Disable women/girl's achievement group

Women and girls with disabilities often face disproportionately high rates of illiteracy, gender-based violence, sexual abuse, neglect, maltreatment and exploitation. Statistics show that women and girls with disabilities can not assess education  and are twice as likely to experience gender-based violence compared to women and girls without disability. Disable women/girl’s Achievement group (DIWOAG)  provide solution to this group of marginalised by giving them access to formal and informal learning.Our Solution is unique by provide for blind visually impared-there are speech-to-text options,screen readers for blind,for deef and hard of hearing-Sensory enhancers,for students with autism and related disorders,Language Acquisition through Motor Planning (LAMP) may be useful,for students with speech disabilities,for students who need mobility assistance one teachers can optimize their classrooms  for all students is by adopting flexible furniture.

Being female as well should be an advantage but often a community devalues females and if the individual is also disabled she can experience double disadvantage. Triple disadvantage can happen if the woman is of a different cultural background to most of the community she lives in. Statistics show that women and girls with disabilities are twice as likely to experience gender-based violence compared to women and girls without disability.

Estimates show that 4.2 million Tanzanians are living with a disability. People with disabilities are often among the poorest and most marginalised in society. Disability has a significant impact on health, employment and education. More than half of children with disabilities do not attend school as a result of their health or activity limitations. Illiteracy among Tanzanians with a disability is 48%" compared to 25%  amoung those with one.This seriosly hinders social and economic development.

DIWOAG recognises the challenges that people with disabilities and their families are confronted with on a daily basis. We do everything we can to alleviate the obstacles, improve quality of life and empower people with disabilities to fulfill their potential.

Using assistive technology to empower girls with disabilities

Alternative input devices

Alternative input devices are designed to allow students with disabilities to use computers and related technology easily. They include touch screens, modified keyboards, and even joysticks that direct a cursor through the use of body parts like chins, hands, or feet. Some up-and-coming technology in this area is sip-and-puff systems, developed by companies like Microsoft, to perform computer functions just by inhaling and exhaling. On-screen keyboards are another area of input technology that is providing K-12 learners with disabilities better use of computers and mobile devices for learning.

1. For blind visually impared- there are speech-to-text options

2. Screen readers for blind

3. For deaf and hard of hearing -Sensory enhancers

4. For students with autism and related disorders, LAMP may be useful. LAMP, or Language Acquisition through Motor Planning, connects neurological and motor learning in a way that makes communication easier for students with autism and related disorders. 

5. For students with speech disabilities: Speech-to-text software and word prediction tools can assist them.

6. For students who need mobility assistance: One way teachers can optimize their classrooms for all students is by adopting flexible furniture

Disable women/girl’s Achievement group(DIWOAG) aims to serve young women/girl’s in order for them to assess formal and informal learning.DIWOAG recognises the challenges that young women/girl’s with disabilities and their families are confronted with on a daily basis. We do everything we can to alleviate the obstacles, improve quality of life and empower people with disabilities to fulfill their potential.

After they get education it will help them to build confidence for them,to contribute to economic development.

Often a community devalues females and if the individual is also disabled she can experience double disadvantage. Triple disadvantage can happen if the woman is of a different cultural background to most of the community she lives in. Women and girls with disabilities often face disproportionately high rates of gender-based violence, sexual abuse, neglect, maltreatment and exploitation. Statistics in Kilimanjaro shows that women and girls with disabilities are twice as likely to experience gender-based violence compared to women and girls without disability. Our solution is to empower women around Kilimanjaro region to be independent and feel welcome in our society. 

Assistive technology tools are among the least ‘celebrated’ but most crucial tools in K-12(from kindergarten,primary to secondary education) education today.

The NEA(National Education Association) reports that nearly every general education classroom in the country includes students with disabilities, as three out of every four students with disabilities spend part or all of their school day in a general education classroom.

