Gambia Deaf Preschool
Thursday October 29, 2009
A Gambian news source has an interview with the director of a nursery school for deaf children ages four to seven. (She is also the director of Gambia's association for deaf and hard of hearing). In the interview, she says that although many parents can not afford to pay the school fees, she permits the children to come anyway. The children are permitted to come anyway because she recognizes the harm that would be done by denying them education.
It costs 150 Gambian dalasi (their currency) to send a child to their preschool for one term. Converted to U.S. dollars, this is $5.61. A full year is 450 dalasi, or $16.82. It costs so little to educate the deaf children of Africa.
That is amazing. If I weren’t unemployed, I’d send the school money to offset their financial losses. I will add the Gambia school to my prayer list and pray that the school will be blessed with the necessary finances to continue to serve the children who need to attend. Most Americans waste more than it costs to attend every weekend on beer and pizza! Thanks for sharing this story.
Is there a way to contact the school and send financial aid. I’m on unemployment for now but would like to help out. I know other’s who might too.