Disability is not Inability

::Deaf leader addicted to internet at the World Bank facility….

Internet access for persons with disabilities is lacking in many countries. The internet is a source of much information and education on almost anything. As much as such unlimited potential many PWDs especially in the developing countries do not have access to the digital world. The digital divide is huge in relation to most developing communities let alone PWDs. Persons with disabilities do not even have access to basic social services we take for grunted available in the developing economies.

It is within this background that when I met a friend Boniface Inyanya he explained to me that he has been lost because he has been spending time doing fundraising on the internet. As the chairman of a deaf organization he has to fundraise. The cheapest way to fundraise is the internet. He is learning how to write proposals, he is learning how to make budgets. He got contacts for many organizations in the world from the internet. Through the internet he is free. He is truly free. He can write to anybody in any organization in the world and seek funding.

I may not have succeeded so far but thank God for the internet. All I need to do is to go to a place where I can have access. I thank World Bank for this facility. Many deaf people have challenge with reading and writing English. It is unfortunate. As the chairman of Kenya National deaf Aids education programme (KNDAEP) working with the computer has taught me a lot. I learn many things by this. I encourage more deaf people to learn hwo to read and write English so they can also write emails and help develop our community. I also encourage the government to provide more services that are accessible to the disabled people. It is encouraging what the World Bank is doing. It is encouraging that I can see other blind people here at the world.

The internet has made me to be able to apply for funds to organization like the Bill Gates foundation, the World Bank and many big organizations that many disabled people do not have access. I was surprised by this application through contacts I got in the internet; I got a reply from the Bill gates Foundation. Though it was a regret letter it was encouraging that me a deaf person in Kenya could communicate with any person anywhere in the world through email.

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