One tool to help students with disabilities even in the face of a special education teacher shortage is assistive technology. Today, assistive technology tools can help students with certain disabilities learn more effectively. Ranging in sophistication from ‘low’ technologies such as a graphic organizer worksheet to ‘high’ technologies including cutting-edge software and smartphone apps, assistive technology is a growing and dynamic field. Several areas of assistive technology and sample products may be found in any given classroom, making a difference in how students of all abilities learn.

These tools start to appear in the home and in the classroom, parents and teachers can utilize them for students’ academic and personal growth. But technology alone is not enough – to successfully use these tools, DIWOAG develop a plan for their use and have regular check-ins to ensure the student is gaining the most value possible and not becoming overly reliant on these tools.                                                               

Using assistive technology to empower girls with disabilities

Alternative input devices

Alternative input devices are designed to allow students with disabilities to use computers and related technology easily. They include touch screens, modified keyboards, and even joysticks that direct a cursor through the use of body parts like chins, hands, or feet. Some up-and-coming technology in this area is sip-and-puff systems, developed by companies like Microsoft, to perform computer functions just by inhaling and exhaling. On-screen keyboards are another area of input technology that is providing K-12 learners with disabilities better use of computers and mobile devices for learning.

1. For blind visually impared- there are speech-to-text options

2. Screen readers for blind

3. For deef and hard of hearing -Sensory enhancers

4. For students with autism and related disorders, LAMP may be useful. LAMP, or Language Acquisition through Motor Planning, connects neurological and motor learning in a way that makes communication easier for students with autism and related disorders. 

5. For students with speech disabilities: Speech-to-text software and word prediction tools can assist them.

6. For students who need mobility assistance: One way teachers can optimize their classrooms for all students is by adopting flexible furniture

The following links show what is assistive technoly and how disable are using this technology,also show how it help them to assess learning.

This show what is this technology.

The above show how disable student use it.

BUILD CONFIDENCE TO DISABLE YOUNG WOMEN/GIRL'S

Girl’s/women with learning disabilities who receive special education by using assistive technology tend to be far more comfortable in the learning environment than those who do not.This comfort can lead to fewer behavioural issues and fewer problem with anger,depression,frustration and anxiety

Girl’s/women who receive special education by using this technology on a year-round basis,  often experience the most progress.

PREPARE GIRL’S/WOMEN FOR LIFELONG ACHIEVEMENT

Ultimately, special education by using assistive technology helps students to develop the best possible understanding of their learning disabilities and needs.Student are given tips and tools for overcoming differences in learning methods, particularly when confronting new materials in-group environments. Priming them for success during the formative stages of the learning process, in college and beyond the campus.

With the help of special education by using this technology, students can rise above their learning disabilities and can pursue and attain their personal and professional goals and excellence.

CONTRIBUTE TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Most of  disable girl’s/women in Tanzania can not get employment because they are illiterate. They don’t have knowledge,after getting knowledge they  can get paid employment and some do entrepreneur.And by getting income they contribute to the development of our country. 

Generally the exclusion of people with disabilities from the workplace, either through discrimination or inaccessible work environments, costs Tanzania $480 every year 3.76% of the country GDP.People with disabilities often live in severe poverty due to challenge of securing a steady income amid widespread exclusion.With only 3.1% receiving income from paid employment,households headed by persons with disabilities experience greater levels of poverty

Target geography = rural area in Kilimanjaro Tanzania.We are starting with rural areas then urban area because majority of poor are in rural area in Tanzania.If a girl’s is from rural area and also disable she must  experience  triple disadvantage.The Kilimanjaro region has a population estimated at 1 500,000 people out of 6000 are disable ,and 4579 are young women/girl’s.Our  main target is 2% of disable young women/girl’s in Kilimanjaro Tanzania,but our future plan is to serve 5% of young women/girl’s in Kilimanjaro.Our main target is to help them to assess both formal and informal learning in which they will be independent and contribute to the community.

