The World Bank granted Kevin Mzungu Henderson $85,293 (in 2003) to support the development of HIV awareness training in Kenya's deaf community. Look good. Mzee Bubu glad there are people like Kevin H who want the best safe way to live long.
WORLD BANK GRANT - 2003
http://tinyurl.com/3b7cv8
Awarded: HIV Awareness Project of the Deaf - 1529
Project #: 03-1529
Country: Kenya
Organisation: Sahaya International; Inc
Partners: GRACE (GrassRoot Alliance for Community Education)
Sector: HIV-AIDS
Awarded: US$85,293
Project Description
Objective
To reduce the transmission of HIV in Kenya's deaf community by developing a peer-educator program that teaches HIV prevention in sign language.
Rationale
The deaf community in Kenya, estimated at between 300,000 and 600,000, represents a significant portion of the country's two million HIV-infected people. A study of some 88 deaf students around the age of 18 reveals that three-quarters of them know very little about HIV. Among other contributing factors, a curriculum in sign language about HIV does not exist, and health care professionals—already overwhelmed with the pandemic—find it difficult to focus on a marginalized and isolated group. The results are devastating. Deaf children continue to lose parents and teachers to AIDS. They become sexually active and pregnant at a young age and are more prone to sexual abuse than their peers who can hear.
Innovation / Expected Results
The development of a peer-educator system for HIV prevention and support, which includes a curriculum and training manuals for master educators and peer educators, will provide a model for deaf communities around the world. The use of sign language and peer educators to promote HIV/AIDS awareness is a novel approach to empowering the deaf community in Kenya. New visual aids and a larger vocabulary in Kenyan sign language will be developed to better address the needs of as many as 1,300 deaf adults and children.
Project Manager: Kevin Henderson
http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/OPPORTUNITIES/GRANTS/DEVMARKETPLACE/0,,contentMDK:20208581~menuPK:214469~pagePK:180691~piPK:174492~theSitePK:205098,00.html
Thursday, 22 February 2007
Alternative Voice of KNAD
VoKNAD emailed MZEE BUBU about his/her new blog. MZEE BUBU v happy see more kenyan deaf blogs out there, more blogs the better for deaf community.
wango, get out and write blog about KNAD! Nickson, you still farting away doing nothing? GET OUT AND WRITE A BLOG! Jean, stop playing with your togo, get out write blog talk about Deaf Aid? Or Ogola too busy licking your togo? Shane Mwangi, you think you're so cool, come out write about your NGO or you talk talk talk doing nothing? Joel Mzungu, we want to know more about GDC, write the gdc blog we want to know your activities! Osano, you still work for KNAD? Where is your blog? Mugwe, will you write blog about how your school will fail, everyone laugh and weep? Or you write to say the truth. Come out, tell us ur story.
deaf kenya have right to know FULL TRUTH
VoKNAD at: http://knadvoice.blogspot.com
see below: see below: see below
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(from VoKNAD)
I Support KNAD and Mzee Bubus Views
Thank you Mzee Bubu for your patriotism to the Deaf Kenyans; for this, you should be commended on your patriotism views on pertinent issues facing Deaf Kenyans and other disabled and their organizations.
We, by we I mean Supporter of KNAD, Kenyan Deaf social thinkers, honest Deaf right crusaders, all of us support your views in exposing corrupt individuals especially those who have nothing to offer the overage Deaf Kenyan but find it attractive and advantageous in colluding with few unpatriotic Deaf Kenyans to exploit the needs of other honest Kenyan Deafie.
We also understand why those elements are present in our midst, they associate with us, they are our friends, our brothers and sisters, and interpreters and all the so called friends of the Deaf but they are dishonest and pursuing shortcuts to income and ill gotten wealth. Honesty is not in their vocabulary they know only exploitations, extortions and exploiting the Deaf because they think we, the Deaf, are soft targets.
They should realize that they have mistaken Mzee Bubu’s resolve, hitting them hard, hard where it hurt the most by exposing their evil misdeed. Go Mzee Bubu! Go after their fat asses oozing with ill gotten wealth. Put a cork in their assholes. Yeah, a cork not made with tree barks and imported from China or Dubai but one made from our own backyards, Kenya's own Jua Kali made by Kenyan Deaf Artisians.
wango, get out and write blog about KNAD! Nickson, you still farting away doing nothing? GET OUT AND WRITE A BLOG! Jean, stop playing with your togo, get out write blog talk about Deaf Aid? Or Ogola too busy licking your togo? Shane Mwangi, you think you're so cool, come out write about your NGO or you talk talk talk doing nothing? Joel Mzungu, we want to know more about GDC, write the gdc blog we want to know your activities! Osano, you still work for KNAD? Where is your blog? Mugwe, will you write blog about how your school will fail, everyone laugh and weep? Or you write to say the truth. Come out, tell us ur story.
deaf kenya have right to know FULL TRUTH
VoKNAD at: http://knadvoice.blogspot.com
see below: see below: see below
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(from VoKNAD)
I Support KNAD and Mzee Bubus Views
Thank you Mzee Bubu for your patriotism to the Deaf Kenyans; for this, you should be commended on your patriotism views on pertinent issues facing Deaf Kenyans and other disabled and their organizations.
We, by we I mean Supporter of KNAD, Kenyan Deaf social thinkers, honest Deaf right crusaders, all of us support your views in exposing corrupt individuals especially those who have nothing to offer the overage Deaf Kenyan but find it attractive and advantageous in colluding with few unpatriotic Deaf Kenyans to exploit the needs of other honest Kenyan Deafie.
We also understand why those elements are present in our midst, they associate with us, they are our friends, our brothers and sisters, and interpreters and all the so called friends of the Deaf but they are dishonest and pursuing shortcuts to income and ill gotten wealth. Honesty is not in their vocabulary they know only exploitations, extortions and exploiting the Deaf because they think we, the Deaf, are soft targets.
They should realize that they have mistaken Mzee Bubu’s resolve, hitting them hard, hard where it hurt the most by exposing their evil misdeed. Go Mzee Bubu! Go after their fat asses oozing with ill gotten wealth. Put a cork in their assholes. Yeah, a cork not made with tree barks and imported from China or Dubai but one made from our own backyards, Kenya's own Jua Kali made by Kenyan Deaf Artisians.
Wednesday, 21 February 2007
Mzee Wango of KNAD
Mzee Bubu supports Mzee Wango of KNAD.
WHY?
If no Mzee Wango, KNAD office will be closed. Gone. No one look after KNAD.
Look at Dominic Maiwa of RSESA (WFD southern and eastern africa) he left after bad corruption bad bad maybe not maiwa's fault maybe his interpreter cheat? mzee bubu not know full story 100% but look what? Wango stay and look after everything. No wage, no pay. Maybe little. He fight for KNAD office to stay open. Money where? Nothing. No help for him. He want to see strong deaf women.
Mzee Bubu respect respect Mzee Wango big big time. kenya first deaf teacher where in western kenya first deaf school first deaf teacher.
mzee bubu love mzee wango who work hard. maybe mzee wango make lots of mistakes. who support wango? very few. no one. wango 100% maybe 95% honest but good heart for deaf community. world deaf community knows wango they like him. Corruption yes at KNAD in the past, bad corruption, why? No accountant to control make sure right way. No training from Sweden. Just drop money bags. Do what? Everyone jump for it. Oh, 1000/= for me please, oh, 5,000/= for her. Who decide? KNAD Board. Not 100% Wango's fault. Wango only serve KNAD Board.
wango hate brief-case organisations, he say they make a lot of trouble for deaf community. bad bad bad. wango fight for deaf rights. not easy when he have 3 wifes and many kids.
jean togo west africa scam man hate wango why? wango strong deaf man. Joel mzungu hate wango why? wango strong deaf man who love deaf community. young strong deafies love wango why wango always encourage say good things try your best. wango awlays have time for everyone. he want see deaf people happy strong and good house good money good eat.
mzee bubu think nickson k. still too young, not wise enough. not a mzee yet. need nickson learn more, first a proper good wage job move up the ladder, become know know, strong, then ready for knad CEO job, replace Mzee Wango. Mzee Bubu not sure about nickson why no proper, lazy, waste time sit at home sleep sleep sleep fart fart fart. bad luo bad luo. Nickson, what use is your gallaudet degree? did they teach you to waste time? SHAME SHAME SHAME!
Yes, Mzee Wango love fishing. He is a good Luo. Good Luos fish all the time, in peace away from everyone's problems troubles
WHY?
If no Mzee Wango, KNAD office will be closed. Gone. No one look after KNAD.
Look at Dominic Maiwa of RSESA (WFD southern and eastern africa) he left after bad corruption bad bad maybe not maiwa's fault maybe his interpreter cheat? mzee bubu not know full story 100% but look what? Wango stay and look after everything. No wage, no pay. Maybe little. He fight for KNAD office to stay open. Money where? Nothing. No help for him. He want to see strong deaf women.
Mzee Bubu respect respect Mzee Wango big big time. kenya first deaf teacher where in western kenya first deaf school first deaf teacher.
mzee bubu love mzee wango who work hard. maybe mzee wango make lots of mistakes. who support wango? very few. no one. wango 100% maybe 95% honest but good heart for deaf community. world deaf community knows wango they like him. Corruption yes at KNAD in the past, bad corruption, why? No accountant to control make sure right way. No training from Sweden. Just drop money bags. Do what? Everyone jump for it. Oh, 1000/= for me please, oh, 5,000/= for her. Who decide? KNAD Board. Not 100% Wango's fault. Wango only serve KNAD Board.
wango hate brief-case organisations, he say they make a lot of trouble for deaf community. bad bad bad. wango fight for deaf rights. not easy when he have 3 wifes and many kids.
jean togo west africa scam man hate wango why? wango strong deaf man. Joel mzungu hate wango why? wango strong deaf man who love deaf community. young strong deafies love wango why wango always encourage say good things try your best. wango awlays have time for everyone. he want see deaf people happy strong and good house good money good eat.
mzee bubu think nickson k. still too young, not wise enough. not a mzee yet. need nickson learn more, first a proper good wage job move up the ladder, become know know, strong, then ready for knad CEO job, replace Mzee Wango. Mzee Bubu not sure about nickson why no proper, lazy, waste time sit at home sleep sleep sleep fart fart fart. bad luo bad luo. Nickson, what use is your gallaudet degree? did they teach you to waste time? SHAME SHAME SHAME!
Yes, Mzee Wango love fishing. He is a good Luo. Good Luos fish all the time, in peace away from everyone's problems troubles
Mzee Bubu not reveal himself
Mzee Bubu saw the comment saying 'who is mzee bubu who is mzee bubu'?
mzee bubu will not tell you who he is. One thing mzee bubu tell you - he is a Kikiyu from central province.
it is not important.
Stop blaming people for who mzee bubu is, stop attacking people for who mzee bubu is.
many of you knows why mzee bubu is here. it is to show you the wrong things you have done. it is also to show you the good things you have done.
remember when newspapers write bad things about Moi, what happen? Moi send his army out to kill or arrest the editors. The world says 'oh my god kenya is bad they want to control everything to hide their bad ways!' remember when Kenyatta do bad things, newspapers write about him. Kenyatta send spys to attack the newspapers.
