Why narrative of children with special needs should change — Yinkere

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Why narrative of children with special needs should change — Yinkere

By Gabriel Ewepu

In this interview, the Convener, Engraved One’s Prayer Support and Advocacy Initiative, EOPSAI, Biboara Yinkere, speaks on the need to change the narrative concerning the plight of children with special needs, and her passion to establish a school for children with special needs including other issues.

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Why did your organization, the Engraved One’s Prayer Support, and Advocacy Initiative choose to commemorate World Down syndrome Day in October?

The month of October worldwide is celebrated as down- syndrome awareness month and October 6 is World Cerebral palsy day to commemorate these two conditions; down syndrome and the cerebral palsy day we decided to have this advocacy and prayer walk. We pray for them because prayer goes a long way to make their situation bearable.

We are a prayer support group and God called us to do this and we believe that God is in the business of transforming the lives of children because medically they are written…



Source: Vanguard Newspaper