Alex Pontian Kaisa’s action plans for improvement of the situation of children with special needs in Tanzania, involved education of the community in order to contribute to a change in mindset of how people see persons with disabilities.
Last autumn 10 Tanzanian students from Patandi Teachers College of special needs education was in Molde as NOREC exchange participants. On this blog, they shared their eagerness in improving the situation of children with special needs, including their plans about keeping up their engagement and work to benefit children with special needs in Tanzania, after return from Norway. These agents of change have now completed their study programme. They are all qualified specialized teachers, working in schools in different regions in Tanzania.
My name is Terje Vestad Mehmet, i am a 35-year-old male from Norway/Greece. I am currently taking an bachelor's degree in social education.
My name is Sara, I am 23 years old and a social educator student at Molde University College. I am a participant in this NOREC project, which aims to improve life quality of children with special needs, through practice implementation of UN rights. I enjoy working with people, and especially children. The reason that I wanted to join this project was that I had a wish to contribute to improvement of the situation of children with special needs.
My name is Pauline Bakkemyr Rakvåg, I am 28 years old and currently living in Molde, Norway. I have 8 years of experience working as a caretaker for people with special needs. My main goal as a social worker is maintaining and improving life quality of people with disabilities. This year, I have been working on Norec´s exchange project between Molde University College and Patandi Teachers College, which left me with some thoughts I would like to share with you.
