Able Child Africa

Able Child Africa is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 326859).

Able Child Africa is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales. It exists to support a network of organisations in Africa to protect, educate and amplify the voices of children and young people with disabilities, so they are able to thrive. Its work spans six areas: inclusive child protection systems, inclusive sexual and reproductive health and rights, inclusive early childhood development, inclusive education, inclusive mental health and wellbeing, and raising the voices of children and young people with disabilities. It paid out £246,958 in the most recent year reported in the annual report.

Priority Areas

Able Child Africa supports a network of African organisations working specifically to improve the lives of children with disabilities. Its work centres on protecting children, enabling education and the services needed to succeed, and amplifying children's voices so they can demand inclusion. The support areas include inclusive child protection, sexual and reproductive health and rights, early childhood development, inclusive education, mental health and wellbeing, and raising the voices of children and young people with disabilities. It also works with governments and other actors to improve services and strengthen policies and legal frameworks. Its partnership approach gives African network organisations a role in shaping support and fund allocation. Partner organisations are founded and based in Africa and work specifically on improving the lives of children with disabilities.

Themes

• Inclusive child protection
• Sexual and reproductive health
• Early childhood development
• Inclusive education
• Mental health and wellbeing
• Children's voices

Geographic Focus

Africa.

For network membership, an application starts with an initial expression of interest.

What the charity says:

• Network members choose new network members.
• It looks for leading organisations that work specifically with children and young people with disabilities across the continent.
• It looks for organisations that share the network's vision and values and make improving the life chances of children with disabilities a core part of their work.
• It focuses on organisations that use the social model of disability when planning their interventions.