Our experts
Edwin Osundwa: “It’s vital to include people with complex disabilities in development”
Edwin is the director of Sense International, Kenya, and is a key member of both the disability inclusive business and inclusive early childhood development education programmes in Kenya – part of the Inclusive Futures initiative.
Bernard Sabiti: “Our role is to help stakeholders understand gaps in data and what to do about them”
Bernard is a senior strategic partnerships and engagement manager based in Uganda at Development Initiatives – an Inclusive Futures partner.
Shikuku Obosi
Shikuku Obosi is based in Kenya and is a disability inclusion technical adviser at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), which funds the Inclusive Futures initiative.
Zahir Siddique
Zahir is the country representative for Leonard Cheshire, managing the Inclusive Futures initiative in Bangladesh – a programme giving children with disabilities access to education.
Rachel Bernstein: “Data has a powerful role to play in motivating and measuring social change”
Rachel is a senior human rights programme manager at Benetech, a nonprofit technology company that empowers communities with software for social good.
Senjuti Masud
Senjuti is a project manager at BBC Media Action – an Inclusive Futures partner which utilises the power of media and communications to reach people facing insecurity and inequality.
Lorraine Wapling: “We have to make sure that disability-inclusive development becomes the norm”
Lorraine is a Senior Disability Expert for the Disability Inclusion Helpdesk, run by Social Development Direct.
Mohua Paul: “People are not talking with people with disabilities, others are talking”
Mohua is co-founder of Access Bangladesh Foundation, an organisation of people with disabilities supporting the Inclusive Futures initiative.
Marie Schoeman: “Inclusive education remains a misunderstood concept”
Marie Schoeman has nearly thirty years’ experience in the field of inclusive education and worked as a technical adviser at Leonard Cheshire.
Rasak Adekoya
Rasak Adekoya is programme development advisor at Sightsavers and works on disability inclusive economic empowerment. He is based in Nigeria.
