{"id":2064,"date":"2026-03-30T21:55:28","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T19:55:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vacokamuli.org\/?p=2064"},"modified":"2026-07-07T12:48:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T10:48:19","slug":"2064","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vacokamuli.org\/index.php\/2026\/03\/30\/2064\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Okoth \u2013 Overcoming Barriers to Education"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A young boy from Mayirinya Sub-County in Mayuge District, who faced significant challenges getting to school due to difficulties with mobility. For a long time, simply attending classes was a daily struggle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/vacokamuli.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-03-30-at-16.01.26-1-1024x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2068\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vacokamuli.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-03-30-at-16.01.26-1-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/vacokamuli.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-03-30-at-16.01.26-1-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/vacokamuli.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-03-30-at-16.01.26-1-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/vacokamuli.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-03-30-at-16.01.26-1-1536x1536.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/vacokamuli.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-03-30-at-16.01.26-1-2048x2048.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/vacokamuli.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-03-30-at-16.01.26-1-275x275.jpeg 275w, https:\/\/vacokamuli.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-03-30-at-16.01.26-1-75x75.jpeg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>When the team at Visionary African Child Organization (VACO) learned about Okoth\u2019s situation, they took immediate action. In collaboration with donation, VACO provided Okoth with essential support, including bedding and a wheelchair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With these life-changing resources, Okoth can now travel to school more easily and participate actively in his education. What was once a barrier is now a pathway\u2014giving him the opportunity to learn, grow, and build a brighter future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>At VACO, we believe every child deserves access to education\u2014regardless of their challenges.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A young boy from Mayirinya Sub-County in Mayuge District, who faced significant challenges getting to school due to difficulties with mobility. For a long time, simply attending classes was a daily struggle. When the team at Visionary African Child Organization (VACO) learned about Okoth\u2019s situation, they took immediate action. In collaboration with donation, VACO provided Okoth with essential support, including &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2068,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-child","category-slider","latest_post"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/vacokamuli.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-03-30-at-16.01.26-1.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vacokamuli.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2064"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vacokamuli.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vacokamuli.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vacokamuli.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vacokamuli.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2064"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/vacokamuli.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2064\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2130,"href":"https:\/\/vacokamuli.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2064\/revisions\/2130"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vacokamuli.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vacokamuli.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vacokamuli.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vacokamuli.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}