Signs of Hope International

Tonight, I got to hang out with my friend, Curry and we had discussion about the organization that he works for called Signs of Hope International which teaches Deaf children in Ghana, Africa since they don't have good deaf education program. I was very fascinated when Curry explained to me about how the deaf people live in Africa. I was very shocked that deaf people was allowed to obtain drivers license by the law only year ago! One thing that really disturb me greatly that the deaf person have the term, Mumu (?) added to their name just because they are deaf. The term means they are considered as next to the animal. It doesn't matter if the person is born deaf, became deaf, or had hearing loss later in their life. They still get that term added to their name. 

I heard about SOHI from my ASL teacher (You can see her in few pictures of volunteers that are found on the site) when I was senior in high school. At that time, I had no interest nor desire to go to Africa at all! But after I talked with Curry, it make me wanting to go to Africa just to help out. 

But it's not cheap. But people can help SOHI by donating money. So open up your wallet or checkbook! :-)