From its roots in small-scale community-based rehabilitation for people with disabilities, DIWOAG has grown to become Tanzania’s largest provider of disability and rehabilitation services. Through advocacy, training, and clinical service, we strive to empower people with disabilities and their families, improve their quality of life, and ensure access to medical and rehabilitative treatment.The following are our goals within the next year and next five year 

1. To initiate effective and qualitative community based intervention aimed at prevention and controlling mental illness through awareness raising and economic empowerment.

2. Advocacy for women/girl’s with  disabilities.Representing them in government and enabling them to attain political position,economic and social and recognized by the community by their knowledge.

3:  Women/girl’s with disabilities assess informal and formal learning.

4. Provide medical health support like exercise;

Empowering people to realize their full potential starts with their health. Many impairments can be corrected with surgery, and the quality of life of a person with a disability can be improved through rehabilitation and access to assistive devices. This project will provide high quality care to thousands of people every year and will facilitate healthcare worker training and health system strengthening bringing high quality healthcare closer to underserved communities.

6: Encourage and give strength women/girl’s with disabilities and their families,DIWOAG strives to emancipate women/girl’s from society’s negative attitudes,discrimination and other barriers than hinder them from enjoying human rights on an equal basis.Committed to preventing disabilities wherever possible.

People with intellectual and developmental disabilities are different in some ways, and we are unsure how to navigate these differences if you're not used to them. You may experience some barriers to communicating well with them. Here is how to speak well and listen well, to help communicate and build a positive relationship.

 A.UNDERSTAND THEM 

 1. We Don't assume that someone has an intellectual disability based on the ease of their speech. Some people who have difficulty speaking, such as people with cerebral palsy and some autistic people, are on average just as smart as anyone else. A disability accent, slow speech, or halting speech doesn't always mean an intellectual disability.

2. Accept their quirks. Disabled people may do things that society considers unusual: making sounds, flopping to the ground when frustrated, flapping their hands, running in circles, echoing phrases, pacing constantly, and more. This behavior serves a purpose—calming themselves down, communicating their needs, expressing feelings, or simply having fun.

3. Recognize that ability varies from day to day. Someone who needs little help today might need more help tomorrow.If they are having a harder time today than they did yesterday, remember that they aren't doing this on purpose, and work on being patient

5. Don’t give up on them.The person can usually tell when you aren't paying attention. Keep trying to connect. Make it clear that what they have to say is important to you.

 B. BE FRIENDLY AND ACCOMODATING

1.Take time to listen closely to them. Sometimes, people with disabilities get sidelined and ignored, even with friends or family. 

2.Be patient. They are facing barriers beyond your comprehension, and that can make conversation difficult. It's harder for them than it is for you. Never yell at a disabled person, or -blame them for their disability. 

EDITHA MSHIU(Chief Executive Officer)

VINCENT GODLISTEN(Chief Education Officer)

VERONICA TETY(Financial & Administration Officer)

LAZARO TEMU(Chief Human Development Officer)

Our member they develop a strategy of helping this group to assess learning through

They  build Awareness and Invest in Training

 For disabled students to be fully integrated into a student life, it is essential that all staff are familiar. DIWOAG  staff  are given basic information on how they can help their disabled women/girl’s in emergency.

DIWOAG considers Outside Support

DIWOAG also makes use of outside support to give continued training to our staff,we work with non profit organization and government agencies. 

All of my team members already live with disable girl’s/young women. They know people with disabilities are marginalised, and are overlooked by mainstream development interventions. This makes them some of the most deprived and vulnerable people in low-income countries. Mobility disabled people are among the poorest of the poor as a consequence of their disability. “Disability is both a cause and a consequence of poverty. Eliminating world poverty is unlikely to be achieved unless the rights and needs of people with disabilities is taken into account”Women in particular face a ‘double discrimination’ and all our programmes make special provision for advancing the position of disabled women. The DIWOAG is working to tackle the stigma and exclusion faced by individuals who are disabled and female.

 DIWOAG members believe that people with disability can lead productive lives if they are provided with adequate treatment and rehabilitation; and if the society they live in is ready to adapt to their needs and concerns.

