For children with cerebral palsy and other disabilities, boccia opens a door to sport that many thought was closed.
Cheza Foundation provides regular boccia training to students at Uhuru Mchanganyiko Primary School, with a special focus on children with disabilities and cerebral palsy. Using tailored coaching and adapted equipment, the sessions make competitive sport accessible to every participant.
Boccia builds far more than physical ability. As children learn to aim, strategise, and play together, they grow in confidence and develop teamwork and social skills in a supportive, encouraging environment.
For children with cerebral palsy, movement can be hard-won, and mainstream sports are often out of reach. Boccia changes that. With adapted equipment and patient, one-on-one coaching, every child finds a way to take part — and to succeed on their own terms.
The result is a space where children with high support needs can enjoy sport, feel a sense of achievement, and truly thrive — proof that, with the right adaptations, everyone can compete.
Regular training also builds something quieter but just as important: routine, belonging, and friendship. Week after week, the children arrive as teammates, and leave a little more confident than they came. That steady, repeated encouragement is where real change takes root.
