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New Vision Online : Masaka to educate deaf children
MASAKA district, together with Ka Tutandike, a non-governmental organisation, have started a project to sensitise deaf children on reproductive health.
“I was shocked by a young girl who claimed that she was sick after seeing blood coming out of her private parts, not knowing that menstruation was common to everyone,” the district rehabilitation officer, Michael Miiro, told New Vision.
He said the project, which is targeting about 500 deaf children, focuses on teaching sign language to parents, health workers, teachers and members of the community.
Miiro noted that whereas 90% of what children learn is through listening to people talking and the media, the deaf are missing this opportunity.
“Even the teachers in schools where these children go for studies only teach them how to read and write. They don’t know how to deliver reproductive health information to the children,” he said.
“They need television sets, DVDs and video cassette players so that they can see, understand, internalise and later spread the same information to their siblings and those who may not be in position to access that information,” Miiro said.
He expressed concern over parents who hide children with disabilities.
Julius Nkuraija, the Ka Tutandike project manager, said: “We have begun with three schools in Masaka district, including St. Mark VII Bwanda, Good Samaritan School for the Deaf Kitengesa and Masaka School for Children with Special Needs Bugabira.”
He said the project would last three years.
MASAKA district, together with Ka Tutandike, a non-governmental organisation, have started a project to sensitise deaf children on reproductive health.
“I was shocked by a young girl who claimed that she was sick after seeing blood coming out of her private parts, not knowing that menstruation was common to everyone,” the district rehabilitation officer, Michael Miiro, told New Vision.
He said the project, which is targeting about 500 deaf children, focuses on teaching sign language to parents, health workers, teachers and members of the community.
Miiro noted that whereas 90% of what children learn is through listening to people talking and the media, the deaf are missing this opportunity.
“Even the teachers in schools where these children go for studies only teach them how to read and write. They don’t know how to deliver reproductive health information to the children,” he said.
“They need television sets, DVDs and video cassette players so that they can see, understand, internalise and later spread the same information to their siblings and those who may not be in position to access that information,” Miiro said.
He expressed concern over parents who hide children with disabilities.
Julius Nkuraija, the Ka Tutandike project manager, said: “We have begun with three schools in Masaka district, including St. Mark VII Bwanda, Good Samaritan School for the Deaf Kitengesa and Masaka School for Children with Special Needs Bugabira.”
He said the project would last three years.