Remember the Standard fire last March? A group of people tried destroy The Standard office but no, The Standard stay on, continue fight better rights for Kenyans. The Standard supports Deaf community.
There are people who are SCARED SCARED SCARED of Mzee Bubu, they say 'foreign ideology'
what is YOUR IDEOLOGY? (british colonists)
* corruption
* lies
* money stole stole
* eat eat eat
* pretend deaf dont exist
* want see deaf stay the same suffer control by bad people
(before the Dutch missionaries came to Kenya, there were no deaf schools. only for Deaf Indians, if no 'foreign ideology', no deaf schools in Kenya? No deaf teachers. No KNAD, no deaf organisations)
FOREIGN IDEOLOGY (european)
* quality education
* power for deaf community
* KSL rights
* united deaf community
* honesty, open communication
* better wages, safe housing, happy life
* a honest Mzee Bubu (better without mudslinging!!!!!!!)
mzee bubu will not tell you who he is. One thing mzee bubu tell you - he is a Kikiyu from central province.
it is not important.
Stop blaming people for who mzee bubu is, stop attacking people for who mzee bubu is.
many of you knows why mzee bubu is here. it is to show you the wrong things you have done. it is also to show you the good things you have done.
remember when newspapers write bad things about Moi, what happen? Moi send his army out to kill or arrest the editors. The world says 'oh my god kenya is bad they want to control everything to hide their bad ways!' remember when Kenyatta do bad things, newspapers write about him. Kenyatta send spys to attack the newspapers.
Remember the Standard fire last March? A group of people tried destroy The Standard office but no, The Standard stay on, continue fight better rights for Kenyans. The Standard supports Deaf community.
There are people who are SCARED SCARED SCARED of Mzee Bubu, they say 'foreign ideology'
what is YOUR IDEOLOGY? (british colonists)
* corruption
* lies
* money stole stole
* eat eat eat
* pretend deaf dont exist
* want see deaf stay the same suffer control by bad people
(before the Dutch missionaries came to Kenya, there were no deaf schools. only for Deaf Indians, if no 'foreign ideology', no deaf schools in Kenya? No deaf teachers. No KNAD, no deaf organisations)
FOREIGN IDEOLOGY (european)
* quality education
* power for deaf community
* KSL rights
* united deaf community
* honesty, open communication
* better wages, safe housing, happy life
* a honest Mzee Bubu (better without mudslinging!!!!!!!)
Monday, 19 February 2007
Kijana Bubu writing
mzee bubu understand why people sometimes use fake names to send comments to mzee bubu, they want the truth to come out, they want to know if truth is truth or lies, mzee bubu is the forum for people to talk, tell, discuss etc. At first it might look bad but deaf community need to talk together, communicate together, work together...mzee bubu the first step forward.
remember: mzee bubu is pro deaf empowerment, pro deaf pride, pro strong KNAD, pro KSL, pro deaf community. Mzee Bubu refuse to print mudslinging in main blog page. Mudslinging limit to comments, becuz deaf kenyans have right to express feeling anger, talk rumours etc, freedom of speech, let them abuse speech but NOT on mzee bubu blog main page, mzee bubu will print worthy comments on the blog page.
mzee bubu want let everyone know that he does not always know who write anoymonous comments no idea who?
another comment from Kijana Bubu...
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Mzee Bubu,
I am troubled by Aggrey's comments.
first in the whole of Nairobi Internet costs have come down to one shilling a minute that is 60 bob an hour. A dollar!!! Do not cheat the world Deaf kenyans like myself do check emails everyday atleast once or twice and also get time to check mzee bubu and contribute ideas...
60 bob is less than a beer or enough for chips and soda in downtown nairobi....please do not give us the crap about money and Deaf people being poor.....we are sick and tired of some hearing person telling us of poverty....STOP!!!
If KNDAEP's excutive director is Boniface Inyanya....who is Joel? if he is an employee fire the bugger.....if he is a director too kick him out through your policies....We are tired of your in fightings....please stop crying wolf you are guilty of corruption if you can not deal with him.
KNDAEP is not dead....I have heard from some donor agencies that they are investigating the use of funds that were given....they have also applied for numerous funds but have not gotten any...why??
Mzee Bubu please look at the list of names listed as being misused.....Boniface, Aggrey, Joel....something is not right with this picture.....the attacks are on Joel....by who? why? please do not try to fool us.... Aggrey is behind all this.
I am concerned because these are the people making the lives of Deaf people miserable in Kenya.
What has KNDAEP done with the funds it got? apart from Tshirts....caps....nice alllowances and travel reimbursements.....some salaries.....some office....is there behavior change for Deaf Kenyans? how many Deaf people are on ART therapy? how many Deaf people counseled and tested know how to live positively? or negatively for those who are not infected?
when Nickson questioned the quality of counselors and issues of proper protocols for HIV counseling testing and care....all of your were in the blog protesting how could he do that how can he attack the DVCTs....
about the pictures you can not complain now...you were there when the pictures were taken.....it is simple. tell the camera man - this is a private function NO PHOTOs....simple. No whinning and crying wolf. you ate the cake and soda offered at the opening ceremony...mulikula...mulie, muruke ama muraruke. Shida kwenu mara moja! (loosely Interpreted in KSL - you ate, cry, jump/rant, your problem yours!!!)
I dare the writer to tell us who he/she is if they are Honestly interested in defending the interests of Deaf Kenyans. Do not hide under anonymity come out...reveal your self and maintain your dignity....not eating and then crying when the food is finished - PUMBAVU MWENYE KUANDIKA HIO KITU YA KNDAEP.(loosely interpreted in KSL the writer of KNDAEP complaints is an Idiot!)
Still the same one....
mimi huyu huyu
Kijana Bubu aka Concerned Deafie.
remember: mzee bubu is pro deaf empowerment, pro deaf pride, pro strong KNAD, pro KSL, pro deaf community. Mzee Bubu refuse to print mudslinging in main blog page. Mudslinging limit to comments, becuz deaf kenyans have right to express feeling anger, talk rumours etc, freedom of speech, let them abuse speech but NOT on mzee bubu blog main page, mzee bubu will print worthy comments on the blog page.
mzee bubu want let everyone know that he does not always know who write anoymonous comments no idea who?
another comment from Kijana Bubu...
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Mzee Bubu,
I am troubled by Aggrey's comments.
first in the whole of Nairobi Internet costs have come down to one shilling a minute that is 60 bob an hour. A dollar!!! Do not cheat the world Deaf kenyans like myself do check emails everyday atleast once or twice and also get time to check mzee bubu and contribute ideas...
60 bob is less than a beer or enough for chips and soda in downtown nairobi....please do not give us the crap about money and Deaf people being poor.....we are sick and tired of some hearing person telling us of poverty....STOP!!!
If KNDAEP's excutive director is Boniface Inyanya....who is Joel? if he is an employee fire the bugger.....if he is a director too kick him out through your policies....We are tired of your in fightings....please stop crying wolf you are guilty of corruption if you can not deal with him.
KNDAEP is not dead....I have heard from some donor agencies that they are investigating the use of funds that were given....they have also applied for numerous funds but have not gotten any...why??
Mzee Bubu please look at the list of names listed as being misused.....Boniface, Aggrey, Joel....something is not right with this picture.....the attacks are on Joel....by who? why? please do not try to fool us.... Aggrey is behind all this.
I am concerned because these are the people making the lives of Deaf people miserable in Kenya.
What has KNDAEP done with the funds it got? apart from Tshirts....caps....nice alllowances and travel reimbursements.....some salaries.....some office....is there behavior change for Deaf Kenyans? how many Deaf people are on ART therapy? how many Deaf people counseled and tested know how to live positively? or negatively for those who are not infected?
when Nickson questioned the quality of counselors and issues of proper protocols for HIV counseling testing and care....all of your were in the blog protesting how could he do that how can he attack the DVCTs....
about the pictures you can not complain now...you were there when the pictures were taken.....it is simple. tell the camera man - this is a private function NO PHOTOs....simple. No whinning and crying wolf. you ate the cake and soda offered at the opening ceremony...mulikula...mulie, muruke ama muraruke. Shida kwenu mara moja! (loosely Interpreted in KSL - you ate, cry, jump/rant, your problem yours!!!)
I dare the writer to tell us who he/she is if they are Honestly interested in defending the interests of Deaf Kenyans. Do not hide under anonymity come out...reveal your self and maintain your dignity....not eating and then crying when the food is finished - PUMBAVU MWENYE KUANDIKA HIO KITU YA KNDAEP.(loosely interpreted in KSL the writer of KNDAEP complaints is an Idiot!)
Still the same one....
mimi huyu huyu
Kijana Bubu aka Concerned Deafie.
more on Joel Omondi
MZEE BUBU support good hearing and good deaf who work hard make deaf community strong and good. He is against bad deaf bad hearing. Mzee Bubu weeps when deaf confuse good hearing and bad hearing together. Joel Omondi maybe bad maybe good, up to deaf community decide what to do.
one commentor wrote to Mzee Bubu:
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Dear Mzee Bubu,
Joel has internet access and can post his own praises as many times as he wishes!
The average Deaf Kenyans cannot afford expensive internet to defend him.
In fact only few people in their right mind would defend such a man!
Joel has stained the name of the Deaf people in Kenya.
In trying to justify his corrupt activities under the watchful nose of Mzee Bubu, He is only smearing and smearing his dirty name again!
Even if he dies tomorrow, this stain, if stain there will be, will forever remain on his but and on his useless WWW.DISABILITY.KENYA.ORG which he uses to enrich himself at the expense of Deaf Kenyans.
When he fights the likes of HI and Jean Claude does he not realise he himself is hearing and therefore no different from them? Does he not kinow he has no right to missuse the name of Deaf people, their photographs (see http://www.disabilitykenya.org/openingkndaepcontentspage.htm), their NGO, etc. to earn money for his business?
Shame on you gready Africa Pig Man!
NB: The following persons and their photographs have earned Joel KSH. 1,234,567.89/= by using their pictures illegally.
[Picture 1 Group Photo for all the official participants.
Picture 2 Boniface U Inyanya (deaf) Executive Director KNDAEP with Dr. Elizabeth Murum
Picture 3 Boniface, Dr. Murum, Aggrey, Dr. Miriam and a Staff of LVCT.
Picture 4 Group Photgragh for the Event.
Picture 5 Aggrey, Mr. Cheruyiot deputy Director NACC, Boniface...
picture 6 Preparations for the event was comprehensive work... Dr. June of CDC leads the way in rehearsals for the big event
Picture 7 Joel Omondi leads Dr. Murum in through the stairway......
picture 8 Dr. murum, Boniface, Maina, Moses with Aggrey doing the kenya sign language interpretation
picture 9 Finally the whole thing would happen in this parking place....watching are boniface, Dr. June, Joel, Dr. Murum, and Prince of LVCT....
picture 10 so lets meet during the event...Dr. Murum see you..
