Equip deafblind children with skills for life!

“Being disabled should not mean being disqualified from having access to every aspect of life.”

Seeing the 14 year old Daniel dancing and smiling to our classic folk song, “Chan Mali Chan” this quote was the one most fitting to his person.

Daniel who is born with retinopathy of prematurity, learning difficulties and total blindness joined St. Nicholas’ Home’ Deaf Blind Multi Handicapped Programme in 2003 and since then we have witnessed his slow but steady growth and improvements. Our DBMH programme teachers are so proud of Daniel when they recount his progress over the years he is with us. Among the activities he is good at is typing the alphabets in Braille independently, spelling simple names and words. He is also able to identify his own birthday. The most important thing is that he is verbally expressive when he needs to go to the toilet. As Daniel is blessed with better hearings compared to some of his classmate, he could understand instructions and responds when he is called. He is also given the responsibilities to switch off the classroom’s lights and fans whenever they go for outdoor activities and he upholds his responsibilities well!

Step by step, we can see that Daniel is becoming more independent and creative, a child full of vitality and with so much hope for the future.

We would like to thank you who are reading this for your love and continuous support for children such as Daniel. Because of you, we are able to make their world better with each passing day. Please continue to support the work we do for these children by making donations. Stay tuned for our next update! Thank you!

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