SOMESHA Program

  • P Project/Program

? Activity Status: Unknown

Key Information

The SOMESHA Program aims to enable children with disabilities access quality and inclusive education from their early years to the highest level possible. The program strengthens the capacity of learning institutions and caregivers in marginalized communities to cater to the unique learning needs of children with disabilities in their early years. SOMESHA Program strives to enhance the quality of teacher preparedness, educational assessments, and access to digital technologies to promote inclusive education. They partner with school leadership and management, parents’ associations, grassroots organizations, state and non-state actors in advocacy, research and program delivery in inclusive early childhood education.

Lead Implementing Organization(s)
Location(s)

Sub-Saharan Africa

Kenya

Activity URL

https://theactionfoundationkenya.org/somesha-learn/

Government Affiliation
Government-affiliated program
Years

Not applicable or unknown

Partner(s)

Not applicable or unknown

Ministry Affiliation
Ministry of Education, Science, and Technology
Funder(s)

Not applicable or unknown

COVID-19 Response
Unknown
Geographic Scope
National
Meets gender-transformative education criteria from the TES  
Unknown
Areas of Work Back to Top
Education areas
Attainment
  • Post-secondary
  • Primary completion
  • Primary enrollment
  • Primary to secondary transition
  • Secondary completion
  • Secondary Enrollment
Cross-cutting areas
  • Gender equality
Program participants

Target Audience(s)

Boys in school, Girls in school, Teachers - female, Teachers - male, Youth

Age

Not applicable or unknown

School Enrolment Status

All in school

School Level

  • Pre-school
  • Lower primary
  • Upper primary
  • Lower secondary
  • Upper secondary
  • Tertiary
Other populations reached

Not applicable or unknown

Participants include
  • Indigenous
  • People with disabilities
Program Approaches Back to Top
Community engagement/advocacy/sensitization
  • Community mobilization
  • General awareness-raising/community engagement
Curriculum/learning
  • Remedial education/skills
Educational Technology
  • Digital devices for the purposes of studying, learning
  • Digital learning materials/programs
  • Digital reading materials (non-textbook)
Increased availability of learning materials
  • Increased availability of Fiction/non-fiction books (digital)
  • Textbooks (digital)
Reducing economic barriers
  • Addressing cost of school supplies
Teaching
  • In-service teacher training – pedagogy general
  • Teaching materials (e.g. lesson plans, curricula)
Tutoring/strengthening academic skills
  • Literacy - in the classroom
  • Literacy - outside the classroom
  • Numeracy - in the classroom
Program Goals Back to Top
Education goals
  • Improved academic skills (literacy and numeracy)
  • Increased literacy
  • Increased numeracy
  • Increased primary school completion
  • Increased progression to secondary school
  • Increased school completion (general)
  • Increased school enrolment (general)
  • Increased secondary school completion
  • Increased secondary school enrolment
Cross-cutting goals
  • Increased agency and empowerment
  • More equitable gender attitudes and norms