Picture 11 The great partnerships that brought up this unique programme
picture 12 Dr. Murum of CDC making a speech...
Picture 13 Leah Muruka, Maina and Moses the deaf VCT staff counsellors of the Nairobi Deaf VCT as it was opening...
Picture 14 Aggrey, Boniface, Prince, Dr. June, Dr. Murum, Joel, Denis listening to a presentation...
Picture 15 Mr. Cheruyiot of the National AIDS Control Council (NACC) the government agency that funds the KNDAEP...
Picture 16 Mr. Cheruyiot makes his speech during
Picture 17 Boniface wellcomes Dr. Murum of the CDC to the ceremony....
Picture 18 Some of the dignitaries from the embassy listening...
Picture 19
Picture 20 Moses Nteere a Deaf VCT staff counsellor making a presentation to...
Picture 21 Master of ceremonies Joel Omondi introducing to the crowd....
Picture 22 The Master of Ceremonies introducing Dr. Murum to make her speech. Holding the umbrella is Joab one of the deaf leaders.
Picture 23 Boniface, Joel and Dr. Murum listening attentively...
Picture 24 Special thanks for not only a graet Day but also the beggining of a grat project...
Picture 25 Aggrey interprets for the deaf audience the presentations...
Picture 26 Signing the visitors book at the KNDAEP offices..... Dr. Leslie Rowe.
Picture 27 The US government will support the scalling up of ARV treatment from the current low levels to 140,000 within the next five years.... Mrs. Rowe deputy chief de mission
Picture 28 Mr. Cheruyiot says the NACC coordinates the National response against AIDs...
Picture 29 Boniface Inyanya making a speech in which he spelt out the various challenges the deaf and the disabled ..]
It is time to read this dying corrupt dinosaur his last rites of passage.
one commentor wrote to Mzee Bubu:
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Dear Mzee Bubu,
Joel has internet access and can post his own praises as many times as he wishes!
The average Deaf Kenyans cannot afford expensive internet to defend him.
In fact only few people in their right mind would defend such a man!
Joel has stained the name of the Deaf people in Kenya.
In trying to justify his corrupt activities under the watchful nose of Mzee Bubu, He is only smearing and smearing his dirty name again!
Even if he dies tomorrow, this stain, if stain there will be, will forever remain on his but and on his useless WWW.DISABILITY.KENYA.ORG which he uses to enrich himself at the expense of Deaf Kenyans.
When he fights the likes of HI and Jean Claude does he not realise he himself is hearing and therefore no different from them? Does he not kinow he has no right to missuse the name of Deaf people, their photographs (see http://www.disabilitykenya.org/openingkndaepcontentspage.htm), their NGO, etc. to earn money for his business?
Shame on you gready Africa Pig Man!
NB: The following persons and their photographs have earned Joel KSH. 1,234,567.89/= by using their pictures illegally.
[Picture 1 Group Photo for all the official participants.
Picture 2 Boniface U Inyanya (deaf) Executive Director KNDAEP with Dr. Elizabeth Murum
Picture 3 Boniface, Dr. Murum, Aggrey, Dr. Miriam and a Staff of LVCT.
Picture 4 Group Photgragh for the Event.
Picture 5 Aggrey, Mr. Cheruyiot deputy Director NACC, Boniface...
picture 6 Preparations for the event was comprehensive work... Dr. June of CDC leads the way in rehearsals for the big event
Picture 7 Joel Omondi leads Dr. Murum in through the stairway......
picture 8 Dr. murum, Boniface, Maina, Moses with Aggrey doing the kenya sign language interpretation
picture 9 Finally the whole thing would happen in this parking place....watching are boniface, Dr. June, Joel, Dr. Murum, and Prince of LVCT....
picture 10 so lets meet during the event...Dr. Murum see you..
Picture 11 The great partnerships that brought up this unique programme
picture 12 Dr. Murum of CDC making a speech...
Picture 13 Leah Muruka, Maina and Moses the deaf VCT staff counsellors of the Nairobi Deaf VCT as it was opening...
Picture 14 Aggrey, Boniface, Prince, Dr. June, Dr. Murum, Joel, Denis listening to a presentation...
Picture 15 Mr. Cheruyiot of the National AIDS Control Council (NACC) the government agency that funds the KNDAEP...
Picture 16 Mr. Cheruyiot makes his speech during
Picture 17 Boniface wellcomes Dr. Murum of the CDC to the ceremony....
Picture 18 Some of the dignitaries from the embassy listening...
Picture 19
Picture 20 Moses Nteere a Deaf VCT staff counsellor making a presentation to...
Picture 21 Master of ceremonies Joel Omondi introducing to the crowd....
Picture 22 The Master of Ceremonies introducing Dr. Murum to make her speech. Holding the umbrella is Joab one of the deaf leaders.
Picture 23 Boniface, Joel and Dr. Murum listening attentively...
Picture 24 Special thanks for not only a graet Day but also the beggining of a grat project...
Picture 25 Aggrey interprets for the deaf audience the presentations...
Picture 26 Signing the visitors book at the KNDAEP offices..... Dr. Leslie Rowe.
Picture 27 The US government will support the scalling up of ARV treatment from the current low levels to 140,000 within the next five years.... Mrs. Rowe deputy chief de mission
Picture 28 Mr. Cheruyiot says the NACC coordinates the National response against AIDs...
Picture 29 Boniface Inyanya making a speech in which he spelt out the various challenges the deaf and the disabled ..]
It is time to read this dying corrupt dinosaur his last rites of passage.
One Concerned Deafie Speaking Out
Dear Mzee Bubu,
I am happy to see Joel has taken the mudslinging positively.
I am saying congrats! Kenya needs more of Joel's spirit especially in the Deaf world.
Compared to Jean Claude Adzalla, Joel Runnels, Morrisey, etc Joel Omondi has shown them that you can respond to mudslinging with witt and tact. The posting has actually made you more prominent in the Deaf world than before. Yesterday Church grounds were filled with did you see what was on Mzee Bubu? who is Joel....what did he do? etc etc No one was talking about Deaf AID or GDC or KRITD.....
If indeed Jean has paid Deaf people to gossip and spoil the names of people, we need to deal with all these things.
Wazee watatu seems to be prominent Deaf Kenyans....one who is taking care of the mother and has three wives? sounds like Washington Akaranga doesn't it? or Boniface Inyanya Akaranga?
The one behind the posting of Joel's CV is non other than Agrrey Akatsa Akaranga. He is the one updating the disability Kenya website and making trouble for most of the Deaf in Kenya. He has several organizations registered under his Dandora postal Address, his friend Jefwa has an associtation of Interps and he spends his time with his girlfriend somewhere west side of Nairobi on the banks of Nairobi river.
One thing I would like to comment on the OMEDA publications - Joel you must have been doped into believing that SEE signed Exact English is the best language for Deaf children to learn, and acquire language esp English, Kiswahili etc.....MY FRIEND YOU ARE WRONG! the only best way for Deaf children to learn any other language is through a strong STRONG FOUNDATION OF KENYA SIGN LANGUAGE (KSL) which will act as a base for them to learn any other language.
Let's take a linguistical journey...from your name you are probably Luo or Luhya...when you were growing up between ages 1-7 your primary lanaguage must have been luo/luhya, then with 7 years expereince of your mother tongue, you were enrolled in a nursery school which for 90% of time they grilled you with rhymes and theme songs of your native language some kiswahili and then english was intoduced slowly.
by the time you were in class 3/4 then they parmanently switched to English and swahili. It is not DIFFERENT for Deaf children. They are bright children with a unique language of communication.
Next week we will continue the Lesson on Deaf culture....and some fundamentals on Interpreting.
Sorry Joel this letter was ment for you BUT it touches on issues that I believe will enlighten the rest of the world about Deaf Kenya and it's intricacies....
Mzee Bubu with your permission please publish for my friends to be enlightened.
My biggest issues are:
1. Who does the Dandora three think they are? They do not 'bwogo' -shock- anyone. We are fearless....
2. Aggrey needs to explain to the Deaf why all the Dandora organizations are registered with one postal address? are they his and his brother? are they briefcase NGO's?? what funding have they received or expecting?
3. Jefwa Mweri....what the hell are you doing establishing a KNSLIA - an interpreters assosciation? are you an Interpreter? how many years have you practiced as an interp? what did you discuss at WASLI? what did your friend Akatch promise you? Deaf Kenyans want to know.
4. Christine Ondicho, Mary, Vickie, Liz, Leo what do you know of Jean's entry in Kenya and his first initial meetings trying to establish KRITD? who represented Interps in those meetings? We deaf in kenyan want to know which kenyans are betraying us...we know for sure Washington Akaranga is one, Wango is number two, Ogolla are in the game of getting money from these foreigners.
5. Interpreters in Kenya - mr KSLIA chairman Jack Owiti....where is the association? who are the officials? are you working with KRITD or Jefwa or you are alone as an association. mr. chairman please focus on your job stop sleeping.
thanks Mzee
PUBLISH ALL PLEASE
thanks
Concerned Deafie in Nairobi, Kenya.
I am happy to see Joel has taken the mudslinging positively.
I am saying congrats! Kenya needs more of Joel's spirit especially in the Deaf world.
Compared to Jean Claude Adzalla, Joel Runnels, Morrisey, etc Joel Omondi has shown them that you can respond to mudslinging with witt and tact. The posting has actually made you more prominent in the Deaf world than before. Yesterday Church grounds were filled with did you see what was on Mzee Bubu? who is Joel....what did he do? etc etc No one was talking about Deaf AID or GDC or KRITD.....
If indeed Jean has paid Deaf people to gossip and spoil the names of people, we need to deal with all these things.
Wazee watatu seems to be prominent Deaf Kenyans....one who is taking care of the mother and has three wives? sounds like Washington Akaranga doesn't it? or Boniface Inyanya Akaranga?
The one behind the posting of Joel's CV is non other than Agrrey Akatsa Akaranga. He is the one updating the disability Kenya website and making trouble for most of the Deaf in Kenya. He has several organizations registered under his Dandora postal Address, his friend Jefwa has an associtation of Interps and he spends his time with his girlfriend somewhere west side of Nairobi on the banks of Nairobi river.
One thing I would like to comment on the OMEDA publications - Joel you must have been doped into believing that SEE signed Exact English is the best language for Deaf children to learn, and acquire language esp English, Kiswahili etc.....MY FRIEND YOU ARE WRONG! the only best way for Deaf children to learn any other language is through a strong STRONG FOUNDATION OF KENYA SIGN LANGUAGE (KSL) which will act as a base for them to learn any other language.
Let's take a linguistical journey...from your name you are probably Luo or Luhya...when you were growing up between ages 1-7 your primary lanaguage must have been luo/luhya, then with 7 years expereince of your mother tongue, you were enrolled in a nursery school which for 90% of time they grilled you with rhymes and theme songs of your native language some kiswahili and then english was intoduced slowly.
by the time you were in class 3/4 then they parmanently switched to English and swahili. It is not DIFFERENT for Deaf children. They are bright children with a unique language of communication.
