Promoting access to education for children

Dear Supporter

We hope this report finds you in good health. First of all, we would like to thank you for your continued support towards our cause. As individuals with epilepsy, we go through so many challenges on a day-to-day basis, some of them being stigma and discrimination which in many cases contribute to the denial of our human rights. It is very important to keep in mind that when one right is denied the enjoyment of other rights is compromised.

Denying persons with epilepsy the right to education will eventually contribute to our inability to enjoy other rights such as the right to autonomy, descent work which will eventually lead to poor social and economic outcomes. We are passionate about promoting access to education for children with epilepsy because we would like to see a future where persons with epilepsy are able to enjoy their human rights and participate effectively in society.

In our last report we mentioned that we are creating a database for children with epilepsy attending school from the Chileka area in Blantyre District, I would like to update you that so far, we have received data for one traditional authority but we haven’t been able to visit the project impact area again as we are still mobilizing funds.

Case Study

In Late 2025 a parent with a child who has epilepsy engaged the Warriors requesting for support because his daughter had been forced to withdraw from school-by-school authorities. This is one example of how children with epilepsy are denied access to education and it just goes to show how important this project is in order to promote the right to education for children with epilepsy.