DIWOAG member believes that disability is a human rights and social issue related to attitude and access to equal opportunities and we subscribe to the social model of disability as opposed to the medical model.

We believe that all people have the same fundamental rights to determine their own futures and control decisions that affect their lives, and that all people have the same rights to learning.

We uphold values of integrity through accountability, honesty and fairness in our operation.

Empower by provide capital and idea for running small business;

We find for them simple small business like tailored experience  that they can learn and adapt in easy without complication,the business provide income to them.We make sure they are aware about the  business,find for them capital and market for their product.At first we  separate them in groups and they learn in groups for creating skills on how to do and manage the business.All of this is done under our supervision up to stage were they can stand alone and do it according to the experience we give them.

The aim of doing this is to avoid for them to stay idle withouting thinking or doing anything,this will provide revenue that will help them in their daily basis and it will be like exercise to them.

Empower by provide capital and idea for running small business;

We find for them simple small business like tailored experience  that they can learn and adapt in easy without complication,the business provide income to them.We make sure they are aware about the  business,find for them capital and market for their product.At first we  separate them in groups and they learn in groups for creating skills on how to do and manage the business.All of this is done under our supervision up to stage were they can stand alone and do it according to the experience we give them.

The aim of doing this is to avoid for them to stay idle withouting thinking or doing anything,this will provide revenue that will help them in their daily basis and it will be like exercise to them.

Being mentored by MIT solve will help me to

       Solve the problem of disable young women/girls in access of learning; Through MIT solver will give me helpful advice and financial support(prize) to navigate this problem in professional way.Because mit solver they have experience and insight can stop me making mistakes and can give me answers rather than  me having waste valuable time and money working out the right way to handle the situation.Having Mit solver outside my organization can be beneficial as the advice is more likely to be bias-free advice not bounded by politics

      Add my networking; Having an MIT solver will inspire our organization to accomplish our goals,and our chosen profession helps us add to our network.It’s highly likely that our mentor(mit solver) not have the answer to a question or problem,then someone  they know will.MIT solver can introduce ou solution to like minded people and some of these people could be valuable connections throughout our career.We never underestimate the power and benefit of having abroad network of people-as they are people we can call upon for information,advice

DIWOAG want to partner with other  young women/girl’s oriented organization because we believe through those organization we will achieve our goals through;

               DIWOAG Development;Building a network of influential organizations who can call on and add value to our experiences is a great way to continue our DIWOG development.Talking through things with organizations more experienced than our organization can help us to learn and grow quicker. It’s worth for DIWOAG to be partner with MIT solver and other successfully organization.

            Access to knowledge and Networking: We want to mitigate risk and reduce potential mistakes by greater understanding of the operational context but also to be drawing on a wider pool of technical expertise,experience,skills,labour and networking.

           Help us to be more effective and efficient;Through partnership  creating more appropriate services for the community of Tanzania. Will reduce (by sharing) costs and delivery systems and avoid duplication.

United Republic of Tanzania;Government programs can help our disable students train for and find a job. Through the government  DIWOAG can learn about special programs for young workers and veterans with disabilities. DIWOAG can work and get accommodations in the federal government.

Kupona foundation ;

Through this organization can mobilise resources and build strategic partnerships to enable the continuation and sustainable growth of DIWOAG, providing individuals and institutions with the opportunity to invest in our efforts to improve access to high quality, comprehensive education services for disable women/girls  and communities in Tanzania, and to strengthen the wider education system.

Qualifications

1.All my team member have a personal level experience who is the same background.All we already live with the disabled young women/girl's and know how they are facing problem to asses education(formal and informal) and other special needs.Also we all know well this solution how is going to help them to assess learning.

2.Focus and dedication to serve girls/women.

3.We are solving real life problem is under considered by many change makers.

Prize for use

1.Use for operation expenses.

2.Use for research and development to discover new ways of teaching them

3.Empower them economically.