Irente Rainbow Outreach programme is a Disability Community Rehabilitation Programme operating in Lushoto District, Tanzania. We aim to support and educate disabled children and youth and their families or caregivers. We strive to build wider understanding of disabilities, changing attitudes and providing awareness to communities and empowerment to the people with disabilities. We actively participate in negotiation around building national structures and service networks.
"To imitate the ministry of Jesus Christ as recorded in Luke 4:18-19; to offer spiritual, Physical, Mental and social services to human beings"
"Children and youth with disabilities become self-reliant and live in a more accessible environment as part of society in accordance with legal frame work and policies in place ".
Faith, Purity of Life, Trust, Transparency, Integrity, Justice,Accountabilty and Patriotism's.
"We aim to support and educate disabled children and youth and their families or caregivers, directly in their villages and local communities (and this mostly to have a larger target group, that cannot been maintained only with the school). Beyond we work with local schools to build inclusive structures and thus the programme supports the participation of disabled children to primary education. We actively participate in negotiation around building national structures and service networks for disabled community members..Project Manager, Lucy Mwinuka
"To ensure our staffs has up-to-date knowledge and skills we keep staff training's at least twice a year and follow actively the actions and methods of other disability organizations. We follow all international guidance, national legislation and newest strategies in disability services. Our aims are greatly shaped by the national policy on disability 2004 and National Strategy on Inclusive Education 2009 – 2017. ..Project Assistant Helena Kipingu
"We provide services at the moment in ...villages actively. In all the villages we work through local structures and community leaders. We visit all villages minimum of ... times a year for few days at a time to supervise and oversee the progress. While the outreach staff visits village they asses the children and provide assistance to family, this includes information of the disability, intervention plan and therapy methods to follow daily.Community Rehabilitation worker Maria Kumburu
"We provide with rotating therapy counselling and services to the children and families in the programme. The demand to get the services is also parental/ caregiver participation, as this is essential requirement for the information to be passed on and intervention carried on at the natural environment as well..."Community Rehabilitation worker, Laurent Kingazi