Reports on Educating young blind children for a better future

Project Report | Feb 21, 2024
The Adorable Girl

By Nurul Syahirah | DBMH Teacher

Rani is a happy-go-lucky 11-year-old girl. Rani is living with her parents. She has a sibling. Rani is the youngest of the family.

Rani has poor vision. Low vision is another term for it. She can't fully tell the colours with clarity. She has to be able to look up close before she can distinguish between colours. Rani loves to grin at everyone who greets and speaks to her. Rani enjoys socializing with her classmates and teachers. She enjoys communicating with one of her buddies. Rani enjoys dancing. She will request that the teachers play music and begin to dance. Besides, when teachers encourage Rani to dance, she can react and mimic a few dancing moves.

Rani needs to work on her cognitive skills more. She can differentiate shapes with the help of her teacher. She can most likely put together a puzzle. She can't concentrate on anything for more than 10 minutes. Teachers must teach her how to focus. Rani is still unable to independently comb her hair. She has to practice combing her hair more. Furthermore, without the help of her professors, Rani is unable to dress appropriately. She must acquire knowledge on her own. She picks things up slowly. She doesn't comprehend anything that teachers try to teach her. She takes some time to comprehend .

However, she demonstrates her growth in everyday life skills by being able to wash her own dishes and cups on her own. so that she would see how important cleaning is. Rani also follows the teacher's instructions to wash her table after eating. Teachers believe Rani can improve even more in class .

If you want Rani and the other children in this program to achieve more, please keep donating to us. We are overjoyed to have your backing. You make a difference for us, and we are grateful!

"There is no better way to thank God for your sight than by giving a helping hand to someone in the dark."

Helen Keller

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Princess of the Home

By Tang | Project Assistance

Angel on national costume during National Day

Once upon a time in St. Nicholas, a cute little angle come to us at her age of 8.

Now she is 21 years old and still learning in Deaf Blind and multi-handicapped class. Why?

Angel was diagnosed at the age of 8 with Global Development Delay (a medical condition which causes delays in all areas of a child's development). Angel's growth is lagging and stunted; she is no bigger than a normal 21 years young adult. Siti was also born with no eyes and some facial deformities.

When Angel first arrived at St. Nicholas' Home, she was not able to walk. She had lived with her grandfather in a small town, as her parent abandoned her. Angel was malnourished and weak when we first saw her. Throughout her growing years her loving grandfather had carried her about thinking that Siti was immobile.

Angel able to learnt to walk and recognize teachers and staff by their voices and could cheerfully address each of them loudly. She able to talk and communicate with people.

Unfortunately, she is unable to take care of herself like a normal young adult due to her global development delay. St. Nicholas' Home has been given a lot of effort by consulting medical expert such as psychiarat and occupational therapy.

She is taken good care by our 3 housemothers. We hope that she can live happiness in St. Nicholas' Home, Penang for the rest of her life. However, St. Nicholas' Home is totally rely on public funds and private donations to sustain our programmes. Sourcing funds to continue providing education, training and services for the blind and visually impaired induviduals in Malaysia has always been challenging, especially amid the COVID-19 outbreak.

Hence, we humbly seek your genenosity donations from you.

Thank you for being the beacon in our lives and we will be forever grateful for your support.

Angel is walking on playground