Next week we will continue the Lesson on Deaf culture....and some fundamentals on Interpreting.
Sorry Joel this letter was ment for you BUT it touches on issues that I believe will enlighten the rest of the world about Deaf Kenya and it's intricacies....
Mzee Bubu with your permission please publish for my friends to be enlightened.
My biggest issues are:
1. Who does the Dandora three think they are? They do not 'bwogo' -shock- anyone. We are fearless....
2. Aggrey needs to explain to the Deaf why all the Dandora organizations are registered with one postal address? are they his and his brother? are they briefcase NGO's?? what funding have they received or expecting?
3. Jefwa Mweri....what the hell are you doing establishing a KNSLIA - an interpreters assosciation? are you an Interpreter? how many years have you practiced as an interp? what did you discuss at WASLI? what did your friend Akatch promise you? Deaf Kenyans want to know.
4. Christine Ondicho, Mary, Vickie, Liz, Leo what do you know of Jean's entry in Kenya and his first initial meetings trying to establish KRITD? who represented Interps in those meetings? We deaf in kenyan want to know which kenyans are betraying us...we know for sure Washington Akaranga is one, Wango is number two, Ogolla are in the game of getting money from these foreigners.
5. Interpreters in Kenya - mr KSLIA chairman Jack Owiti....where is the association? who are the officials? are you working with KRITD or Jefwa or you are alone as an association. mr. chairman please focus on your job stop sleeping.
thanks Mzee
PUBLISH ALL PLEASE
thanks
Concerned Deafie in Nairobi, Kenya.
Concerned Deafie writes about WAZEE WATATU
Concerned Deafie thinks 'Wazee Watatu' are the Dandora Three...
the Dandora Three have been notorious for among other things gossiping, corruption and other acts that can be considered criminal in Kenya. Deafie has established from a reliable source that the Dandora Three have registered a series of NGOs listed in the IDCS address book. These organizations do not exist or have an office.... see more here
http://www.idcs.info/applications/idcs_input/view/organisations/find_organisation.idcs?organisation_name=Enter+name&organisation_type=2&organisation_country=73&organisation_interest=&search=1&x=64&y=9
Jack, Nickson, Shane and the Deaf Kenyans please do not be bother with these Wazee. They are idle and want free money they will send lies and gossip hoping to get money.
Mzee Bubu please expose them for who they are....
the Dandora Three have been notorious for among other things gossiping, corruption and other acts that can be considered criminal in Kenya. Deafie has established from a reliable source that the Dandora Three have registered a series of NGOs listed in the IDCS address book. These organizations do not exist or have an office.... see more here
http://www.idcs.info/applications/idcs_input/view/organisations/find_organisation.idcs?organisation_name=Enter+name&organisation_type=2&organisation_country=73&organisation_interest=&search=1&x=64&y=9
Jack, Nickson, Shane and the Deaf Kenyans please do not be bother with these Wazee. They are idle and want free money they will send lies and gossip hoping to get money.
Mzee Bubu please expose them for who they are....
Joel Omondi's response
from omondi joel - ojooel2@yahoo.co.uk
to Mzee Bubu - mzeebubu@gmail.com
date 16-Feb-2007 13:49
subject Re: you are on MZEE BUBU
mailed-by yahoo.co.uk
Hey Mzee
Hey today you made my day. Actually i thought i had more serious friends than that!!! I love what you guys are doing and as a matter of fact there is nothing to defend or support.
I actually expected more serious staff bwana like stories about omondi and women or how i slept with some one wife or something like that!
The only thing i wish to deny is that i am NOT mzee Bubu as you already know. Although i enjoy being associated with it. But i support Your work one hundred million percent.....
And I have the unique position of being the only person in Mzee Bubu with a "CV"!!! what a prestigious position!! I thought i am some worthless person little did i know There are people who consider me such highly!
But am disapointed! I expected something harsher than that. Lets wait for more and hear!!!
Cheers!
Joel Omondi
to Mzee Bubu - mzeebubu@gmail.com
date 16-Feb-2007 13:49
subject Re: you are on MZEE BUBU
mailed-by yahoo.co.uk
Hey Mzee
Hey today you made my day. Actually i thought i had more serious friends than that!!! I love what you guys are doing and as a matter of fact there is nothing to defend or support.
I actually expected more serious staff bwana like stories about omondi and women or how i slept with some one wife or something like that!
The only thing i wish to deny is that i am NOT mzee Bubu as you already know. Although i enjoy being associated with it. But i support Your work one hundred million percent.....
And I have the unique position of being the only person in Mzee Bubu with a "CV"!!! what a prestigious position!! I thought i am some worthless person little did i know There are people who consider me such highly!
But am disapointed! I expected something harsher than that. Lets wait for more and hear!!!
Cheers!
Joel Omondi
Friday, 16 February 2007
more Kenyans speaking out
Mzee Bubu got an email from Caroline. Mzee Bubu v happy more Kenyans start to speak out express anger or disappointment. Sign of kenya deaf community becoming strong. kenyan deaf leaders can lead deaf organisations no need for mzungu or foreign men to control our lifes.
"...Do you know who is attacking Nickson and Jack? Hawa ni wale kutoka Amerikani, they are lost wazungu, real foreigners who cannot compete in the US job market, wanajifanya tu to be experts in Kenya Deaf community.
Do you know Joel Runnels of GDC is being imposed on Deaf Kenyans by wazungu ndugu in America? Bado he doesnt have a skill or qualified to be a country director. GDC haku advertised the position for competition.
Do you know mzungu agenda in defending Jean Claude? Kwa sababu he wants job kukuwa mkenya simple he wants to stay in Kenya no job for him in the US. how about Kevin Hernderson the pretender? He failed and pocketed money from World bank for Deaf HIV/AIDS project, pia yeye incompetent in liverpool VCT and still being incompetent in HI.
Mzee Bubu please tell us about these foreigners attacking Nickson and Jack especially Joel and Kevin Warnke what is their agenda? They are just hearing foreigners using Deaf Kenyans to build their CV.
I support Nickson's view that all projects meant for Deaf should have Deaf mkuu working with them. Nickson kwa nini wewe umenyamasha? please respond to these foreigners attacking on you, they fear you especially Joel Runnels who posted comment about you.
He is in kenya for women only because he cant take advantage of american women. He wants Norma and bibi ya Jack owiti,
shame on him! Joel ni mwenye Mzee Bubu because he knows what Jean claude is doing in Deaf Aid including counting number of bottles he drinks with donors money.
Ni mimi Caroline..."
"...Do you know who is attacking Nickson and Jack? Hawa ni wale kutoka Amerikani, they are lost wazungu, real foreigners who cannot compete in the US job market, wanajifanya tu to be experts in Kenya Deaf community.
Do you know Joel Runnels of GDC is being imposed on Deaf Kenyans by wazungu ndugu in America? Bado he doesnt have a skill or qualified to be a country director. GDC haku advertised the position for competition.
Do you know mzungu agenda in defending Jean Claude? Kwa sababu he wants job kukuwa mkenya simple he wants to stay in Kenya no job for him in the US. how about Kevin Hernderson the pretender? He failed and pocketed money from World bank for Deaf HIV/AIDS project, pia yeye incompetent in liverpool VCT and still being incompetent in HI.
Mzee Bubu please tell us about these foreigners attacking Nickson and Jack especially Joel and Kevin Warnke what is their agenda? They are just hearing foreigners using Deaf Kenyans to build their CV.
I support Nickson's view that all projects meant for Deaf should have Deaf mkuu working with them. Nickson kwa nini wewe umenyamasha? please respond to these foreigners attacking on you, they fear you especially Joel Runnels who posted comment about you.
He is in kenya for women only because he cant take advantage of american women. He wants Norma and bibi ya Jack owiti,
shame on him! Joel ni mwenye Mzee Bubu because he knows what Jean claude is doing in Deaf Aid including counting number of bottles he drinks with donors money.
Ni mimi Caroline..."
Jack Owiti's right to reply
Dear Mzee,
my good friend Jack just smsed and emailed me about comments he read on this blog, the issues raised there are not true. He has asked me to let the whole Deaf world know this:
"....I support the initiative that Mzee Bubu has, to create an open space for Deaf Kenyans to vent and to talk about issues troubling them. I do not however support the mudslinging, the personal vendettas and gossip. I would like to inform all that I love my wife and child please do not involve them in Kenyan Deaf politics, gossip and mud slinging. I have NO involvement with the creation, editing or updating of this blog. I appreciate the complement of my IT savvy-ness and I am putting then to productive use and my hands to serving the Deaf Kenyans through Interpreting as the chair of KSLIA..."
that is Jack's message to you to read and make your own judgments. Thanks Mzee Bubu.
Cheers
Concerned Deafie, Nairobi Kenya.
my good friend Jack just smsed and emailed me about comments he read on this blog, the issues raised there are not true. He has asked me to let the whole Deaf world know this:
"....I support the initiative that Mzee Bubu has, to create an open space for Deaf Kenyans to vent and to talk about issues troubling them. I do not however support the mudslinging, the personal vendettas and gossip. I would like to inform all that I love my wife and child please do not involve them in Kenyan Deaf politics, gossip and mud slinging. I have NO involvement with the creation, editing or updating of this blog. I appreciate the complement of my IT savvy-ness and I am putting then to productive use and my hands to serving the Deaf Kenyans through Interpreting as the chair of KSLIA..."
that is Jack's message to you to read and make your own judgments. Thanks Mzee Bubu.
Cheers
Concerned Deafie, Nairobi Kenya.
Thursday, 15 February 2007
the truth about Joel Omondi Owino
mzee bubu v v v v offended someone stupid think he is Joel Omondi Owino.
see the comment below from someone who wont say name about Joel Omondi Owino. Very interesting facts but mzee bubu is deaf bubu deaf not hearing.
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MZEE BUBU’S - CONMAN Director JOEL OMONDI OWINO W.C.!
P.O. Box 73407
00100 GPO,
Nairobi.
E-mail: ojooel2 @ yahoo.co.uk
Office Tel: 254-2-570571
Cell : 072-754-414
WWW.DISABILITYKENYA.ORG
AIM:
To entrench the role of gossip in destroying the effective communication of the Deaf people and institutions.
ROLE:
Consultant with YEARS of experience in Conning money from Civil Society on behalf of the Deaf!
He is the man who single handedly murdered KNDAEP ………….SO PLEASE DO NOT SUPPORT HIM!
TRICKS
Very pitiful and strongly moving proposals of Conmanship and Administratorship money laundering, forgerries of cheques signatures of Deaf officials etc. with creative BRAINS to boot!
NB: He is not Deaf using Deaf people to enrich himself.
EDUCATION.
MA University of Nairobi (failed and repeating)
University of Nairobi.
BA, Economics and Mathematics (Bottom of Class honors Upper Division) (1996)
University of Nairobi.
