FORA.tv Speaker - Sam Kateu

Sam Kateu believes that deaf children in Uganda will certainly face a life without hope if they are not educated and able to read and communicate.

Kateu established a school to ensure that deaf children have the full role in society they deserve. The program that started in his home with 8 deaf children in Uganda in 1998 has now developed into the Kavule Parents School for the Deaf boarding school, which houses and educates dozens of deaf children annually.

The school reduces illiteracy among deaf children and empowers them economically, even as they struggle with harsh daily circumstances. Despite the profound difficulties inherent in organizing a sustainable boarding school in rural Uganda, Kateu provides quality education, safe living conditions, adequate nourishment and medical care to children from desperately poor circumstances.