Sixty’s story – A rightful leader

Sixty Kamara was ready to take on a leadership role in his community in Sierra Leone, following in the footsteps of his father. But stigma around disability meant his community thought he was not ‘fit for the role’. 

Since then, Sixty has been fighting for developments for people with disabilities as leader of a disability camp in his village.

Mandela’s Story

Touch is an important aspect of day-to-day life for Mandela George Gaya, a student with a visual impairment living in Kenya. But once the coronavirus pandemic hit, social distancing measures and stigma around disability left him feeling like a stranger in his own city.