UN partners with MKU
By The Mountain
Journal
Kenya’s Mount Kenya
University has been recognised by United Nations in its efforts in reducing
human inequalities and has given the institution a special role in the region
to help the disadvantaged, who include people living disabilities.
It is the first Varsity in Kenya to be
bestowed with such responsibility by the UN body.
Vice chancellor Prof
Deogratius Jaganyi says the United Nations Academic Impact (Unai) office in New
York has granted the institution the opportunity to serve as the Unai SDG10 –
Reduced Inequalities Hub for a period of three years.
Addressing guests,
lecturers and students on the Day of Persons Enabled Differently in Thika town,
the VC said during 2019-2010 academic year, in partnership with Partners for
Care, MKU donated wheel chairs to the Persons Enabled Differently from Thika
district.
“The university will
soon sign a Memorandum of Understanding with the National Association of
Persons Enabled Differently to engage in further areas of collaboration,” he
said.
Prof Jaganyi said
the number of students who are enabled differently at MKU has been on the
increasing within the last few years.
Mku also offers
courses and programmes that lead to
empowering the general population in working and assisting Persons Enabled
Differently with communities to achieve their goals in life.
“We continue to
welcome them all and we do promise that we shall do our best to continue
championing the mission of reducing inequalities with the communities and top
on our agenda is to assist persons
enabled differently achieve their life aspirations,” he added.
The VC discouraged the use of the word “Persons Living With disabilities
(PWDs) but to instead use ‘Persons Enabled Differently’.
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