I will be an important person - Ghana blind kid

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• published: 17 Jun 2013
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Francisca Nuvor, VoicesofAfrica mobile reporter in Accra, Ghana (31 March 2010) House mothers of the Akropong School for the blind in the Akwapem North District of Ghana are appealing to parents who have their wards in the school to help work hand in hand to bring up the children the way they should grow because they believe they are no different from the sighted people. Madam Janet Owusuaa Darko, one of the house mothers in the girls dormitory said, the training given to them on domestic chores must continue even as they go to their various homes. She said, these children who are mostly admitted at a very tender age of four are trained how to do basic things for themselves like brushing the teeth, bathing and washing as they grow, but unfortunately, they return from holidays and seems to forget all that was thought. This she said, sometimes makes their work very difficult. She added that, aside academic intelligence, these children have individual talents deposited in them which parents must identify and be proud of. Hawa, a 16 year old who has been blind for four years and in her final year is not worried about her condition because "I know I will be an important person in future", The house mothers are therefore entreating all parents whose children are in such condition to support them to bring out the future in them in order not to become a burden on the society and the nation as a whole.