By Nhat Hong | Student
It is a very hard time for many people around the world during the coronavirus pandemic. Many workers become unemployed and have no income. Many people get the virus and lost their life. Many people are still struggling with the disease.
We, the individuals with disabilities are significantly impacted in many ways, especially in social life and academic study. When the pandemic came to our country. We could not get out of our houses because of the social distancing policy. All schools were shutdown, including our warm shelter. We all stayed home with our families. For a short time, it is always happy and joyful. Yet for a long time, it became disaster. We could not connect to the outside world unless the television news. We could not have any entertaiment activities.
It became more vulnerable for us when the department od education decided to conduct online teaching and learning. For many sighted people to get access to internet or having modern accessories is big problem. For us, it became disaster. The only way for us was to access television. However, we were not able to catch up with lessons on television since the lessons all disigned for sighted people.
Fortunately, during those hard days, the sisters of our centers came to visit us at home. They sent us braille textbooks and learning materials which supported us with our self-studies. They also posted a few video clips instructing us to protect ourselves from the virus. For the younger students, the sisters even posted instructional clips to guide parents techniques and lessons to teach their children from home. Life became less miserable.
The pandemic is controlled in our area. We are back to school. We hear that many countries are still strongly impacted by the virus. We keep all people around the world in our daily prayers, especially our sponsors and donors. We wish that the vaccine will be produced as soon as possible to stop the pandemic so that everyone is back to a happy life.
Best wishes to you and your families.
By Le Kim Phung | Project Leader Assistant
By Le Kim Phung | Project Coordinator
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