CORD-Ghana Calls On Policymakers To Strengthen Measures That Protect Children With Disabilities

The Center for Opportunity and Rural Development (CORD-Ghana) has donated educational materials to Yumba Special School and Zanzamiya M/A Primary School as part of activities marking this year’s International Day of Persons with Disabilities.

The donation was aimed at putting smiles on students living with various forms of disabilities and highlighting the need for an inclusive society.

The theme for 2025 is “Fostering disability inclusive societies for advancing social progress.”

CORD-Ghana’s Programs Director, Esther Nyamekye Opoku, emphasized the importance of children with disabilities learning alongside their peers without disabilities to reduce stigma and promote inclusion. She called on policymakers to strengthen measures that protect children with disabilities from discrimination in educational settings.

The support to the school she explained was made possible by CORD Ghana in partnership with Naglogu care foundation, Youth Alliance for Climate and Environmental Sustainability (YACES Ghana), Rural Connect, Network of Youth for Climate Action Africa (NYCA Africa).

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