Morium became one of the first children with deafblindness in Bangladesh to pass her primary school exams after she received help to stay in education from Sense International. When Sense International first met Morium, her deteriorating eyesight and hearing loss meant that she was on the verge of being taken out of school. Aged nine, her future looked similar to that of tens of thousands of…
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Mwanasha is a young woman with deafblindness from Tanzania. Her enormous sense of ambition and dedication to advocacy has led to some incredible achievements. Learning at secondary school was tough for Mwanasha as her teachers did not know sign language. Mwanasha left school determined to establish a career for herself. With investment, training and a new pair of glasses from…
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Happy International Day of Persons with Disabilities! Our colleagues in Romania are hosting a memorial in celebration of Vasile Adamescu this Tuesday 6th December. Vasile Adamescu was a teacher and advocate for persons with deafblindness in Romania. At age two he lost his sight and hearing after contracting meningitis. He received no schooling until age eleven, when his father brought him…
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We’re excited to celebrate International Day of Persons with Disabilities tomorrow. To kick off the celebrations we’re sharing a story from our inclusive education programme in Peru. Meet Angie – Angie was born deaf with complex medical needs. She is five years old and lives with Kirner Syndrome, a syndrome that affects the ears causing deafness. This diagnosis left her…
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We are pleased to announce that CONADIS (the national authority on disability in Peru) has awarded Sense International Peru the award for ‘Inclusivity and Disability’ for the second year running. Last year was the first year of the awards and Sense International Peru won first place for the award in the education category. This year, SI Peru has won the…
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Everyone at Sense and Sense International are shocked and deeply saddened by the tragic loss of 11 children as a result of a fire at Salama School for the Blind in Mukono District, Uganda, on Tuesday 25th October. Our thoughts, at this time, are with the families and everyone that has been affected. Sense International Uganda and Kilimanjaro Blind Trust…
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We are delighted to announce our partnership with the CareTech Foundation, with a grant of £183,720. Over the next three years, this funding will provide sight and hearing screening for 86,000 children in Tanzania to identify and support those identified with deafblindness.The CareTech Foundation made the donation as part of their Partnership Grant-Giving programme which continues to grow support to international…
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At Sense International we work to ensure that young people with deafblindness have a strong foundation to earn a livelihood. Rutu, pictured above, is a 17-year-old boy who is deaf and has an intellectual disability. He is the eldest of six children and is looked after by his mother and father. When Rutu was younger his mother noticed he had…
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“I have been able to talk to the other mothers who have children with disabilities. We give each other hope and this makes us feel like we are not alone.” Fatuma In celebration of Deafblind Awareness Week, we are sharing news and stories from our work across East Africa, South Asia and Peru – and today’s turn is Kenya! Over…
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We recently participated in Deafblind International’s Conference on Deafblindness in Africa.Muthami Mutie, from Sense International Kenya, tells us about his experience at the conference. We were so excited to be a part of this conference as, not only was it the first Deafblind International conference to be hosted in Africa, but it was also being hosted in our own capital,…
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