Partner since: August 2007

Statement of Purpose: Offering education to rejected deaf children and their siblings, working to bridge the gap between the deaf and the hearing through promoting and training in sign language.

Needs/Beneficiaries: Humble Hearts helps the parents of students create income-generating projects. These activities allow the families to cater for their children’s education, as well as improve their standard of living.

Income-Generating Activities:

• Posho mill
• Liquid soap making
• Tomatoes
• Charcoal sales
• Carpentry work

Impacts: Over 250 students attend the school, but not all of them are hearing-impaired. Humble Hearts is breaking the stigma associated with being deaf by educating students and community members about sign language.

Testimonial: Some feel deafness is an embarrassment or a curse and end up hiding their children. These children have no books or shoes, wear torn clothes, and are malnourished, full of self pity, and are often very defensive. A sense of rejection and lack of self worth creates a serious withdrawal syndrome that makes the children less creative and unproductive. – Beatrice Anunda

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