ABLE SKILL RIDE
Our Curriculum Overview
An inclusive capacity-building environment
At Kanawa we offer supportive and inspirational environments for people with disabilities to learn and grow with others. Our passion for fighting stigma and social exclusion makes our beneficiaries collaborate with nondisabled people. We strive to build confident and creative minds no matter the limitations caused by disability, here everyone has the right to new life opportunities.
Through our Social and vocational training, our beneficiaries walk out with confidence to self-integrate in society and prove that stigma and discrimination should not take place in the communities.
Digital Skills
Aims to equip our beneficiaries with the abilities and knowledge required to effectively use digital tools, technologies, and systems in various contexts. This training is aligned with the Accessibility Act No. 10/16 enacted by the Angolan government, which establishes general accessibility rules, conditions, and criteria for persons with disabilities or reduced mobility and is intended to eliminate architectural, communicational, instrumental, and methodological barriers. These skills are essential in today's increasingly technology-driven world, so at Kanawa we make sure our beneficiaries are not left behind in the digital space.
Visual Arts
We use art to open new opportunities for our beneficiaries, it helps to express creativity and improves cognitive and motor abilities. At Kanawa, we value artistic talents so we prepare our beneficiaries to use them effectively to communicate their ideas as well as income generation activity. On the other hand, visual art helps to contribute to the environment by reusing waste.
Tariloring
Kanawa aims to equip our beneficiaries with traditional and contemporary art forms to come up with unique products or services. So, textile arts is for the skills that will help achieve this goal, at the sometime it is an effective tool for financial independence and sustainability for persons with disabilities.
Shoe and Bag Making
The study encourages scientific reasoning, discoveries and inventions. Great teachers and well-equipped laboratories help students explore, discover and experiment new things under the best supervision.
Pastry and Baking
Looking at the size of the food market in Angola Pastry and baking become a valuable skill to empower our beneficiaries and accelerate their integration, with this training our participants will be able to create a wide range of savory breads and cakes. Here mobility challenged women have the chance to explore a market that is helping many women in the country to improve their living conditions, and now no one shall be excluded.