The Action Foundation
The Action Foundation works to improve the education, health, social and economic outcomes of children and young people with disabilities in urban informal settlements.
Why we love them
They care for children as well as their caregivers, so that they are economically empowered to rise above stigma.
In the News
- The Action Foundation founder Maria Omare was nominated by Michelle Obama for the Red Magazine UK article The Next 25: 25 visionaries to watch, nominated by Red's favourite trailblazers.
- The Action Foundation won The Daima Trust’s 2023 National Diversity and Inclusion Awards for Programs Promoting PWD Inclusion.
- The Action Foundation was featured by Michelle Obama for International Day of Women and Girls in Science.
- The Action Foundation was highlighted in the UN article Supporting adolescent girls with disabilities through STEM.
- The Action Foundation hosted the inaugural CARE conference Lived Experiences of Caregivers of Children with Disabilities: Nurturing Care, Representation, Voice, Agency, and Grassroots Advocacy.
