What is it Like Being Disabled in Kenya?
What life is like for people with disabilities in Kenya. Nuala McGovern visits a disabled school in Nairobi and speaks to children, their parents, teachers and carers.
The UN has warned that the needs of disabled people in Kenya need "urgent recognition" in a country where disabled children are routinely shunned by their communities, tied up with animals, or even abandoned by one or both of their parents. What lies behind people's attitudes to disability in Kenya and east Africa? And what can be done to change them?
Last on
Clip
Broadcast
- Wed 24 Sep 201417:05GMTBBC World Service Online
Global News Podcast
The day's top stories from BBC News compiled twice daily in the week, once at weekends
Voices from Syria
Life in different parts of Syria - from the coastal city of Tartous to war-torn Aleppo
What's Life Like....?
Unique life experiences: from hearing for the first time to being a child bride
Podcast
![]()
World Have Your Say
This programme is no longer in the schedule but the conversation continues on BBC OS.
