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International Day of Persons with Disabilities poster
03/12/2024

International Day of Persons with Disabilities 2024

Written by Claire Messenger, Manager, International Training Programme. Today is the UN-sanctioned International Day of Persons with Disabilities 2024.  This year, the theme of IDPD, is amplifying the leadership of persons with disabilities for an inclusive and sustainable future. https://social.desa.un.org/issues/disability/events/2024-international-day-persons-with-disabilities ‘The leadership of persons with disabilities is epitomised by the global disability rights movement’s slogan […]

Photo of four people at Stonehenge
28/11/2024

ITP Research Grant awarded to Mohamed Ahmed Mohamed Abd el-Salam (Egypt, ITP 2013)

Written by Claire Messenger, Manager, International Training Programme In April 2024 we were delighted to give an ITP Research Grant to Mohamed Ahmed Mohamed Mohamed Abd el-Salam (Egypt, ITP Fellow 2013). Mohamed, who is Assistant Professor of Archaeology & Museum Studies, in the Archaeology Faculty, Ain Shams University in Cairo, used his research grant to […]

Photograph of children and adults handling objects.
26/11/2024

Kabarnet Museum’s outreach education programmes to special needs schools

Written by Lillian Amwanda, Curator, Kabarnet Museum, National Museums of Kenya (Kenya, ITP 2024) In October 2024, Kabarnet Museum, a regional museum under National Museums of Kenya, embarked on an extraordinary mission to bring history, culture, and education closer to the classrooms of students with special needs across Baringo County. Over the course of two […]

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