Dr Precious Sango

Precious is an academic and a qualified teacher. She is passionate about education and people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). She is an expert on spiritual care for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, Mental Health, Social Inclusion, health and social care evaluations and interventions.

At Books2Africa, she is responsible for writing and submitting grant applications, planning and coordinating fundraising events and supervising fundraising campaigns. Precious also designs, manages and implements strategic projects and programmes that enhance the quality of learning and teaching for disabled and non-disabled students in Africa. Precious promotes the work of the charity at conferences and events such as Africa Writes.

Precious has a PhD and an MA in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities from the Tizard Centre at the University of Kent, and a BSc (First Class Hons) in Psychology from the School of Psychology at the University of Kent. She also has a Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education (PGCHE). She has lectured at the University of Kent and at the University of Bedfordshire. Previously, she was Senior Lecturer and Research Fellow at the Faculty of Health and Wellbeing at Canterbury Christ Church University, and has also worked with national charities such as Action on Hearing Loss (RNID) and Norwood. Precious was awarded a scholarship by the University of Kent to research her PhD thesis on “Spirituality and People with Intellectual Disabilities: Comparing the Significance of Spirituality in Faith and Non-Faith Based Care Services”.

Precious was formerly a consultant at the New School of Psychotherapy and Counselling and is currently the Centre Director of the International School of Disability Studies (ISDS).

Precious is a food enthusiast.