High School O-Level (K.C.S.E., 1990)
St. Paul’s Amukurah High School.
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE.
Claims that he is a Director of Disability Kenya under which he states that OMEDA is a project of the KNDAEP!
FORGERIES:
Fund raising through forged signatures on cheques, master of public relations to confuse through materials production and dissemination, media monitoring , proposal writing and research.
HE IS AN Ex-prisoner and jail bird at Buru Buru Police Station. Check the Officer Controlling Police Station Buru Buru
DANGER:
He can murder anyone working with him!
Will find out when he pocket 70% of the funds to improve his PHARMACY and Set up begging websites such as www.disabilitykenya.org
Research Projects:
All those useless trash in Mzee Bubu.
RECENT ACADEMIC PAPERS
See also www.disabilitykenya.org
EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES AND HOBBIES
Playing football, Reading political novels and Memoirs of great leaders, and Surfing the Internet.
HIS REFEREES ARE
Dr. Ndagwe Ahawo.
Department of Sociology.
Maseno University,
Tel: (254-035-51622)
Email: ndagwe@yahoo.com
(Dr. Ndagwe has known HIM from high school)
Mr. Bernard Wanjohi Muchiri
Director.
Help Self Help Centre,
P .O .Box 40603, 00100 GPO
NAIROBI
Tel: (254-2-448166)
E-mail: hshc@mitsuminet.com.
(Mr. Muchiri has known HIM for three years).
Mrs. Wendy Wanja Mutegi
Director
Scouts of the Chains Trust Fund.
P .O .Box 45086 00100 GPO,
NAIROBI
Tel: (254-2-725502)
(Mrs Mutegi has known HIM for five years.
MORE TO COME you KIHII!!!
see the comment below from someone who wont say name about Joel Omondi Owino. Very interesting facts but mzee bubu is deaf bubu deaf not hearing.
==
MZEE BUBU’S - CONMAN Director JOEL OMONDI OWINO W.C.!
P.O. Box 73407
00100 GPO,
Nairobi.
E-mail: ojooel2 @ yahoo.co.uk
Office Tel: 254-2-570571
Cell : 072-754-414
WWW.DISABILITYKENYA.ORG
AIM:
To entrench the role of gossip in destroying the effective communication of the Deaf people and institutions.
ROLE:
Consultant with YEARS of experience in Conning money from Civil Society on behalf of the Deaf!
He is the man who single handedly murdered KNDAEP ………….SO PLEASE DO NOT SUPPORT HIM!
TRICKS
Very pitiful and strongly moving proposals of Conmanship and Administratorship money laundering, forgerries of cheques signatures of Deaf officials etc. with creative BRAINS to boot!
NB: He is not Deaf using Deaf people to enrich himself.
EDUCATION.
MA University of Nairobi (failed and repeating)
University of Nairobi.
BA, Economics and Mathematics (Bottom of Class honors Upper Division) (1996)
University of Nairobi.
High School O-Level (K.C.S.E., 1990)
St. Paul’s Amukurah High School.
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE.
Claims that he is a Director of Disability Kenya under which he states that OMEDA is a project of the KNDAEP!
FORGERIES:
Fund raising through forged signatures on cheques, master of public relations to confuse through materials production and dissemination, media monitoring , proposal writing and research.
HE IS AN Ex-prisoner and jail bird at Buru Buru Police Station. Check the Officer Controlling Police Station Buru Buru
DANGER:
He can murder anyone working with him!
Will find out when he pocket 70% of the funds to improve his PHARMACY and Set up begging websites such as www.disabilitykenya.org
Research Projects:
All those useless trash in Mzee Bubu.
RECENT ACADEMIC PAPERS
See also www.disabilitykenya.org
EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES AND HOBBIES
Playing football, Reading political novels and Memoirs of great leaders, and Surfing the Internet.
HIS REFEREES ARE
Dr. Ndagwe Ahawo.
Department of Sociology.
Maseno University,
Tel: (254-035-51622)
Email: ndagwe@yahoo.com
(Dr. Ndagwe has known HIM from high school)
Mr. Bernard Wanjohi Muchiri
Director.
Help Self Help Centre,
P .O .Box 40603, 00100 GPO
NAIROBI
Tel: (254-2-448166)
E-mail: hshc@mitsuminet.com.
(Mr. Muchiri has known HIM for three years).
Mrs. Wendy Wanja Mutegi
Director
Scouts of the Chains Trust Fund.
P .O .Box 45086 00100 GPO,
NAIROBI
Tel: (254-2-725502)
(Mrs Mutegi has known HIM for five years.
MORE TO COME you KIHII!!!
Wednesday, 14 February 2007
Mzee Bubu - in Disability Kenya
Mzee Bubu is everywhere where disability kenya website, deaf international development website.
mzee bubu very happy because very important first full information make deaf community very strong. Mzee Bubu is for deaf kenyans not hearing kenyans and mzungu's.
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:: The Mzee Bubu Storm in Kenya just wont go away!
http://www.disabilitykenya.org/mzeebubuhitsdeafinkenyalikeharricane.htm
A new blogspot with a name easily translated to an Old Deaf person was recently initiated and going by the type of stormy articles posted someone would think Jean Claude of Deaf AID has quite an enemy.
Mzee Bubu however has brought with it interesting behaviour change among the deaf individuals and organisations working in the deaf community. The blog many local deaf people associate with Nikson Kakiri who finished his undergraduate class recently in the Gallaudet University and came back to Kenya a fully flegded development scholar seems to have finally found a footing to jump start his shaky return. Although he catergorically denies it, many deaf people i spoke to thought only Nickson could have such a mind and capability. But Nickson does not come from or work in Central Province as the blog says.
The Blog officially known for promoting pride of the deaf and whose name if you would wish to search is deafpride.blogspot.com claims to say nothing but the truth about what is happening to the deaf community in Kenya. Quite a number of the initial articles are somehow related to Jean- Claude bashing. Who has replied discreetly through one of his assistants Kevin Wanke. Jean has denied all the allegations of corruption, misuse ofthe deaf under his staff, not promoting Kenya Sign Language within his programmes etc.
Further investigations link the blog to a former Peace Corp Volunteer working with connections in Kenya who many think is the role Nikson Plays. Who then collects some of the main information on various subtopics and send them to the blogger.
However there are quite a number of positive aspects of the new developments. We hope more deaf poeple would express themselves in writing such articles and more would express their opinion on issues as openly as possible. Learning and reading english has been a challenge for many including quite a number of leaders. It is our prayer that they will take this opportunity and not only express their opinion but also improve their written and read english.
The role of the internet is increasing at such a high speeed and the youth with various communication disabilities need not be left behind. Mzee bubu is a great opportunity to clear some of the issues while building some of the skills we dearly need.
Some have however complained bitterly about the language the blogger uses. Most are people who may not have experience with the deaf world. The deaf world especially in Kenya express themselves openly. Very few except Peter Wango whose article in Mzee Bubu also happens to be a battle with Global Deaf Connection is known to be able to look at the posiotive side of anything.
Jean Claude and Deaf Aid seem to be in someones agenda and this seems to attract the most vitrol. Most of the words are clearly below the belt and some one seems to be using the scene to try and make Jean leave Deaf Aid Kenya. Questions however arise like does Jean have a wife back home? What is the role of the kenyan wife? Jean who happens to be a good friend of mine is also smart to have kept quiet especially that the blog could be read by his donors, some of who were in Kenya recently.
Other interesting stories include the confusion in Deaf VCT and donor battles between LVCT and HI,
The Blog is also increasingly informative. Many organisations are coming clean and telling all whta exactly they do and where. Who they are working with and in what areas. This is very good and is also one of the positive benefits of the blog. A good example is CBM kenya and its operations in the deaf community.
There are also increasing an advocay tools with themes like more deaf teachers in deaf schools. More jobs for the deaf in organisations funded and working in Kenya. Better inclusion in organisations that work with communities. Inclusion it seems means more deaf leaders represented in boards funded and working in Kenya. More inclusion of the umbrella organisations like KNAD in some strategic decsion making. These are important issues at the centre of the battle with Jean Claude. However indications are that some of the deaf leadsers making most noise about Jean claude also had the pices of cake jean dolled to them early when he started.
But Abdulkadir who uses a scanned letterhead of KNDAEP and claims to be an information officer of the organisation working in somalia! is quite the kind of staff not to expect. He claims that because he did not get a job with LVCT therefore LVCT is a bad organisation. Being a proffessioinal counselor as he claims it would be wiser to sort out his issues with LVCT in a better way. I wonder which KNDAEP he represents claims one of the KNDAEP board members. It is illegal to use a letterhead without officially being sanctioned by the board. He does should be using his skills seeking for funds for the KNDAEP and not bashing other people.
I am the spirit of Kenya's Deaf Community. I am Honesty, Humbleness and Goodness. I will tell nothing but the honest truth. I will reveal people's evil doings. is objective of the blog. So beware your evil doing could be on the blog tommorow.
02 February 2007
disabilitykenya
mzee bubu very happy because very important first full information make deaf community very strong. Mzee Bubu is for deaf kenyans not hearing kenyans and mzungu's.
==
:: The Mzee Bubu Storm in Kenya just wont go away!
http://www.disabilitykenya.org/mzeebubuhitsdeafinkenyalikeharricane.htm
A new blogspot with a name easily translated to an Old Deaf person was recently initiated and going by the type of stormy articles posted someone would think Jean Claude of Deaf AID has quite an enemy.
Mzee Bubu however has brought with it interesting behaviour change among the deaf individuals and organisations working in the deaf community. The blog many local deaf people associate with Nikson Kakiri who finished his undergraduate class recently in the Gallaudet University and came back to Kenya a fully flegded development scholar seems to have finally found a footing to jump start his shaky return. Although he catergorically denies it, many deaf people i spoke to thought only Nickson could have such a mind and capability. But Nickson does not come from or work in Central Province as the blog says.
The Blog officially known for promoting pride of the deaf and whose name if you would wish to search is deafpride.blogspot.com claims to say nothing but the truth about what is happening to the deaf community in Kenya. Quite a number of the initial articles are somehow related to Jean- Claude bashing. Who has replied discreetly through one of his assistants Kevin Wanke. Jean has denied all the allegations of corruption, misuse ofthe deaf under his staff, not promoting Kenya Sign Language within his programmes etc.
Further investigations link the blog to a former Peace Corp Volunteer working with connections in Kenya who many think is the role Nikson Plays. Who then collects some of the main information on various subtopics and send them to the blogger.
However there are quite a number of positive aspects of the new developments. We hope more deaf poeple would express themselves in writing such articles and more would express their opinion on issues as openly as possible. Learning and reading english has been a challenge for many including quite a number of leaders. It is our prayer that they will take this opportunity and not only express their opinion but also improve their written and read english.
The role of the internet is increasing at such a high speeed and the youth with various communication disabilities need not be left behind. Mzee bubu is a great opportunity to clear some of the issues while building some of the skills we dearly need.
