Persons with Disabilities

Ayan's learning journey continues in Somalia

Posted by UNICEF Canada · September 14, 2023

14-year-old Ayan will be going into grade 6 this year – but just two years ago she wasn’t even in school. The UNdaunted program in Somalia supports adolescent students with disabilities, like Ayan, to get an education.

A girl looks down at a notebook while sitting at her desk.

“I don’t walk the same pace as the others, but that doesn’t make me give up.”

Posted by UNICEF Canada · February 8, 2023

16-year-old Kafia Noor seizes the chance of an education to escape the ordeal of displacement.

A girl wearing a yellow uniform with a yellow scarf stands by a door looking outside contemplatively.

Undaunted by being differently abled

Posted by UNICEF Canada · June 16, 2022

Schools in Puntland are changing lives and perceptions through education

Tags: Persons with Disabilities

Ayan's learning journey continues in Somalia

“I don’t walk the same pace as the others, but that doesn’t make me give up.”

Undaunted by being differently abled