Luqada Somaliga

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Address:

SASE
Pepsi Road
Hargeisa
Somaliland

Telephone:

+252 2 525406
+252 2 4418302
+252 2 4411161

E-mail:
contact@sase-sl.org

 Vision and Mission

Our vision and mission is:

To realize a state where children with disabilities regardless of gender, age or status enjoy all the basic rights for life to attain decent and self-dependant livelihood for their future life and participate all levels of human development and decision-making.

To improve the potential of the children with special needs through the provision of special trainings, education, and skills for life and other specialized aids.

The vocational unit at Hargeisa School for Special Needs  Lunch break

Goals and objectives

Contribute to the development, strengthening and supporting systems and services for children with special needs in the country and to create awareness among the families and other contributing partners to have a clear understanding on special needs.

  1. Act as a coordinating body for all families having children with disabilities through conducting scheduled meetings, discussion sessions and conferences in rehabilitation and improvement of disabilities. 'Creating a positive reaction'.
     
  2. To empower all parents having children with special needs with new skills and knowledge of rehabilitation techniques encouraging them not to keep their affected children inside houses hiding from the view of the people and advising to take them to the available rehabilitation centre.
     
  3. To work to cover the need of the children with disabilities through the establishment of facilities for rehabilitation centers as required in all regions of Somaliland.
     
  4. To undertake awareness rising targeting the elimination of traditional bad views towards disabilities.
     
  5. Guidance and counseling for parents and other members from the families of children with disabilities. More than 400 persons have received these services through our projects.
     
  6. Medication to needy children. About 40 per cent f the children attending our school and those on the home training programme have additional health problems and require medical attention. In this respect we have been procuring the medication for those who require and are unable to afford.
     
  7. Physiotherapy has been offered to some of the children with physical disabilities in the schools and in the home training programme.
     
  8. Other support includes physical, equipment and learning materials to other institutions such as Salahley Boarding School through Ministry of Education.