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Deaf community demands modern equipment at rehabilitation centres

Amid efforts to empower young PWDs to acquire skills for self-sustenance, they have encountered a mismatch in the necessities of training, leading to insufficient skills development and incessant unemployment. 

40 deaf girls from different communities participated in the week-long leadership and awareness camp at Wakiso Secondary School of the deaf (Photos by Denis Nsubuga)
By: NewVision Reporter, Journalists @NewVision

Rehabilitation centres across Uganda are equipped with outdated machines, a situation that is hindering their purpose of skills development and empowerment among persons with disabilities (PWDs), activists have said.

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Deaf Girls Rescue (DGR)
persons with disabilities (PWDs)
Wakiso Secondary School of the Deaf