In Hong Kong, the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic still affect young children’s development today. In particular, a 2022 report from the Hong Kong Journal of Paediatrics suggests that the pandemic has adversely impacted learning as well as psychosocial and physical health, causing preschoolers to be less ‘school ready’ than usual. With numbers rising…
“As a teacher with vision impairment, I feel very empowered and confident after receiving the training, we focused on our abilities, but not disabilities. I can’t wait to see my students with vision impairment feel and touch the Reach & Match learning kit. I can see the impact of down the road 3 – 5…
“The Reach & Match kit is an awesome way to teach many levels of learning to all ages of students. The Reach & Match Kit is an awesome tool that can promote team collaboration between those working with students and children with special needs. It is also a tool that can be used to “bridge…
Happy National Braille Literacy Month and welcome to a brand new 2021! During my master’s research, I was amazed by braille’s beauty, genius and effective design, and also appreciated the importance and impact of braille for blind and visually impaired people. However, when I found that the number of worldwide braille learners was dropping, I…
As Australians are trying to flatten the curve with COVID-19, children are all of a sudden becoming home-schooled and parents are facing challenging times ahead teaching their children. During the coronavirus, a survey of 200 families conducted by Children and Young People with Disability Australia and the Australian Coalition for Inclusive Education shows that 34%…
The Start of Our Partnership Tung Wah Group of Hospitals (TWGHs) where it began as a small temple in 1851 before evolving to be the first hospital in Hong Kong and finally, over a hundred and fifty years later, becoming a well-established charitable organisation in Hong Kong. TWGHs operates a range of services outside the…
It was the challenge that was asked of us during the SPEVI 2020 conference held in Adelaide, Australia in mid January. SPEVI (South Pacific Educators in Vision Impairment) is a professional body in matters pertaining to the education and support of children and young people who are blind or have low vision within the South…
“It lessens the trauma they experienced during the siege; it encouraged them to go to school even without me accompanying them.” Ms Akmilah Mira-Ato reflects on the impact the Reach & Match learning program had on her children, following the Marawi siege, a five-month conflict that started in May 2017 to become the longest urban…
OpenIDEO & MIKTA Education in Emergency Challenge Winner– Reach & Match Inclusive Education Kit Empowering Children with Disabilities Emergency situations are currently disrupting the education of more than 75 million children across 35 countries. Emergencies have a devastating impact on the effectiveness of education systems in crisis-affected countries. The disruption to schooling, leads to degraded…
We are so excited to see Reach & Match enter a new chapter in helping to bring social inclusion to a new area: Education in Emergency settings. Emergencies include situations like natural disasters, armed conflict and prolonged displacement. These circumstances destroy the usual conditions of life and disrupt education facilities for children. Education is a…
