Tobiloba Ajayi

Background

About Tobiloba Ajayi

Promoting Inclusive Mainstream Education For Children With Cerebral Palsy Tobiloba has over 15 years experience working with various organisations in the Disability Management sector in different countries. She holds a degree in Law and was called to the Nigerian Bar in 2008. She also holds a Masters Degree in International Law. She started by working on Disability Policy as a member of the Nigerian Vision 20:20: 20 policy drafting team, and went on to work with various NGO’s in a quest to improving the lives of persons with disabilities. In 2017, she Launched ‘The Let Cerebral Palsy Kids Learn Foundation to promote inclusive mainstream education for children with Cerebral palsy in Nigeria. This was born out of a realization in 2016 during her Mandela Washington Fellowship, Professional Development Experience; that children with Cerebral palsy were being excluded from mainstream education by the school system in Nigeria. To date, the foundation has provided support to over 600 children and their families and enabled over 120 of these children access inclusive education. Each family served by the Foundation accesses continuous counselling, referrals, school placement supports and school readiness assessments. The project has also trained over 700 Teachers in its bid to address the knowledge and skill gap of mainstream classroom teachers to engage children with Cerebral Palsy in their classrooms. Tobiloba is also a 7 time published author that believes strongly in the power of words to create a change in perceptions and realities.