Determination and Disability When I was just two years old, a doctor gave me an expired polio vaccine. After three months, I was diagnosed with polio, a disease that affects the bones and movement, and I lost my ability to walk for the rest of my life. The Supportive Mother: A Backbone for Education My […]
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Blind youths Myanmar A Life-Altering Accident: From Football Dreams to Blindness I remember the incident as if it was yesterday. When I turned 17 years old, I had enough. Enough from being prepared for a future without an interesting job perspective. I wanted to quit high school and, like many other blind youths, learn massage,
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Breaking Barriers – The Uplifting Journey of Kavya Poornima Balajepalli Meet Kavya Poornima Balajepalli, a 27-year-old young woman with a bright smile, filled with a passion for art and a love for life’s little joys like gazing at stars, observing skylines, smelling Petrichor, or driving vehicles. Trained in Bharatanatyam, she is an art enthusiast, involved
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A Journey of Resilience and Hope “It was a beautiful morning when I was sitting in my small office when my friend, Dominic, a social worker in a certain church group called me. “Good morning Mary……. I have a case which I know will be of much interest to you.” Dominic knows the passion I
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Rekindling Hope “If we don’t end the war, the war will end us” – H.G. Wells The Plight of Bobo in Conflict-Stricken Bamenda Bobo, a 22-year-old young man is one of the many youths between the ages of 15-35 living in the conflict-stricken town of Bamenda. Bamenda also known as Abakwa, is a city in
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by Itohan Iyawe How water shortage drowns education opportunities in Nigeria During the course of one of my fieldwork for the identification of problems/challenges in rural communities, I visited the Irese community in the southern part of Ondo State, Nigeria. There, I met with Alice, a fifteen-year-old girl, looking way older than her age. As
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by Johny Soelistyo, “One day, during Ramadan, I was on my way to meet Fat, a lady in her 50s, when a call for mid-day prayer sounded over the village. When I knocked, her son opened the door. He said that his mum was taking a rest. ”I am sleepy, because of fasting” she shouted
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Martin Buber Plaque 2022 for Sabriye Tenberken and Paul Kronenberg The name “kanthari” was carefully chosen by Sabriye and Paul. They say: “kanthari is a chili that grows wild in the backyards of Kerala. Once rooted, it survives droughts and floods. The small ‘kanthari’ looks harmless but it is one of the spiciest chilis in
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We stayed in the guest rooms of the school and enjoyed Samuel Odwar and his team’s gracious hospitality throughout the time we were in Gulu. Of all the wonderful children there, Sunday and James turned out to be our favourites. Both are physically disabled with all their limbs being affected. But these two are the
By Riya Orison und Chacko Jacob We are in Gulu, Northern Uganda. The anticipation on a Friday night among the disabled and non-disabled students of Thumbs Up Academy for the next day is palpable. Faruk comes along with a dedicated coach every Saturday to Thumbs Up Academy to play a bunch of adaptive sports and