Some have however complained bitterly about the language the blogger uses. Most are people who may not have experience with the deaf world. The deaf world especially in Kenya express themselves openly. Very few except Peter Wango whose article in Mzee Bubu also happens to be a battle with Global Deaf Connection is known to be able to look at the posiotive side of anything.
Jean Claude and Deaf Aid seem to be in someones agenda and this seems to attract the most vitrol. Most of the words are clearly below the belt and some one seems to be using the scene to try and make Jean leave Deaf Aid Kenya. Questions however arise like does Jean have a wife back home? What is the role of the kenyan wife? Jean who happens to be a good friend of mine is also smart to have kept quiet especially that the blog could be read by his donors, some of who were in Kenya recently.
Other interesting stories include the confusion in Deaf VCT and donor battles between LVCT and HI,
The Blog is also increasingly informative. Many organisations are coming clean and telling all whta exactly they do and where. Who they are working with and in what areas. This is very good and is also one of the positive benefits of the blog. A good example is CBM kenya and its operations in the deaf community.
There are also increasing an advocay tools with themes like more deaf teachers in deaf schools. More jobs for the deaf in organisations funded and working in Kenya. Better inclusion in organisations that work with communities. Inclusion it seems means more deaf leaders represented in boards funded and working in Kenya. More inclusion of the umbrella organisations like KNAD in some strategic decsion making. These are important issues at the centre of the battle with Jean Claude. However indications are that some of the deaf leadsers making most noise about Jean claude also had the pices of cake jean dolled to them early when he started.
But Abdulkadir who uses a scanned letterhead of KNDAEP and claims to be an information officer of the organisation working in somalia! is quite the kind of staff not to expect. He claims that because he did not get a job with LVCT therefore LVCT is a bad organisation. Being a proffessioinal counselor as he claims it would be wiser to sort out his issues with LVCT in a better way. I wonder which KNDAEP he represents claims one of the KNDAEP board members. It is illegal to use a letterhead without officially being sanctioned by the board. He does should be using his skills seeking for funds for the KNDAEP and not bashing other people.
I am the spirit of Kenya's Deaf Community. I am Honesty, Humbleness and Goodness. I will tell nothing but the honest truth. I will reveal people's evil doings. is objective of the blog. So beware your evil doing could be on the blog tommorow.
02 February 2007
disabilitykenya
Tuesday, 13 February 2007
DisabilityKenya.org
Hello,
Do you wish to learn more on the issues challenging the persons with disability in Kenya and the world?
Do you wish to support a project within the disability sector?
You can learn these and much more including:
· Disabilities and organizations working for or with disabilities.
· Issues brought forward by the Persons with Disabilities Act 2004.
· The ICT route in development of PWDs in Kenya.
· Health and HIV/AIDs information.
Please visit: http://www.disabilitykenya.org
- The new website for disability and development.
Kind regards,
Pelitah
disabilitykenya.org
Do you wish to learn more on the issues challenging the persons with disability in Kenya and the world?
Do you wish to support a project within the disability sector?
You can learn these and much more including:
· Disabilities and organizations working for or with disabilities.
· Issues brought forward by the Persons with Disabilities Act 2004.
· The ICT route in development of PWDs in Kenya.
· Health and HIV/AIDs information.
Please visit: http://www.disabilitykenya.org
- The new website for disability and development.
Kind regards,
Pelitah
disabilitykenya.org
Machakos School for the Deaf in the Standard
Shattering the myth of deafness and music
Last Updated on December 3, 2006, 12:00 am
By Margaret Oganda
http://www.eastandard.net/mag/mag.php?id=1143961977&catid=55
It is a few minutes to eight on a Friday, time for the morning assembly. A familiar scene replays itself in the school compound as 180 primary school pupils stroll slowly towards the flag post from all directions, outside the main school office block.
Well-trimmed hedges border the dusty open ground opposite the school-dining hall.
It is a bright morning as gentle rays of sunlight thaw the early morning chill, where they routinely gather twice per week for the morning assembly, or parade.
A few pupils walk alone, and others amble along in clusters for the usual weekly student presentations, Scout drills, flag-raising, as well as updates from the headmaster and teachers.
It’s a quiet place, too quiet to be a school. This is Machakos School for the Deaf, a school exclusively for the hearing impaired situated in Machakos District, close to the town centre, on Industrial Area Road.
Integration of sound and movement
Here, all the conversation and animated ‘talk’ between the staff and pupils is carried out entirely in sign language.
As the flag is raised, it is time to sing the Kenya national anthem. Surprise, surprise! They belt out the tune: "O God of all creation, bless this our land and nation, justice be our shield and defender…." The pupils sing their hearts out without skipping a line or losing tempo, except it’s all in silence.
Led by a member of staff, the pupils, who are both deaf and dumb or hard of hearing, join in to sing as they sway to a song they will never hear.
More surprises to come: The deaf pupils regularly participate in singing, dancing, recite poems, and even play instruments. And they have won many trophies.
How do they do it? The unique way that the hearing impaired integrate sound and movement mystifies many ordinary people, who often say they baffled by the fact that those who cannot hear can relate to sound, giving captivating performances.
Deaf people sense vibration in the brain
It is now known that totally deaf people feel vibrations if they stand next to speakers, or stand on a floor that vibrates. The deaf sing using types of music that are not based on sound.
One approach is to use sign-language based singing, or presentations that employ moving light patterns formed with the fingers and hand.
Some deaf people even develop an inner rhythm, which enables them to dance to music even if they do not hear the music.
In a presentation, Dr Dean Shibata, assistant professor of radiology at the University of Washington, observed that deaf people sense vibration in the part of the brain that other people use for hearing, which helps explain how deaf musicians can sense music, and how deaf people can enjoy concerts and other musical events and how some become performers.
Did you know that one of the greatest composers of all time, Ludwig Van Beethoven, developed hearing loss when he was 28 and became totally deaf at 50? Yet during that period, he came up with some of his most loved compositions like Symphony No 9.
Scooping top prize at the national level
Shawn Dale Barnett, an American, born totally deaf, grew up with a keen interest in music but was discouraged when attending a deaf school.
Despite being told deafness would keep him from being a success, he later became one of the first professional deaf drummers and was the first deaf man to have a top hit on MTV.
Of his performances, he said, "I go by feeling the vibrations in one way or another." He died of cancer in 2003.
Since the inception in the Kenya Music Festival of class 831H, the African Traditional Dance for the Hearing Impaired, the pupils from Machakos School for the Deaf have been scooping the top prize at the national level.
They have also received invitations to perform at state functions.
They specialise in a riveting showcase of the Kamba kilumi dance, which according to ancient folklore was one of worship, performed to appease ancestral spirits. The drummer pounds expertly on the kithembe drum, which has a particularly sonorous sound, especially after being warmed by a fire.
To sing and dance with no sound
The deaf pupils are caught up in this vigorous dance and the resounding beats. With their purple and white attire and striking face paint, they participate in well-synchronised movements that beat what most ordinary people can do.
"Our pupils move to the beat and rhythm of the music, as they sense the vibrations in the chest and in their feet, which is why in our case we use the kithembe drum that resonates well as opposed to smaller drums," explains Dorothy Mutinda, who has been teaching hearing impaired students dance and drama for the last ten years.
"They dance flawlessly and when we go out to perform, many people come to ask me if they are really deaf. They also play instruments like drums, tambourines, and assorted shakers like the maracas."
Mutinda has taught them not only how to perform dances for the national music festival but also regularly meets with members of the Christian Union (CU) to teach them songs which they "sign sing" during their meetings.
"When I learn a new song that I enjoy on my own, I come to school and call together the members of the CU. I sing it for them and demonstrate the signs, and actions for them clearly. I also sing it aloud a few times for them even though they do not hear me. They can see the movements that I make with my mouth that go with the words, and how fast or slow the tune is by the way I sway as I sing," she says.
Those with PLD find it easier to lip-read
Some of the students, Mutinda says, learn it faster than others because they have post-lingual deafness (PLD), which is a term applied to people who have acquired deafness after they have been able to speak, maybe through an illness, such as an ear infection, oteosclerosis, or meningitis which may cause inflammation of the inner ear. "Those with PLD find it easier to lip-read and pick up some of the words," she says.
"Often, I write the words on the blackboard so that they can grasp the meaning quickly to follow and understand the meaning of the song. Afterwards, I ask them to sing along with me, line after line until they can sing it themselves without my assistance," she says.
One of the Christian choruses the pupils enjoy singing is "This is my commandment that you love one another that your joy may be full…."
Mutinda also teaches the pupils poems in signs, the most recent one being an English verse titled "Eradicate Aids".
It is time for me to know,
I must know about Aids,
Please tell me,
Tell me all about Aids...
Soloist leads her troupe by brandishing a flywhisk
Explaining in sign language through an interpreter, some of the pupils speak about their experience in music and dance. Munyiva Mbithi, who has been dancing for the last five years, is the main soloist of the kilumi dance, and leads her troupe by brandishing a flywhisk in her hand.
"Without the help of a hearing aid, I can pick up only very faint sounds that sound very distant, so I rely on the steps that my teacher has taught me, and I lead the other dances with their movements using the flywhisk, which I point in the directions that I want them to move. The flywhisk also tells them when to change their steps," she says, adding that dancing is one of the things that she enjoys the most while in school.
"I have been taking part in Scottish, Ugandan and Kamba dances since I was in Class Three," says Mutheu Makau, a Class Eight pupil.
"I sense the loud beat of the drum in my body, and respond to it with movements, and I also follow the instructions of the soloist very carefully."
Instrumentalist learnt how to play the drums
Ndolo Mutiso takes part in the dances as well as drama and poems.
"I enjoy verse speaking and singing religious songs; that is why my ambition is to be a pastor when I grow up."
His friend Zablon Kengara has acted in several school plays.
"I enjoy taking part in drama especially when it carries an important message, like teachings about HIV/Aids."
Kasiva Wambua is the school’s main instrumentalist and started to take part in drama and music several years ago. "My teacher has taught me how to play the drums and the shakers, but now I would like to learn how to blow a whistle as we dance. During our dances I follow the flywhisk and that is how I know when to play and when to change the beat."
moganda@eastandard.net
Last Updated on December 3, 2006, 12:00 am
By Margaret Oganda
http://www.eastandard.net/mag/mag.php?id=1143961977&catid=55
It is a few minutes to eight on a Friday, time for the morning assembly. A familiar scene replays itself in the school compound as 180 primary school pupils stroll slowly towards the flag post from all directions, outside the main school office block.
Well-trimmed hedges border the dusty open ground opposite the school-dining hall.
It is a bright morning as gentle rays of sunlight thaw the early morning chill, where they routinely gather twice per week for the morning assembly, or parade.
A few pupils walk alone, and others amble along in clusters for the usual weekly student presentations, Scout drills, flag-raising, as well as updates from the headmaster and teachers.
It’s a quiet place, too quiet to be a school. This is Machakos School for the Deaf, a school exclusively for the hearing impaired situated in Machakos District, close to the town centre, on Industrial Area Road.
