UNICEF: Helping children with disabilities in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, Tajikistan, 6 October 2008 Speech therapist Samad Shoev assists Aziza, 3, in correctly pronouncing various vowels by gently using his hands to help shape her lips. Ee, ah, oh, he says, adjusting Azizas mouth with each sound. The girl attempts to repeat the sounds, achieving a passable pronunciation.

Aziza is autistic. When she arrived at this special pre-school in Dushanbe, she couldnt say a word.

Mr. Shoev and Aziza are partners in a UNICEF-supported pilot learning project for children living with disabilities in Tajikistan. Their school, Kindergarten No. 151, prepares children to integrate into the local school system.

The centre also works with parents, offering consultation and training. It is part of a broader, community-based initiative to develop alternatives to institutionalizing children an effort both to boost learning and to protect them from abuse through a strategy based on inclusion instead of isolation.

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[Treemeadow]

lol, they're not naked, they're just nto wearing shirts.

Its more comfortable. They're children. It is seen as a mark of childhood youth to be carefree like that.

Its probably also summer, and I doubt a public kindegarten has air-conditioning.

[ain17]

y are they naked???