroad.

Our core training programs are specifically designed to embed inclusive practices at all levels within development organizations and comprise an extensive training program followed by AWF assessments, monitoring, networking, and workshops with peers to stimulate a continual learning environment. We also provide a range of training programs focused on specific disabilities – such as physical, visual, speech, hearing, intellectual, and deafblind disabilities – as well as on related issues such as how to use or make assistive devices, inclusive education, livelihood options, disaster risk reduction, self-help group development and leadership training for persons with disability.

Disability Materials & Resources

AWF has also developed an extensive range of information materials. This information covers subjects ranging from understanding different types of disabilities to educational resources and to the community to build awareness and understanding of disability.

Building Community Awareness of disability

Another way in which AWF raises community awareness of disability is by engaging with local communities using workshops, leaflets, and drama events to promote the abilities and rights of persons with disabilities.

Information Sharing & Advice

Due to our unique and considerable experience in the disability field, we are regularly requested to work with Government committees to provide technical policy input. AWF also provides a consultancy service to both national and international organizations to assist them in their inclusion practices, which includes training, studies, research, seminars, workshops, photographic exhibitions, and exposure visits.