At the beginning of October our new trainee, Maria Scherer, arrived in Maseno. She will complete her internship in Kenya in the next three months. She was cordially received by Austine Otieno. In the first few days, she will get to know Maseno, the people she will work with and she will be acquainted with the Kenyan sign language. Soon, her internship at the school will begin. For the first time, a trainee will be working at a nearby school- the Ebukuya School for the Deaf in Luanda. Before she left for Kenya, Maria sent us a message about her upcoming trip: Continue reading →

George Otieno, a member of Kids of Maseno Kenya – Maseno, teaching sign language in Siaya

Sign Language classes

The team of Kids of Maseno – Kenya still conducts sign language classes in two places: in Siaya (in collaboration with the NGO Deaf Initiative Network Kenya) and in Kisumu. Due to poverty among the students, enrolment is low (we currently have three students attending the course in Kisumu and ten in Siaya). Thus, we were forced to lower the charge from 3000 KES (about 30 Euros) to 1000 KES (about 10 Euros) per month. In Kisumu, the class takes place at St. Stephan Ack Church where the students attend the course for the duration of three months. During these three months, students take the Basic Sign Language Class three times every week on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

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2011 was an eventful year for all of us. Find some highlights here.

And here you can read about some updates from our “Kids of Maseno – Team” in Kenya by Christine Adhiambo.