Farmers with disabilities are growing the vital ingredient for beer as part of an innovative project in western Kenya.

In this 11 minute episode, our global reporter Kimberly Middleton explores how one farmer has spent days chasing birds, and challenging negative stereotypes of disability, to supply sorghum to East African Breweries Limited.

Kimberly also talks to the brewery about their pledge to be inclusive of people with disabilities, and to national representative body United Disabled Persons of Kenya about why projects like this one are essential.

Download transcription [pdf.]

Farmers with disabilities are growing the vital ingredient for beer as part of an innovative project in western Kenya.
In this 11 minute episode, our global reporter Kimberly Middleton explores how one farmer has spent days chasing birds, and challenging negative stereotypes of disability, to supply sorghum to East African Breweries Limited.
Kimberly also talks to the brewery about their pledge to be inclusive of people with disabilities, and to national representative body United Disabled Persons of Kenya about why projects like this one are essential.
<a href="https://inclusivefutures.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Transcript_EABL-farmers-story.pdf">Download transcription [pdf.]</a>

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People who have disabilities are the best people to report on the issues that affect them.
Hear directly from our <a href="https://inclusivefutures.org/citizen-reporting/">citizen reporters</a>, a group of young people who have disabilities living across the world. By producing their own audio reports, exploring the work being done to improve the lives of people with disabilities, and asking challenging questions to people on the streets where they live, they're unearthing views, attitudes and perspectives of disability.
Together with <a href="https://inclusivefutures.org/">Inclusive Futures</a>, an initiative working towards disability inclusion, they'll bring you one-on-one interviews, conversations, round table discussions and radio style documentaries.
Subscribe now to receive regular audio updates from our reporters around the world.

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