Integration of sound and movement
Here, all the conversation and animated ‘talk’ between the staff and pupils is carried out entirely in sign language.
As the flag is raised, it is time to sing the Kenya national anthem. Surprise, surprise! They belt out the tune: "O God of all creation, bless this our land and nation, justice be our shield and defender…." The pupils sing their hearts out without skipping a line or losing tempo, except it’s all in silence.
Led by a member of staff, the pupils, who are both deaf and dumb or hard of hearing, join in to sing as they sway to a song they will never hear.
More surprises to come: The deaf pupils regularly participate in singing, dancing, recite poems, and even play instruments. And they have won many trophies.
How do they do it? The unique way that the hearing impaired integrate sound and movement mystifies many ordinary people, who often say they baffled by the fact that those who cannot hear can relate to sound, giving captivating performances.
Deaf people sense vibration in the brain
It is now known that totally deaf people feel vibrations if they stand next to speakers, or stand on a floor that vibrates. The deaf sing using types of music that are not based on sound.
One approach is to use sign-language based singing, or presentations that employ moving light patterns formed with the fingers and hand.
Some deaf people even develop an inner rhythm, which enables them to dance to music even if they do not hear the music.
In a presentation, Dr Dean Shibata, assistant professor of radiology at the University of Washington, observed that deaf people sense vibration in the part of the brain that other people use for hearing, which helps explain how deaf musicians can sense music, and how deaf people can enjoy concerts and other musical events and how some become performers.
Did you know that one of the greatest composers of all time, Ludwig Van Beethoven, developed hearing loss when he was 28 and became totally deaf at 50? Yet during that period, he came up with some of his most loved compositions like Symphony No 9.
Scooping top prize at the national level
Shawn Dale Barnett, an American, born totally deaf, grew up with a keen interest in music but was discouraged when attending a deaf school.
Despite being told deafness would keep him from being a success, he later became one of the first professional deaf drummers and was the first deaf man to have a top hit on MTV.
Of his performances, he said, "I go by feeling the vibrations in one way or another." He died of cancer in 2003.
Since the inception in the Kenya Music Festival of class 831H, the African Traditional Dance for the Hearing Impaired, the pupils from Machakos School for the Deaf have been scooping the top prize at the national level.
They have also received invitations to perform at state functions.
They specialise in a riveting showcase of the Kamba kilumi dance, which according to ancient folklore was one of worship, performed to appease ancestral spirits. The drummer pounds expertly on the kithembe drum, which has a particularly sonorous sound, especially after being warmed by a fire.
To sing and dance with no sound
The deaf pupils are caught up in this vigorous dance and the resounding beats. With their purple and white attire and striking face paint, they participate in well-synchronised movements that beat what most ordinary people can do.
"Our pupils move to the beat and rhythm of the music, as they sense the vibrations in the chest and in their feet, which is why in our case we use the kithembe drum that resonates well as opposed to smaller drums," explains Dorothy Mutinda, who has been teaching hearing impaired students dance and drama for the last ten years.
"They dance flawlessly and when we go out to perform, many people come to ask me if they are really deaf. They also play instruments like drums, tambourines, and assorted shakers like the maracas."
Mutinda has taught them not only how to perform dances for the national music festival but also regularly meets with members of the Christian Union (CU) to teach them songs which they "sign sing" during their meetings.
"When I learn a new song that I enjoy on my own, I come to school and call together the members of the CU. I sing it for them and demonstrate the signs, and actions for them clearly. I also sing it aloud a few times for them even though they do not hear me. They can see the movements that I make with my mouth that go with the words, and how fast or slow the tune is by the way I sway as I sing," she says.
Those with PLD find it easier to lip-read
Some of the students, Mutinda says, learn it faster than others because they have post-lingual deafness (PLD), which is a term applied to people who have acquired deafness after they have been able to speak, maybe through an illness, such as an ear infection, oteosclerosis, or meningitis which may cause inflammation of the inner ear. "Those with PLD find it easier to lip-read and pick up some of the words," she says.
"Often, I write the words on the blackboard so that they can grasp the meaning quickly to follow and understand the meaning of the song. Afterwards, I ask them to sing along with me, line after line until they can sing it themselves without my assistance," she says.
One of the Christian choruses the pupils enjoy singing is "This is my commandment that you love one another that your joy may be full…."
Mutinda also teaches the pupils poems in signs, the most recent one being an English verse titled "Eradicate Aids".
It is time for me to know,
I must know about Aids,
Please tell me,
Tell me all about Aids...
Soloist leads her troupe by brandishing a flywhisk
Explaining in sign language through an interpreter, some of the pupils speak about their experience in music and dance. Munyiva Mbithi, who has been dancing for the last five years, is the main soloist of the kilumi dance, and leads her troupe by brandishing a flywhisk in her hand.
"Without the help of a hearing aid, I can pick up only very faint sounds that sound very distant, so I rely on the steps that my teacher has taught me, and I lead the other dances with their movements using the flywhisk, which I point in the directions that I want them to move. The flywhisk also tells them when to change their steps," she says, adding that dancing is one of the things that she enjoys the most while in school.
"I have been taking part in Scottish, Ugandan and Kamba dances since I was in Class Three," says Mutheu Makau, a Class Eight pupil.
"I sense the loud beat of the drum in my body, and respond to it with movements, and I also follow the instructions of the soloist very carefully."
Instrumentalist learnt how to play the drums
Ndolo Mutiso takes part in the dances as well as drama and poems.
"I enjoy verse speaking and singing religious songs; that is why my ambition is to be a pastor when I grow up."
His friend Zablon Kengara has acted in several school plays.
"I enjoy taking part in drama especially when it carries an important message, like teachings about HIV/Aids."
Kasiva Wambua is the school’s main instrumentalist and started to take part in drama and music several years ago. "My teacher has taught me how to play the drums and the shakers, but now I would like to learn how to blow a whistle as we dance. During our dances I follow the flywhisk and that is how I know when to play and when to change the beat."
moganda@eastandard.net
Monday, 12 February 2007
Oi Jean Claude some messages for you!
comment today posted at 8am: no name
Mzee Bubu calls for Deaf Kenyans to unite to chase Jean Claude from Kenya, but our Deaf leaders are too busy attending Jean Claude's workshops to show support and praise from the same Deaf Community. You ask Deaf Kenyans to threaten one moment, but then they beg the other. How does that work? A Deaf Kenyan attends Jean Claude's workshops and meeetings, likes his work, collects allowance and goes away happy. How can you again ask him to chase Jean Claude from Kenya? and why? This is repeated between Deaf Kenyans and many NGOs in Kenya, not just Jean Claude. How do we resolve this?
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another comment by a CONCERNED DEAFIE at 9.33am
Thanks Mzee for publishing my comments.
As for my Deaf Kenyan friends going for allowances and meetings to 'Eat and Drink' one day we will have the repayment.
BUT for now you can see that happens, we have no development in the Deaf community in Kenya. We do not have an Association, No good Education, No employment for Deaf Kenyans and again there are no services to support the Deaf. WHY?
You the leaders are busy eating and fillling your stomach with development money.....
God forgive them! for the blood of the needy, poor and dying Deaf Kenyans are on their hands.
Mzee Bubu calls for Deaf Kenyans to unite to chase Jean Claude from Kenya, but our Deaf leaders are too busy attending Jean Claude's workshops to show support and praise from the same Deaf Community. You ask Deaf Kenyans to threaten one moment, but then they beg the other. How does that work? A Deaf Kenyan attends Jean Claude's workshops and meeetings, likes his work, collects allowance and goes away happy. How can you again ask him to chase Jean Claude from Kenya? and why? This is repeated between Deaf Kenyans and many NGOs in Kenya, not just Jean Claude. How do we resolve this?
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another comment by a CONCERNED DEAFIE at 9.33am
Thanks Mzee for publishing my comments.
As for my Deaf Kenyan friends going for allowances and meetings to 'Eat and Drink' one day we will have the repayment.
BUT for now you can see that happens, we have no development in the Deaf community in Kenya. We do not have an Association, No good Education, No employment for Deaf Kenyans and again there are no services to support the Deaf. WHY?
You the leaders are busy eating and fillling your stomach with development money.....
God forgive them! for the blood of the needy, poor and dying Deaf Kenyans are on their hands.
Kenya Christian School for the Deaf Faces A Brighter Future
From the newsroom of the Journal Chretien, France, Tuesday, January 30, 2007 .....
Kenya School for the Deaf Faces A Brighter Future
Empowerment Project Focuses on Self-Reliance and Sustainability
By Michael Gantt
BRATTLEBORO, VERMONT (USA) - The old proverb says, "Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day ; teach him how to fish and you feed him for a lifetime." James Kabao, of Schuller Development Services in Nairobi, Kenya is putting a new twist on an old line - "Give a man a loaf of bread and you feed him for a day ; give him an oven and you'll be amazed at what he will cook up." Kabao is helping a group of deaf children bake a new and brighter future.
The children who attend the Kenya Christian School for the Deaf in Oyugis are among the poorest and most disadvantaged class in the country. Many of them are orphans or abandoned by their families while others are placed in the school because it gets them out of the home and out of sight in a country where deafness is a cause for discrimination and isolation. They live in a rented block building and hold classes and often sleep and eat in an uninsulated tin building. Their primary diet includes ugali (a corn meal and water loaf) and when available, cabbage. They rarely have meat or milk. These are truly among the poorest of the poor. While the school does get some support through Deaf Missions International and some student sponsorships from Christian individuals in America, it is almost never enough to provide more than the most basic of needs.
That may all be about to change, thanks to James Kabao of Schuller Development Services in Nairobi. In December of 2006 Kabao began working under the sponsorship of Agape Christian Fellowship in Brattleboro, Vermont to initiate a deaf empowerment project similar to others he has established all over Kenya and East Africa among impoverished groups. If things go well, the school could be entirely self-supporting within a period of two years.
The installation of new wood fired ovens and cook stoves, charcoal production equipment, and incubators are currently being fabricated for the school. During the first half of February, Kabao and his crew will be remodeling rooms and installing equipment to open a bakery, and charcoal brickette production facility, and incubators for raising boiler chickens to be sold in local markets.
The students of the Kenya Christian School for the Deaf will be trained to operate the bakery, produce the charcoal, and manage the production of the boiler chickens. Each student will have age appropriate responsibilities in the business ventures and graduates of the school will be certified in their various fields, making them significantly more employable. In addition, older students will be trained in the skills needed to start and manage their own businesses. Kabao predicts that the school will be earning an income by the end of March and fully self-reliant with in the next year or so.
The Deaf School project is not a new venture for James Kabao. He has assisted over thirty other groups through out Kenya develop similar projects ; all of them very successful.
One such project in the Nairobi area helped young Brian Shiroko, a deaf man who had little hope of employment, develop his own business model. Today, Brian owns his own business which includes a bakery, weaving shop, chicken production, charcoal production (which supplies thirty other bakeries), and plastic recycling plant. In addition, Brian maintains a remarkably productive vegetable and fruit garden which supplies many of the small markets in his area with fresh produce. Not only does Brian own his own business, but he trains and employs a full staff. Next year, Brian will be opening a Deaf Training Center which will invite the deaf from all over Kenya to enroll for training which will enable them to duplicate what Brian Shiroko has been able to do, all over the country.
