Target Beneficiaries
Rural Persons with disabilities (persons with psycho social disabilities including those in institutions and survivors of institutions)..
Core Values
SOME OF THE Project Done
Latest Case Study
with funding from International Disability Alliance (IDA), UNSAI successfully implemented a Project called “Education My Right” advocating for Inclusive Education for learners with disabilities. UNSAI trained 90 Teachers on Inclusive Education, held strategic engagement meetings with Policy makers of Kayunga District.
UNSAI won the UNESCO Literacy Award 2023 with its program called “ Peaceful Communities” aimed at empowering rural women and youth with disabilities out of school with literacy and numerous skills to create peaceful communities. .
UNSAI’s Innovation of on Article 19 of the UNCRPD “Independent living and being Included in the Community” for persons with psycho social disabilities in Uganda was recognized worldwide and is among the shortlisted Innovations.
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Vice Chairperson BOG
Female Youth Reprentative
Male Youth Representative
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Our Success Stories
UNSAI through its project “Education
My Right” has supported over 20 rural girls with disabilities to transit
from primary level to Secondary level and Tertiary/ Vocational. Our biggest
milestone, A rural youth girl with intellectual disability (24+ years) from a
very poor family had been denied opportunity to register for Primary Leaving
Examinations(PLE) for many years in school on a misconception of teachers that
she has nothing to write, yet she was so ambitious of sitting PLE like her
peers. At one point she forced herself in the Examination room crying and was
chased because she was not registered. Finally, UNSAI supported the school to
register her as a learner with special needs, Government of Uganda sent support
specialist for her. Amazingly she passed and now very happy in secondary
school. This achievement has changed the community attitude toward girls with
disability and the right to Education.
Literacy: Supporting
adolescent girls and young women to acquire literacy skills. The "Peaceful
Communities" program, part of the Uganda National Self-Advocacy
Initiative (UNSAI), did win the UNESCO Confucius Prize for Literacy in 2023.
This program, led by Dorothy Nakato Mubezi, focuses on empowering marginalized
communities (women and girls with disabilities) through literacy, particularly
in rural areas and among out-of-school youth. The initiative was inspired
by Dorothy's mother's experience in teaching her co-wife to read and write,
which strengthened their relationship and paved the way for greater empowerment.