Tuleane Afrika Initiative (TA) is a community-based organisation, set up to bridge the existing gap in the provision of quality special and vocational education for children with Mild Cognitive Disorder (MLD) in Kenya and beyond.

For this project, Tuleane Afrika is the fiscal host of Ikuze Africa, who endeavours to support the growth of Africa’s marginalised and hard to reach populations who are disadvantaged or discriminated against because of age, gender, health status, sexual orientation, race and/or ethnicity. This includes persons with disabilities, women, and children and the elderly, key populations, ethnic minorities and refugees.

Ikuze’s objective is to reduce/end stigma and discrimination towards these populations, increase their access to quality service provision and fair treatment, advocacy for appropriate strategic/systemic changes at the local and national level.

The problem of employment in Tana River seems to be two-fold: Lack of employer’s knowledge about psychosocial disability and the lack of knowledge amongst youth, especially young women with psychosocial disabilities on how to apply for jobs and participate in the work environment.

The IkuzeAfrica#EmployHer project facilitates the employment of women with psychosocial disabilities in Tana River County through job coaching and providing linkages with employers, who are sensitised on working with young people with psychosocial disabilities by following a specially designed training programme.

The training is tailored to suit different employers and for different types of psychosocial disabilities. The impact of the intervention is measured (pre and post-intervention) by assessing knowledge, attitudes, and practices of employing people with disabilities among the employers.