16/06/2026
For children with disabilities, the barrier to education and health isn't just a flight of stairs, it is often the lack of an accessible tap or a modified toilet.
This Day of the African Child, the theme hits at the absolute foundation of human dignity: "Ensuring universal access to water, sanitation, and hygiene for every child in Africa."
At APDK, our rehabilitation and community outreach efforts have always shown us that health and independence start with the basics. Without accessible WASH infrastructure, children with mobility and physical challenges are excluded from schools, exposed to preventable health risks, and denied their fundamental right to grow up with dignity.
True inclusion means ensuring that water points, toilets, and handwashing stations are designed with every child in mind. We are calling on partners, policymakers, and communities to ensure that as we build water and sanitation systems across Kenya, accessibility is never an afterthought.
Clean water and safe sanitation are not privileges, they are basic rights.
