Satir Omar Bahati

Bahati Satir Omar is a visually impaired young social entrepreneur from Rwanda who possesses a wide range of experience in advocacy for the rights and the empowerment of disabled people in Rwanda and surrounding regions. Currently, Bahati serves as the capacity building and disability mainstreaming officer at the umbrella of disability organizations in the fight against HIV/Aids in Rwanda. In his recent work, Bahati managed projects on the integration of disabled people in various national programs as well as engaging with initiatives on disability rights promotions. In 2013 Satir Omar Bahati founded the first ever cross-disability organization for disabled children and youth in Rwanda, UWEZO Youth Empowerment. UWEZO supports children and youth with mobility, sensory and cognitive impairments from different backgrounds including those disabled during the 1994 genocide against the Tutsis. Bahati is an experienced disability mainstreaming trainer, and consults with various institutions in making their programs disability inclusive.