1. ENORMOUS GROWTH IN ENROLLMENT 2012- 2016
2012 Enrollment and Staff:
175 students (7 with disabilities)
8 teachers
2 nursery attendants
1 head teacher
2016 Enrollment and Staff:
350 students (50 with disabilities)
1 head teacher
14 trained teachers
2 Inspectors- Pedagogic and Administrative supervisors
2 nursery attendants
2 paraprofessionals
4 auxiliary staff

2. Homebound pupils under these Disability CATEGORIES are in school
Intellectual and Cognitive Disabilities
Learning and Reading Disabilities
Autism
Down Syndrome
Cerebral Palsy
Physical Disability
Communication Disorders
Emotional and Behavioral Disorders
Multiple and Severe Disabilities

3. An 11 year old homebound pupil with cerebral palsy first appearance in school
Before 2012, this St. Rita student had no formal education and was homebound.

4. PUPIL ACQUIRING SKILLS HE HAD MISSED EARLIER IN HIS LIFE
By 2015, he could participate in his school and community.
He is now struggling to read and write.

5. PUPILS WITH DISABILITIES EXERCISING THEIR CIVIL RIGHTS
Community integration:
Cameroon National
Youth Day Celebration.
Students participate in this celebration for the first time with donated wheelchairs

6. PROVIDING HOMEBOUND PUPILS WITH DISABILITIES OPPORTUNITIES
St. Rita students with disabilities are included in general classrooms and outdoor activities

7. MORE OPPORTUNITIES
Students with disabilities benefit from peer support from their peers without disabilities

8. St. Rita School: Achievements
St. Rita’s parents are very involved in their children’s learning process

9. St. Rita School: Achievements
When students with disabilities are given a chance,
they succeed!

10. St. Rita School: Achievements
The pupils with disabilities received free medical consultation and medication from Dr. Ekokobe Fonkem, a Neurologist and Neuro-oncologist on a medical mission to Cameroon from Austin, Texas USA in January 2016.

11. St. RITA IMPACTS HOMEBOUND CHILDREN
St. Rita has actually brought hope and joy to children who would have remained homebound all their lives.

12. St. RITA CREATING AWARENESS
St. Rita’s Children Education Rights Club uses placards to educate the community about the educational opportunities for their peers with disabilities.

13. St. Rita School: Achievements
The school set up a small computer corner with two donated computers from a well-wisher. The computers are being used to support pupils with disabilities and their typically developing peers in their learning process.

14. Get Involved in St. Rita!
Give children with disabilities and their families
hope, and their communities a vision of what
children can do when they are given a chance!
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Contact: Margaret Mbeseha, Ph.D.
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