disability fact 1

"Disability and the world There are an estimated one billion people with disabilities, 80% of whom live in low- and middle-income settings. People with disabilities are more likely to be poor, and are also vulnerable to exclusion from education, employment and social participation more generally. Health is also a common concern among people with disabilities, and the relationship between disability and health is complex. People with disabilities on average are more likely to experience poor health, and so will have higher needs for accessing health care services. These services may be for general healthcare (e.g., vaccination, sexual and reproductive healthcare, or cancer services) or those specifically related to their impairment (e.g., ophthalmology, assistive devices, physiotherapy). Yet, people with disabilities often report experiencing difficulties accessing services, receiving lower-quality services and paying more for healthcare services. Together, this means that people with disabilities are being left behind in terms of improving access to health, which will make achievement of Universal Health Coverage difficult.

Have you had his voice?

When one is born they are in a unique way welcomed in the world of everything; good and bad. However, by all means, good things must overcome what is bad. Life may not be that simple but what keeps us going is the spirit of progress within ourselves which makes it smoother. Bad things do happen; how one responds to them defines their character and the quality of my life. We can choose to sit in perpetual sadness, immobilized by the gravity of the loss, or one can choose to rise from the pain and treasure the most precious gift they have - life itself. It is upon us to celebrate the gift of life for we have genuine reasons to do so. No matter the experiences we have gone through, we must ask themselves what have we done that we are alive this day. Life is something special we should always thank The Most High for. Usually, every season of a year have some specialty and all ages are beautiful and enchanting. I don’t recall why, but I remember when I had cleared high school I decided to run away from home. Problem: I wasn’t allowed to cross the street. You know being Blind is an issue. So I trudged around the block with my little pink paper bag of cloths in one hand and my stuffed lion under my arm. Within several hours I had circled the routes and ended up finding a new place of my own where I started my humble beginnings my family back at home were in tears thinking I have gone for good. It was not an easy ride since guys on the road talk about you while thinking that the Blind guy can’t hear. With hope and believe in myself I made it. What made me recall this incident I won’t reveal how many decades later? While preparing to give a talk to some radio talkshow, I found these children’s letters to God online. This one in particular spoke a deep truth. block quote “You don’t have to worry about me. I always look both ways.” (DEAN) block quote end As a small child, I had strict boundaries and knew the rules. It appears Dean does as well. As long as he looks both ways before crossing the street, nothing bad will happen to him, right? If only life was so easy. As adults we get used to weighing the odds and making all the decisions. We set the rules. We decide our actions. We plot our course. Problem is, we can’t predict the future. Sometimes we assume the way is clear. We quickly glance first then head out. WHAM – life hits us unexpectedly. Didn’t see that coming. Didn’t detect it, hear it, smell it, or even fathom it. A tornado siren sounds one minute and your whole life ripped apart the next. The phone rings. A routine blood test comes back with bad news. A pink slip lands on your desk. But after the shell shock, we may realize that someone was watching out for us. Something prepared us in ways we never knew. A hand held on and yanked us out of the way, or drew us closer. A quiet thought, steadfast rule, or profound statement embedded in our subconscious begins to acts as a lifeline. We cling to it. Such as Romans 8:28 or Philippians 4:6-7 or Psalm 121:3-8. Or my mother’s admonition to never cross the street alone. Perhaps we adults need to be more childlike and go back to the basics. Ask permission. Seek guidance. Wouldn’t it be more wise to look again–just in case–instead of being so sure of ourselves as little Dean is? Maybe we need to grab Daddy’s hand more often, no matter how big we feel we are. As you walk through this day, listen for God’s voice and be confident that he knows where you are right now and can show you the way! We just have to listen and be willing to follow where He leads!

