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24

I’ve made a huge mistake

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There is something I’ve been meaning to talk about for some time now.  Just something that has been on my mind.  Its just been bugging me.  I made a mistake a while back.  It is entirely my fault.  I take full responsibility for it.  Before I departed for Kenya, well over a year ago now, I committed an error.

The name of this blog is hearkenya.  Why did I come up with that name?  I don’t know.  I think at the time I thought it sounded pretty cool but in reality I thought it meant that I would be helping Deaf Kenyans hear.  And that is where I went horribly wrong.  I am not trying to help them hear.  I am trying to help them learn English, math, science, and how to read.  I am trying to get them to learn the proper signs of Kenyan Sign Language.  I am trying to teach them to make the right choices in life, especially when it comes to their health.  I am trying to encourage them to go on to secondary school and then to University.  I am trying to teach them and their fellow hearing counterparts that Deaf people can succeed.  Deaf people can do anything, except hear.

Many thanks to those of you that have contributed to my library project. For those of you that have not yet contributed, please, please, PLEASE consider making a donation.  We have raised over $10,000 and are quickly approaching our goal, so PLEASE help us out!  The sooner we get all of the money raised, the sooner the container will be shipped.

2 Responses to “I’ve made a huge mistake”

  1. As far as huge mistakes go, I’d say yours is very forgivable. Your work is priceless; it’s a mistake I would gladly make many times over.

    Chris on February 25th, 2010 at 9:01 pm

  2. Maybe by teaching them to be literate, you are teaching them to hear figuratively. For example, you are teaching them to “hear” reason. Maybe the deaf group in charge of the restaurant will even “hear” you out when you want to make a point.

    Or maybe I should not try to justify your mistake… Instead, maybe I should “hear” you, and apologize to my readers for titling my blog, “Peace, God Willing” (Amani Mungu Akipenda).

    Thomas Mosier on March 2nd, 2010 at 10:34 am

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