Presentations from the 7th Africa Forum are now available for download. Please click on the link to download the materials.
We will continue to update the presentation list as we receive more submissions.
- Beyan G. Kota Addresses the Africa Forum
- Breaking the Barriers of Blindness for Children Through Parental Empowerment
Presenter: Cashelle McLean, Nkosinathi Foundation - Challenges in relation to adherence to ART for blind individuals living with HIV/AIDS and its prospects
Presenter: Tilahun Bedada - Child Protection and Disability—Download PDF or Download PowerPoint
Presenter: Ruth Ndunge, Project Coordinator Inclusive Education— The Salvation Army, Kenya, East Territory - Collaboration and Coordination: The Principles underlying the achievement of the SDGs
Presenter: Tracy Vaughan Gough, Senior Global Technical Lead, Sightsavers - Communication in Malawi Education System Remains a Barrier to Deafblind Learners
Presenter: Ezekiel Fumu Bright Kumwenda, Executive Director-MUB - Complementing Braille Literacy with Computers and Screen Readers in Educating the Visually Impaired Elementray School Student
Presenter: Efedi Nina Okoroafor - Constraints Facing Determination of the Learning Outcomes for Learners with Visual Impairments: A Quality Assurance Dilemma
Presenter: Alfred Chepkwony, Department of Quality Assurance and Standards—Ministry of Education, Kenya - Educating Children with Multiple Disabilities and Visual Impairment (MDVI): Effective strategies in the age of inclusivity
Presenters: Mary Maragia and Angela Affran - Ensuring Access to Instructional Materials for Learners with Visual Impairment
Presenter: Celine Mutisya - Eye Health Program in Ghana: the contribution of partners
Presenters: James A. Addy, MD, Ghana Health Service and Jeremiah Badu Shayar, CPC Royal Dutch Visio - Facilitating Deafblind Children's Access to Education through a Community-Based Education Model in Uganda: Lessons and Challenges
Presenter: Victor Locoro, Department of Community and Disability Studies — Kyambogo University, Uganda - Implementation of the Marrakesh Treaty in Nigeria...Challenges and Opportunities
Presenter: David Okon, Nigeria Association of the Blind - Inclusivity in the Vocational Education Policy and Legal Frameworks of Kenya and Tanzania
Presenter: Abebe Yehualawork, PhD - Index Braille: Feature Overview Index printers
Niels Van Weele - KEYNOTE
Lifelong Learning and Persons with Disabilities
Presenter: Laureate Professor Tirussew Teferra, Department of Special Needs Education— Addis Ababa University - Lesotho National League of the Visually Impaired Persons
- Nkosinathi Foundation ECD South Africa Info
- Nkosinathi Foundation: A Game-Changing ECD for Blind & Partially Sighted Children in South Africa
- Optimizing Braille Production: Thoughts and Observations on Braille Production Processes
Presenters: Samuel Foulkes and Tina Seger - Preservation of Braille: Empowerment of Braille Users, An African Perspective
Presenter: Ntshavheni Netshituni - Scope and Limits of Reasonable Accommodation under the Ethiopian Inclusive education Legislative Framework
Presenter: Wendmeneh B., Lecturer in Law Haramaya University - The SDGS and the CRPD: Linking Efforts to Ensure No Person With Disability Is Left Behind
Presenters: Rosina Pobee and Gertrude Oforiwa Fefoame - Stance of Visually Impaired Malawians in the 90 90 90 Fighting Strategy against HIV/AIDS
Latim Matenje, Programmes Manager, Malawi Union of the Blind (MUB) - Status of Inclusive Pedagogies in Teaching Children with Visual Impairment at Primary Schools of Ethiopia
Presenters: Ermias Kibreab and Belay Hagos Hailu, PhD - Targeted Low Vision Awareness Creation and Interventions enhance learner livelihood: Lessons from the Thuto le Pono Boswa Pilot Programme in Botswana
Presenter: Julia Tebogo Bothasitse, Alice Lehasa, and Beauty Abbey - Teaching 'Rehabilitation and Rehabilitation skills to blind and vision impaired adults, children and young people' in view of Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s)
Presenter: Molemisi Kono, Rehabilitation and Habilitation Specialist - The Two Blind Heroes of Ethiopia
Presenter: Dawit Oticho