This Blog is about the School for the Deaf in Maseno, a town in Kisumu District of Nyanza Province, Kenya.
Besides the school this blog is about the Kenya Sign Language, Deaf Culture and Commuity, Tuungane Youth Center and many other areas, e.g. projects in Kangundo (Halfway Home Care and Support Center).
We are two students from Germany. Kathrin is studying Psychology in Trier. Nele, a current exchange-student at the University of Uppsala (Sweden), is studying Special Education and Cultural Anthropology in Mainz.
Maseno School for the Deaf is a Diocesan school project under the Anglican Church of Kenya.
The school is one of the largest schools for the Deaf in Kenya with a population of 220 deaf and 10 deafblind children, 21 teachers and 28 support stuff.
Nele: I want to talk about my experiences in Kenya during my stay from September 2008 until January 2009. In this coming up summer I am going back to Maseno to carry out an internship for a period of three months.
Kathrin: I will tell you more about my internship at Tuungane last year. I stayed for 6 weeks in Kenya and worked at the Tuungane Youth Center in Kisumu. It is a model centre providing youth friendly services within this province.
We hope many people will share their experiences here!!
Furthermore we are going to open an account for donations. Most of the activities for the children are still depending on donors. We look forward to working together with people in Maseno, Kisumu and Kangundo and to find out where help is needed.
Besides this account we re trying to look for a partnership between a school in Germany (or Sweden) and the school for the Deaf in Maseno.
Of course there is not just the school in Maseno. But more stories will follow.... :)
For more ideas, information and questions please email:
kidsofmaseno@gmail.com
Or: post here!
Thanks for visiting this page!!
Nele & Kathrin