Positive thinking Mawazo chanya 2

By the time we come to the end of the year, we will certainly be a different people from who we are today. That change will most likely be the sum total of our thoughts. The Bible says, “As a man thinketh so is he.” Allow me, therefore, to hasten to say that it matters a lot the thoughts you entertain and harbour as we scale the ladder of 2018. What you eventually become this year will almost entirely depend on the nature and quality of your thoughts. Think positively for a painless life. Norman Vincent Peale, in his book The Power of Positive Thinking, first published in 1952, advocates a permanent constructive and optimistic attitude through constant positive influence of conscious thoughts. The writer believes that through positive thinking, we can achieve a higher satisfaction and quality of life. Indeed, positive thinking holds the secret to success in overcoming life challenges and finding solutions. Positive thinkers are generally solutionists as opposed to fault-finders who blame anything in sight. A positive thinker tends to enjoy acceptance by and stronger relationships with those around him or her. Positive thinking helps builds hope. As we probably all know, hope does not disappoint. High self-esteem is said to be such an asset in one’s life. We should, however, know that this self-esteem does not grow in an environment toxified with negativity. Those who entertain negative thoughts will inevitably develop low self-esteem. Only positive thinkers appreciate themselves or who they are, those around them and generally the environment in which they are located. I cannot figure out how we can possibly build a great Kenya unless we appreciate the power of positive thinking. Positive thinkers are the only people who see possibilities and would not let anything come between them and the goals they have set out to achieve individually and collectively. Dan Cassidy says that people who are successful tend to predominantly have thoughts of optimism for health, wealth and abundance. He encourages us to adopt a positive belief system because our thoughts, which create our reality, are products of our beliefs. As we take majestic steps towards our individual and corporate destiny, seizing every opportunity that 2018 presents, I take the latitude to remind us that our thoughts lead to behaviours; behaviours lead to habits and habits create our life. The quality of service delivery, take for instance, the disability movement, where I work, will be determined largely by the quality of thoughts of the people. Those thoughts influence the fans collective behaviours, decisions and actions. Since it is not a secret that at the social media want to finish strong and to make disability movement great, I encourage the fans, as we do all Kenyans, to unleash the power of positive thinking for our individual and collective good. This will make a world a better place where no one is left behind

Overcoming Offenses AKA uvukaji wa vizuizi

When we study what Jesus taught, it is obvious to me that He came to make us “unoffendable.” Consider: He says that if someone slaps you on one cheek, offer him the other (Luke 6:29). He said to love our enemies and bless those who curse us (Luke 6:27-28). What He’s really doing is showing us how an unoffendable heart of love overcomes all adversity. We pray, “Lord, I want to change.” To answer our prayer, He sometimes must put us in situations that perfectly offend us. The offense itself awakens our need of grace. Thus, the Lord precipitates change by first offending the area of our soul He desires to transform. He does not expect us to merely survive this adversity but to become Christlike in it. Ask Joseph in the Old Testament: the land of offense became the land of his anointing and power because he possessed an unoffendable heart. He never stopped trusting God in spite of the injustices and trials he faced. Listen my friends: the destiny God has for us unfolds or withers at the junction of offense. How we handle offense is the key to our tomorrow. Don't worry of the situations you are in. it shall be okay! “Those who love [God’s] law have great peace, and nothing causes them to stumble” (Psalms 119:165). Lord, grant me that new creation heart that can walk as Jesus walked through a world of offenses without stumbling. I want to see everything as an opportunity to pray, everything as an opportunity to become Christlike. Lord help me to interpret offenses as opportunities that lead to transformations. Grant me, Lord Jesus, the pulse and beat of Your unoffendable heart. Amen.

