{"id":2523,"date":"2022-05-05T19:42:05","date_gmt":"2021-02-26T11:05:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cheshiredisabilityservices.org\/testimonials-2\/"},"modified":"2026-02-22T13:18:56","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T13:18:56","slug":"testimonials-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cheshiredisabilityservices.org\/?page_id=2523","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<strong>CDSK<\/strong> has been in operation in Kenya since 1993 with a focus on empowering children and youth with disabilities and positively transforming their environment.<br \/>\nCDSK work directly benefits over 20,000, youths and adults with disabilities through its established network of 15 partner organizations based in 11 counties in Kenya.<\/p>\n<p>Through a strong network of dedicated and passionate partners, supporters, alliances, organizations of persons with disabilities, Government line ministries including Ministry of Education, Health and Social Protection as well as through the generous support of our donors, in the past, presently and beyond, CDSK continues to champion for a disability-inclusive society where persons with disabilities are\u00a0resilient and lead quality lives<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Our mission, vision and Core Values<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>a<\/strong>) Vision<br \/>\nAn inclusive society where persons with disabilities are resilient and lead quality life.<\/p>\n<p><strong>b<\/strong>) Mission<br \/>\nTo empower children and youth with disabilities and positively transform their environment.<\/p>\n<p><strong>c<\/strong>) Core Values<\/p>\n<p><strong>i<\/strong>. Solidarity: We respect, empathize, listen to, stand with, and passionately support our constituents in their quest to attain full potential, worth, dignity and social justice.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ii<\/strong>. Inclusion: We believe persons with disability deserve equal access to human rights &amp;opportunities, including participation to their full potential in relevant socio-economic processes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>iii<\/strong>. Integrity: We uphold ourselves to the highest levels of truthfulness, openness and uprightness, and commit to doing the right things \u2018even when no one is watching\u2019.<\/p>\n<p><strong>iv<\/strong>. Creativity: We are committed to innovation and learning as a basis for continuous improvement of self and others.<\/p>\n<p><strong>v<\/strong>. Team work and partnerships: We leverage (each) others\u2019 competencies to attain greater efficiency and scaled impact.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<div class=\"gsp_post_data\" \r\n\t            data-post_type=\"page\" \r\n\t            data-cat=\"\" \r\n\t            data-modified=\"120\"\r\n\t            data-created=\"1651779725\"\r\n\t            data-title=\"About us\" \r\n\t            data-home=\"https:\/\/cheshiredisabilityservices.org\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]CDSK has been in operation in Kenya since 1993 with a focus on empowering children and youth with disabilities and positively transforming their environment. CDSK work directly benefits over 20,000, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2523","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"campaignId":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cheshiredisabilityservices.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2523","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cheshiredisabilityservices.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cheshiredisabilityservices.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cheshiredisabilityservices.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cheshiredisabilityservices.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2523"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/cheshiredisabilityservices.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2523\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4527,"href":"https:\/\/cheshiredisabilityservices.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2523\/revisions\/4527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cheshiredisabilityservices.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}