Problem and Context
ON WASTE
According
to a case study done by the Kampala City Council Authority, 28,000 tons of
garbage is collected every day, 40% remains uncollected. In Uganda, huge amounts of plastic waste are
poorly disposed in trenches and water pipes causing flooding, water born
diseases, death and extinction of water inhabiting living organisms. Other
parts are burnt resulting in toxic fumes causing damage to people’s lung
systems through promoting diseases like asthma and lung cancer. The toxins furthermore
damage the ozone layer - a cause of global warming.
ON DISABILITY
According to the 2002 Ugandan
Population and Housing Census, 16 percent of the population, are disabled. Applying this estimate to today’s Ugandan
population (approximately 42 million), 6.72 million Ugandans are disabled and
excluded from full participation in social, economic life and educational
programs which makes them vulnerable exposing them to severe poverty.
Predominantly persons with
disabilities in East Africa are not considered for job placement due to
mistaken assumptions like they are regarded abnormal, slow, less productive and
less competent exposing them to vulnerability. This makes them miss a life which
is worth living.
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