International Week of Deaf People 2022 (Deaf Awareness Week)

By Ann Kigo

As the world commemorates the International Week of Deaf People, Lugha Ishara together with its partners gathered tens of deaf children and their parents who shared their experiences and celebrated the milestones they have achieved so far.

In her opening remarks, Nancy Maina, CEO and Founder of Lugha Ishara cited the joy of seeing children who were previously cut out from many interactions now speaking their minds voluntarily in sign language. She called upon stakeholders to consider investing in such ventures as Lugha Ishara because if the impact was so tremendous with barely any funding, so much more can be done. Lugha Ishara is an organization that tackles language deprivation in deaf children by offering early intervention before a child's brain loses the plasticity to acquire language.

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