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TomOchuka:  April 26, 2007 Global Villages
- The deaf is adisabled group ,very poor in kenya..acatually very different from the rest of the deaf in other dveloped countries,deafness ascoused by malaria kills abig number and if not then one just become deaf. Over this ast months Andrius has been our link along side others,org organisation provides aforum wherevthe deaf can be fully recorganised as human beings who needs what you need. This time we are seeking to link with individuals in Ares of farming ,health, Education and Arts to help this group of people. This group actually..has problems that are holistic hence to solve them ..it must be holisic ..
TomOchuka: Holistic Helping, August 29, 2007
Dear ANDRIUS,
 Very good hope you are having agodly day over
there..The deaf can chage the world here we are in
Sabatia,..thisis afertile land in west
kenya..Independent thinkesare here establishing
atarinnig workshoptotrain the deaf in farming.
this training is on Milk production
Vegetable fariming
Fruit and Farm economics and ameans to produce
healthy foods.
thisiscalling for ideas and helpfor
Geeting Visual equipments
Writing materials
Feeding and transport to the trainners.
Thiswill make the deaf more proactive.
The idea to have to sell the flash here
iswellcome..they are aresource tohelp store
information asin fariming,we can m,ake good use of
them.
Can you create usapage or a forumin our lab or another
of disabled persons?.linking with the rest of the
world.
Let me hear from you.
Deafimpact.
JanetFeldman:
- April 27, 2007 Holistic Helping I think it would be fantastic and invaluable if Tom and those you know who themselves have disabilities (or "different abilities"), or who work with those who do would link up somehow, and we as a whole partner with them as well. At MS-related groups we have a wealth of resources to offer, perhaps in addition to small grants here and there, and this could go some ways towards helping us ALL to "get up, stand up", as a popular song of protest--which also serves as a rallying cry--puts it.
- May 14, 2007 Holistic Helping One of my goals in terms of helping others has related to Sam and Tom, and your posting abt video cameras--and now David's exciting post ('Gbenga being a good friend too!)--prompt me to write this short note now. Tom Ochuka has long been hoping to have some equipment with which to help deaf people in Kenya tell their stories, and to make visual films which can communicate to people who are deaf, in ways that audio-based educational materials cannot. Tom and the community he serves would be deeply grateful for some consideration with regard to the equipment you mention. And the training!! Is it possible that Tom can meet with David, 'Gbenga, Sam, Maria, and others in Nairobi, taking advantage of whatever training and resources are being offered there?
- May 14, 2007 Holistic Helping I am wondering what we can do with regard to Webinars and other forms of telecommunication to bring in people who are deaf (and who have other similar challenges)? The forms of interchange abt which we have been speaking are very "audio" based in some regards, but there must be ways in which we can use the visuals, and include text messaging (perhaps text messages are already part of the whole experience though?). Pam writes: "Sound does not replace text - it complements it . Sometimes one is best - sometimes the other - sometimes they work well together. Also, those with sound should remember those who are without it - so that important spoken information gets passed on in text. We want sound to mean greater inclusion in our groups - not the creation of new barriers between us." Bravo, Pam! This is an important insight: there are many with some access to computers who do not have audio, and also those--even if they have audio capability with their ICTs--who cannot hear sounds. So both have to be considered.
PamelaMcLean:
- April 27, 2007 Regarding my contacts - I cannot put these teachers of the deaf in direct contact with Tom because they do not have any access to the Internet - but they are part of my network - and I feel they would benefit from the encouragement and support of knowing others involved in similar work and learning from each other. This failure to make the connection represents part of the problem I have of being an "information bottleneck" instead of an "information channel".
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