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Latest news

Marking Deafblind Awareness Week: How people with deafblindness have been affected by COVID-19 across the globe

23 June 2020

This week is Deafblind Awareness Week (22-28 June) with Helen Keller Day on 27 June. Sadly, it is the most vulnerable members of society who are...
- Tanzania
Sense International marks Day of the African Child

15 June 2020

Today marks the Day of the African Child (16 June) which aims to raise awareness of the situation of children in African. Sense International...
- Tanzania
Sense International looks back at the highlights of 2019

20 December 2019

As 2019 draws to a close, we look back at highlights from the past twelve months.
- Tanzania
International Day of Persons with Disabilities: How Sense International is supporting leadership

3 December 2019

International Day of Persons with Disabilities, a United Nations awareness day, promotes the rights and wellbeing of people with disabilities.
- Tanzania
Sense International celebrates progress since Global Disability Summit 2018

20 October 2019

Sense International is celebrating its achievements one year on from the first Global Disability Summit in 2018.
- Tanzania
Official launch of new early intervention programme in Tanzania

9 October 2019

Sense International Tanzania has launched the country’s first-ever screening and early intervention programme for children with sensory impairments.
- Tanzania
Children with deafblindness access education in East Africa

7 June 2017

Over the last 3 years, Sense International has supported more than 1,100 children with deafblindness in East Africa to access education through its...
- Tanzania