# Motivation campaign tackles childhood disability in Uganda - Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2016/05/04/motivation-campaign-tackles-childhood-disability-uganda/ - Published: 2016-05-04T08:07:05+01:00 - Author: Melanie May **[Motivation](http://www.motivation.org.uk/) is raising funds in a new campaign to help disabled children and their families in Uganda.** The appeal launched this week and aims to raise £100,000 to support both some of the 2.5m disabled children in the country and their families in a number of ways, including helping children learn to use a wheelchair and [teaching their families](https://blog.curriculosolutions.com/teaching-styles-quiz-what-kind-of-teacher-are-you) to better understand and cope with their child’s disability and develop skills to help fight poverty. According the Motivation, disabled children represent one of Uganda’s most marginalised and vulnerable groups, with a high percentage living in poverty and many dying before they reach five years old from preventable health complications. ## Advertisement [⌊Posthub advert. You create the campaign. We'll handle the postal journey. Get started at post-hub.co.uk.⌉](https://fundraising.co.uk/ads/posthub-20261007-300x250/) > Today we launch our new [#appeal](https://twitter.com/hashtag/appeal?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > [#WhenIGrowUp](https://twitter.com/hashtag/WhenIGrowUp?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > supporting [#disabled](https://twitter.com/hashtag/disabled?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > [#children](https://twitter.com/hashtag/children?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > in [#Uganda](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Uganda?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)[https://t.co/bOe5QtY9Zw](https://t.co/bOe5QtY9Zw) > [pic.twitter.com/W7uSyqFeZk](https://t.co/W7uSyqFeZk) > — Motivation (@WeAreMotivation) [May 3, 2016](https://twitter.com/WeAreMotivation/status/727414922947129345?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) The charity will also see all public donations to the appeal made before 3^(rd) August doubled by the Government as a recipient of its UK Aid Match Scheme. David Constantine MBE, president and co-founder of Motivation said: > “We chose the theme ‘When I Grow Up’ because we realised that it was such a universal > statement. We’ve probably all said those four words as children, usually at the > beginning of a sentence that goes on to express our hopes and dreams for the future. > It should be no different for a disabled child living in a developing country – > and through this appeal we can help make that happen.” * **[New funding for disability in N Ireland](https://fundraising.co.uk/2017/06/16/new-funding-disability-n-ireland/)**( 16 June 2017) * **[Disabled People’s Organisations emergency Covid fund opens for applications](https://fundraising.co.uk/2020/09/18/disabled-peoples-organisations-emergency-covid-fund-opens-for-applications/)**( 18 September 2020) * **[Sense launches fund with national poverty charity in response to cost of living crisis](https://fundraising.co.uk/2022/08/26/sense-launches-fund-with-national-poverty-charity-in-response-to-cost-of-living-crisis/)**( 26 August 2022) ![Loading](https://fundraising.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/page-views-count/ajax-loader- 2x.gif)