Tanzania: Don't Hide Disabled People, Tanzanians Told

TANZANIA Federation of Disabled People's Organizations (Shivyawata) has launched a youth wing organ to expose people with disabilities who have been kept indoors.

During the launching ceremony in Dar es Salaam recently, the Wing's Secretary, Mr Genarius Ernest said that Shivyawata had conducted investigations and found a number of households hiding family members with disabilities, hence denying them various human rights, including access to education.

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