Sahajanand Special School

Ed and I visited Sahajanand Special School in Mtwapa. They have almost 500 students with varying disabilities (physical, mental, autistic, epilepsy).

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They are building a new school nearby, to accommodate 1,000 disabled children. This is the toilet block, running along behind the new dormitories, spacious and easy to clean (and well finished)

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It’s huge!

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Ed with one of the board who is supervising construction

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The first building of the special school

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Plates stacked in the kitchen wall

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Lunch queue

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Kids dancing to music videos, and posing

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A German volunteer, Lena

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Back home, Jacob’s friend, Angela, showing us how to grate coconut

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Meld’s turn

 

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The coconut was used to make coconut milk,then to flavour coconut rice, to accompany my chicken stew.

 

1 Comment

  1. Hanif Ali says:

    Hi, I have just seen a BBC report about this school. Can we please connect by email or phone as I would like your input on some follow-up I would like to do? My number is +45 27578343. I have submitted my email address above. Thanks and best regards, Hanif

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