Movie Premiere and Conference

Friday (28th February, 2020) is coming and guess what? It is going to be a SEMINAR and an EDUCATIVE movie premiere titled Strength in Disability (SID).

THEME: REORIENTING THE MINDS OF FUTURE LEADERS TOWARDS AN INCLUSIVE GHANAIAN SOCIETY

Guest Speakers:

Bishop Peter Sackey (National President for the United Nations Associations, Ghana)
Prof. Anthony Adusei (Vice Dean for the School of Public Health, KNUST)
Spencer Yeboah (TV3 Broadcast Journalist, Legal Expert and Disability Advocate)
And other Dignitaries from The British Council and Non Governmental Organizations.

You wouldn't want to miss this for anything. Your Friday is going to be an educative one trust me🤗
VENUE: Conference Room of the Center for Disability and Rehabilitation Studies (Opposite KNUST School of Business)
TIME: 2:00 PM prompt
RATE: GH¢5.00 only

RSVP : 0243686897, 0545966014, 0505573095

P.S.: Certificates will be issued upon request

Signed
Bright Rockson
(Public Relations Officer)

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School Outreach Program in the First Semester of 2019/2020 AY

SID School Outreach, at Amazing Grace School. PC: SID Media The main focus of the School Outreach program by Strength in Disability Organisation (SID) was to promote inclusive education by addressing challenging disability issues which will cause basic and secondary school students and teachers to appreciate persons with disabilities and assist them participate fully in all educative activities. In the first semester of the 2019/2020 academic year, our outreach targeted four basic schools: African Faith School, Amazing Grace Preparatory, Kotei R/C JHS and Deduako M/A JHS, all of which are located in thew metropolitan area of Kumasi, Ashanti Region, Ghana. AT AFRICAN FAITH SCHOOL ON WEDNESDAY, 25TH SEPTEMBER, 2019 Our resource person engaging students. Courtesy of SID Media Our school outreach endeavour first went to African Faith School, a primary school located in Deduako. The school administration welcomed us warmly and arranged for us to meet both students and staff. We arrived at

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SID Public Education Initiative On Campus-Based Radio Station Focus 94.3 FM

At the studio Focus 94.3 FM. Courtesy of SID Media The public education outreach via radio broadcast took effect in October 2019 on KNUST campus radio station Focus FM after securing their favour and inciting their interest in the project we wanted to undertake using their popular platform as a means of achieving that goal-- to impact society through awareness creation on disability issues; a topic very much in line with their mission and vision as a media house. The Strength in Disability program on Focus FM took place live on air every Thursday from 12:30pm to 1:00pm. Our listeners, most of whom were students and members of the surrounding communities called in to comment positively on the program and also contribute their quota, when the phone lines were opened. Courtesy of SID MEDIA Our resource persons included some members of the Media Department of the organization and members of other departments. The president of the organisation, Mr Frederick Osei worked hand in hand wi

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What the SID logo depicts

The SID logo The elements of the logo are basically in the colours of the flag of Ghana. Red which stands for blood means once disabled persons have life in them, they are capable of anything. Yellow shows that PLWDs, like everyone else, have talents and abilities which can add to societal development. Green means they can be fruitful when included in societal affairs. Black means they are also a source of hope and emancipation to society. Blue is commonly used for symbols portraying disability. Additionally, the wheel chair symbol, better know as the 'icon for access,' in the logo is inclined depicting motion, implying that though they are disabled, they are able.

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Strength in Disability