Positive thinking Mawazo chanya

Positive thinking simply means making the conscious choice to focus on things that make you happy, rather than obsess about the things that don't. We all have negativity in our lives. We all have our personal challenges, fears, disappointments, and stressors. We all have things we'd like to improve about our lives. But we also have plenty of wonderful things in our lives and in the world around us that we take for granted because we're too busy complaining about the other stuff. When it comes right down to it, your attitude is simply a habit, whether positive or negative. You are used to thinking about things in a certain way, so you continue doing that - even if it doesn't serve you and makes you miserable. Changing your attitude from negative to positive can create so many wonderful changes in your life, including stress reduction, easier healing, a greater sense of well-being, better relationships, better quality of sleep, greater success in whatever you do, and much more. Even better, you don't have to overhaul your entire attitude in one day to reap the benefits of a positive thinking practice. You simply have to start with one little thought at a time. If you're ready to start practicing the power of positive thinking more consciously in your own life, here are a few easy ways to start: Don't complain; praise! When you catch yourself starting to complain about someone or something, immediately switch gears and think about someone or something you can praise instead. Complaining only sets you up to notice more things to complain about. Praising sets you up to notice more wonderful things to praise. Turn fear into love. If you get caught up in fearful thoughts, immediately turn them around by focusing on people and things you love. Also be sure to spend a few seconds thinking about WHY you love them. This gets positive, soothing energy flowing and moves you into a much more expanded, uplifted state of mind, which makes those fearful thoughts seem a lot less scary. Swap despair for gratitude. When things aren't working out for you, it's easy to feel frustrated and disappointed, which casts a dark shadow over your entire life. A good way to get out from under this cloud is to focus on things you feel grateful for. Run through the many blessings in your life, no matter how small and insignificant they may be. Within minutes, you'll start realizing how blessed you are and how much you truly have to be grateful for. Yes, the frustration might still be there, but it will be far less pervasive than it seemed at first. Be deliberately optimistic. If you tend to be very focused on all of the things that could or will go wrong, start deliberately flexing your optimism muscles every chance you get. When you catch yourself saying something like, "This meeting is going to be a disaster" - stop right there and replace that thought with a more optimistic outlook: "What if this meeting could go beautifully? I like that idea!" A special note about optimism: Some people avoid being optimistic because they're afraid they'll be disappointed if it doesn't work out the way they hope. The key to avoiding disappointment is to stay relaxed and detached about the outcome. Make a firm decision to be optimistic, but remind yourself that you can handle any outcome, no matter what happens. These are very simple yet effective things you can do to practice positive thinking on a daily basis. Just keep making a conscious decision to set aside negativity for awhile and focus on something better. If you do this repeatedly, you'll start noticing that not only do you feel better, but everything in your life starts to seem a little less "blah" and a little more "ahhh". And the effects get stronger the more consistently you work on it. www.mugambipaul.com

inspirational story 1 2018

A man married a beautiful girl. He loved her very much. One day she developed a skin disease. Slowly she started to lose her beauty. It so happened that one day her husband left for a tour. While returning he met with an accident and lost his eyesight. However their married life continued as usual. But as days passed she lost her beauty gradually. Blind husband did not know this and there was not any difference in their married life. He continued to love her and she also loved him very much. One day she died. Her death brought him great sorrow. He finished all her last rites and wanted to leave that town. A man from behind called and said, now how will you be able to walk all alone? All these days your wife used to help you. He replied, I am not blind. I was acting, because if she knew l could see her ugliness it would have pained her more than her disease. So I pretended to be blind. She was a very good wife. I only wanted to keep her happy. Moral:- *Some times it is good for us to act blind and ignore one another's short comings, in order to be happy* *No matter how many times the teeth bite the tongue, they still stay together in one mouth. That's the spirit of FORGIVENESS. Even though the eyes don't see each other, they see things together, blink simultaneously and cry together. That's UNITY." May the Lord grant us all the spirit of forgiveness and togetherness*. 1. ''Alone I can 'Say' but together we can 'talk'. 2. "Alone I can 'Enjoy' but together we can celebrate 3. 'Alone I can 'Smile' but together we can 'Laugh'. *That's the BEAUTY of Human Relations. We are nothing without each other* The razor blade is sharp but can't cut a tree; the axe is strong but can't cut the hair. *MORALS*; *Everyone is important according to his/her unique purpose,Never look down on anyone unless you are admiring their shoes Share to educate someone. Have done my part.

Guidelines for the inclusion of persons with disabilities in kenya