Based on Brian Shiroko's success, James Kabao believes the Kenya School for the Deaf can, within a relatively short period of time, become entirely independent of outside support and will be able to significantly improve the quality of life not only for the students of the school but for the surrounding community as well.
Members and friends of the Agape Christian Fellowship have contributed just over $5000 to provide start up money for the project. It their hope that the KCSD project will provide a workable model that can be reproduced in impoverished communities not only in Africa, but in other parts of the world as well. The Agape Fellowship has a sizeable Deaf congregation and many of the church's Deaf community have contributed to the school and to this project.
If you would like to know more about this project, contribute to its ongoing su ccess, or receive periodic updates on the progress of the project, you may write for information to Pastor Michael Gantt at srpastor@agapechristianfellowship.org
Copyright © 2007 ASSIST News Service
Kenya School for the Deaf Faces A Brighter Future
Empowerment Project Focuses on Self-Reliance and Sustainability
By Michael Gantt
BRATTLEBORO, VERMONT (USA) - The old proverb says, "Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day ; teach him how to fish and you feed him for a lifetime." James Kabao, of Schuller Development Services in Nairobi, Kenya is putting a new twist on an old line - "Give a man a loaf of bread and you feed him for a day ; give him an oven and you'll be amazed at what he will cook up." Kabao is helping a group of deaf children bake a new and brighter future.
The children who attend the Kenya Christian School for the Deaf in Oyugis are among the poorest and most disadvantaged class in the country. Many of them are orphans or abandoned by their families while others are placed in the school because it gets them out of the home and out of sight in a country where deafness is a cause for discrimination and isolation. They live in a rented block building and hold classes and often sleep and eat in an uninsulated tin building. Their primary diet includes ugali (a corn meal and water loaf) and when available, cabbage. They rarely have meat or milk. These are truly among the poorest of the poor. While the school does get some support through Deaf Missions International and some student sponsorships from Christian individuals in America, it is almost never enough to provide more than the most basic of needs.
That may all be about to change, thanks to James Kabao of Schuller Development Services in Nairobi. In December of 2006 Kabao began working under the sponsorship of Agape Christian Fellowship in Brattleboro, Vermont to initiate a deaf empowerment project similar to others he has established all over Kenya and East Africa among impoverished groups. If things go well, the school could be entirely self-supporting within a period of two years.
The installation of new wood fired ovens and cook stoves, charcoal production equipment, and incubators are currently being fabricated for the school. During the first half of February, Kabao and his crew will be remodeling rooms and installing equipment to open a bakery, and charcoal brickette production facility, and incubators for raising boiler chickens to be sold in local markets.
The students of the Kenya Christian School for the Deaf will be trained to operate the bakery, produce the charcoal, and manage the production of the boiler chickens. Each student will have age appropriate responsibilities in the business ventures and graduates of the school will be certified in their various fields, making them significantly more employable. In addition, older students will be trained in the skills needed to start and manage their own businesses. Kabao predicts that the school will be earning an income by the end of March and fully self-reliant with in the next year or so.
The Deaf School project is not a new venture for James Kabao. He has assisted over thirty other groups through out Kenya develop similar projects ; all of them very successful.
One such project in the Nairobi area helped young Brian Shiroko, a deaf man who had little hope of employment, develop his own business model. Today, Brian owns his own business which includes a bakery, weaving shop, chicken production, charcoal production (which supplies thirty other bakeries), and plastic recycling plant. In addition, Brian maintains a remarkably productive vegetable and fruit garden which supplies many of the small markets in his area with fresh produce. Not only does Brian own his own business, but he trains and employs a full staff. Next year, Brian will be opening a Deaf Training Center which will invite the deaf from all over Kenya to enroll for training which will enable them to duplicate what Brian Shiroko has been able to do, all over the country.
Based on Brian Shiroko's success, James Kabao believes the Kenya School for the Deaf can, within a relatively short period of time, become entirely independent of outside support and will be able to significantly improve the quality of life not only for the students of the school but for the surrounding community as well.
Members and friends of the Agape Christian Fellowship have contributed just over $5000 to provide start up money for the project. It their hope that the KCSD project will provide a workable model that can be reproduced in impoverished communities not only in Africa, but in other parts of the world as well. The Agape Fellowship has a sizeable Deaf congregation and many of the church's Deaf community have contributed to the school and to this project.
If you would like to know more about this project, contribute to its ongoing su ccess, or receive periodic updates on the progress of the project, you may write for information to Pastor Michael Gantt at srpastor@agapechristianfellowship.org
Copyright © 2007 ASSIST News Service
Friday, 09 February 2007
a Deaf Kenyan speaking out
Mzee Bubu is very busy. Sorry for delay.
Mzee Bubu got a v interesting comment from someone. Mzee Bubu can print ur comment without ur name protect secret if u want.
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I am unhappy with the secrecy and hidding happening. The Online resource that was being launched is for the benefit of Deaf Kenyans why do it in secret?
We need the attention so that we get Deaf Issues open and read by Deaf and Hearing people esp. the government.
I say it again here loud and clear - Many foreigners come to Kenya thinking we are fools, that we are uneducated....we might be all that BUT we have one thing that they do not have - Street Smart wisdom and sheer hard learnt facts that only being Kenyan and Deaf can give to you.
We know our country, we know our issues - NO FUCKING individual from another country can tell us how to run the fucking issues of developement. Is Enron development? what about the Kyoto protocol? War in Iraq is that a model to follow? Please give us break we have our resource right here leave us the HELL ALONE....
Mzee Bubu is right we need 100% Deaf Teachers in Deaf Schools NOW. The Hearing Teachers MUST SIGN - KSL not some screwed SEE or TC thing.
You may say I am using strong language....allow me to vent my anger and frustrations. What we are seeing is unacceptable and unethical. We need to have these infrastructure BUT we can not have the fate of one million Kenyans decided by a bunch of ass lickers and wankers.
Pardon me, I can call them that because I am a Kenyan Deaf frustrated by this education system that is being controlled by some big shots at KIE, KISE and MOE. We are going into digital resource center BUT just a small consideration of acknowledging KSL as the official language of the Deaf took them 15 years.....please we need more action more powerful decisions not a silent launch of a website or resource center attended by 20 people at a down town hotel with allowances paid to the participants.....NO NO NO HELL NO!
I am rumbling ON and I am not letting go..... becoz our deaf peole must understand that money is not development. donors come and go Kenya is here to stay we have to leave a better world for our children. We would like to see better education accessible to Deaf people, we need to see KNAD functioning and having a voice in Kenya, we need a better access to employment of Deaf people....this can only happen with unity, soberness and wisdom that Mzee Bubu is trying to foster in Deaf Kenyans.
Let us not be fooled by money, big names, degrees and politics.....Life is more than allowances, money and a big office. Real men and women are people who stand for what is right, just and credible. Mzee Bubu please publish this comment if you are truly for the development of Kenyan Deaf people!!!
Concerned Deafie
Mzee Bubu got a v interesting comment from someone. Mzee Bubu can print ur comment without ur name protect secret if u want.
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I am unhappy with the secrecy and hidding happening. The Online resource that was being launched is for the benefit of Deaf Kenyans why do it in secret?
We need the attention so that we get Deaf Issues open and read by Deaf and Hearing people esp. the government.
I say it again here loud and clear - Many foreigners come to Kenya thinking we are fools, that we are uneducated....we might be all that BUT we have one thing that they do not have - Street Smart wisdom and sheer hard learnt facts that only being Kenyan and Deaf can give to you.
We know our country, we know our issues - NO FUCKING individual from another country can tell us how to run the fucking issues of developement. Is Enron development? what about the Kyoto protocol? War in Iraq is that a model to follow? Please give us break we have our resource right here leave us the HELL ALONE....
Mzee Bubu is right we need 100% Deaf Teachers in Deaf Schools NOW. The Hearing Teachers MUST SIGN - KSL not some screwed SEE or TC thing.
You may say I am using strong language....allow me to vent my anger and frustrations. What we are seeing is unacceptable and unethical. We need to have these infrastructure BUT we can not have the fate of one million Kenyans decided by a bunch of ass lickers and wankers.
Pardon me, I can call them that because I am a Kenyan Deaf frustrated by this education system that is being controlled by some big shots at KIE, KISE and MOE. We are going into digital resource center BUT just a small consideration of acknowledging KSL as the official language of the Deaf took them 15 years.....please we need more action more powerful decisions not a silent launch of a website or resource center attended by 20 people at a down town hotel with allowances paid to the participants.....NO NO NO HELL NO!
I am rumbling ON and I am not letting go..... becoz our deaf peole must understand that money is not development. donors come and go Kenya is here to stay we have to leave a better world for our children. We would like to see better education accessible to Deaf people, we need to see KNAD functioning and having a voice in Kenya, we need a better access to employment of Deaf people....this can only happen with unity, soberness and wisdom that Mzee Bubu is trying to foster in Deaf Kenyans.
Let us not be fooled by money, big names, degrees and politics.....Life is more than allowances, money and a big office. Real men and women are people who stand for what is right, just and credible. Mzee Bubu please publish this comment if you are truly for the development of Kenyan Deaf people!!!
Concerned Deafie
Thursday, 01 February 2007
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sad news here: BLOGLET not work properly. Mzee Bubu dont know why. Will investigate and inform you.
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KENYA DEAF COMMUNITY UNITE TOGETHER BE TOGETHER!
mzeebubu@gmail.com
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sad news here: BLOGLET not work properly. Mzee Bubu dont know why. Will investigate and inform you.
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Correction on Deaf Teachers Website
Everyone,
correction here thanks to Sitara Sheikh and Norma Moran (via Nickson) 4 writing and correcting Mzee Bubu
"""""Norma and I wanted to inform you that the KFDT website address (kenyandeafteachers.tripod.com]) has been shut down due to heavy "pop ups" adveristments and those things will interfere with the one's reading.
The website is still www.freewebs.com/kenyadeafteachers as announced in the 10/18/06 email.
Can you please inform Mzee Bubu because he put the first address on his blog. We don't want the interested readers to be confused.
Asante Sana,
Sitara and Norma"""""
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remember new right address: www.freewebs.com/kenyadeafteachers
correction here thanks to Sitara Sheikh and Norma Moran (via Nickson) 4 writing and correcting Mzee Bubu
"""""Norma and I wanted to inform you that the KFDT website address (kenyandeafteachers.tripod.com]) has been shut down due to heavy "pop ups" adveristments and those things will interfere with the one's reading.
The website is still www.freewebs.com/kenyadeafteachers as announced in the 10/18/06 email.
Can you please inform Mzee Bubu because he put the first address on his blog. We don't want the interested readers to be confused.
Asante Sana,
Sitara and Norma"""""
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remember new right address: www.freewebs.com/kenyadeafteachers
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