We have been to the Cape Coast area a few times as tourists to visit the Elmina castle. Elmina is one of the former slave castles that were all along the old “Gold Coast” of Africa. There should be posts about Elmina in the 2017 and 2016 blogs. It was on the visit in 2017 that we learned about the government school for the deaf located in Cape Coast.
Cape Coast School for the Deaf (CCSD) was installed in late summer of 2019 - so right at 3 1/2 years ago. CCSD has really embraced the water treatment system and health education. The water room is one of the best in Ghana and the lead operator is a older gentlemen that understands the system and the importance of keeping everything clean, organized and working.
We spent the day training a group of students, about 50, where 2/3 of the students were deaf and 1/3 of the students were blind. It was a moving and interesting experience. It was interesting to see how the two groups of students interacted with the training - the deaf students were more engaging, visual, and of course speaking with sign (which by the way was very similar to kids of their same age with their hearing - all the students “speaking” at once!). the blind children were much calmer and listened closely to the words and instructions. As an example, the blind students were able to get the words to the songs memorized on the first pass of hearing Rose or Regina speak the words.
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