A 15 Year-Old Lives In Uganda With No Schools For The Deaf. He's Never Had A Conversation, Until Now

November 13, 2014

Patrick Otema, 15, was born profoundly deaf. In the remote area of Uganda where he lives there are no schools for deaf children, and he has never had a conversation.

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Raymond Okkelo, a sign language teacher, hopes to change all this and offer Patrick a way out of the fearful silence he has known his whole life.


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