In Kenya, the National Council For Persons With Disabilities







 is supporting children during COVID-19.
The tweet, posted by one George Manyasa on April 12, adds that NCPWD is running the program in collaboration with UNICEF., However, NCPWD has distanced itself from the claim. In a tweet, the agency stated that the information on the post is untrue., The tweet by NCPWD shows a screenshot of the same claim, as shared on WhatsApp. The WhatsApp message requires those interested in the alleged program to send their details to one Elizabeth, whose phone number and email address are added on the post., Details about the said program are also not on the official NCPWD website, where it would have appeared if it were legitimate. The site has a section on COVID-19 information, and there is no mention of any initiative meant to support children with disabilities during the coronavirus outbreak., UNICEF Kenya has not posted any of that information on its website, Twitter and Facebook accounts., PesaCheck has looked into the claim that the National Council for Persons with Disabilities has advertised a program to support children with disabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic and finds it to be FALSE., This post is part of an ongoing series of PesaCheck fact-checks examining content marked as potential misinformation on Facebook and other social media platforms., By partnering with Facebook and similar social media platforms, third-party fact-checking organisations like PesaCheck are helping to sort fact from fiction. We do this by giving the public deeper insight and context to posts they see in their social media feeds., Have you spotted what you think is fake news or false information on Facebook? Here’s how you can report. And, here’s more information on PesaCheck’s methodology for fact-checking questionable content., This fact-check was written by Fact-Checker Linda Ngari and edited by PesaCheck News Editor Enock Nyariki., PesaCheck is East Africa’s first public finance fact-checking initiative. It was co-founded by Catherine Gicheru and Justin Arenstein, and is being incubated by the continent’s largest civic technology and data journalism accelerator: Code for Africa. It seeks to help the public separate fact from fiction in public pronouncements about the numbers that shape our world, with a special emphasis on pronouncements about public finances that shape government’s delivery of Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) public services, such as healthcare, rural development and access to water / sanitation. PesaCheck also tests the accuracy of media reportage. To find out more about the project, visit pesacheck.org., PesaCheck is a joint initiative of Code for Africa, through its innovateAFRICA fund, with additional funding support from the International Budget Partnership (Kenya) and Twaweza, in partnership with a coalition of local media organisations, and the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ)., Written by, Written by
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