Schooling with Fellow Students Transforms Badar's Life
Badar and his brother Mohamed at their school. CARE/Walter Mawere . Fourteen-year-old Badar is in grade two at Haragwafi primary school which is located in Odweyne village. He was born with his right side of the body paralyzed and his legs too weak to walk. Badar is the oldest son in a family of six, (three boys and three girls). His father provides for the family by carrying out different construction jobs in the community. When he was in grade one, as he could not walk, Badar was homeschooled and his parents had to hire a teacher which was very costly for them, in some cases, they could not afford to hire a teacher leading to Badar missing out on lessons. Badar was identified by a CARE-supported Community Education Committee (CEC) in the community to receive a wheelchair. Through support from the Girls' Education Challenge project, CARE provided a wheelchair for him and this helped him move around a lot easier and he now attends regular school with other children of his age...