Education Malaysia Project #11371

Educating young blind children for a better future

by St. Nicholas' Home, Penang

Project Report | Mar 10, 2016
Meet Ravin!

By Daniel S | Project Leader

Ravin learning about shapes.

Meet Ravin*! He is currently 9 years old and has been at St. Nicholas’ Home for 2 years. He is diagnosed with congenital Rubella Syndrome, which has caused extremely low vision, sensorineural deafness, and hyperactive behavior. He arrived here when he was 7 years old and two short years later he has had many accomplishments and growth. Ravin lives at St. Nicholas’ Home and travels home to stay with his parents during school holidays. While at St. Nicholas Home, Ravin works on gaining cognitive and motor skills, learning daily living activities, and increasing his communication skills.

When Ravin came to St. Nicholas’ Home, he struggled to express himself and he was completely dependent on his caregivers. Ravin now is gaining independence through learning how to communicate via gestures, signs, and objects. This has helped him to gain confidence in navigating his surroundings and completing daily living tasks. He is no longer diaper dependent and has learned to eat with limited supervision.

Our goal is to help all students in the Deaf Blind Multi Handicapped Program to gain independence and learn skills that will help them grow toward this goal. Ravin has had significant progress toward gaining more independence and learning living skills. Ravin is now walking on his own, navigating his dormitory on his own, feeding himself and communicating with his caregivers at St. Nicholas’ Home.

Ravin and many other children need your help! St. Nicholas’ Home is helping children like Ravin grow and learn. If you would like to help Ravin and the other children at St. Nicholas’ Home please consider financially supporting our Deaf Blind and Multi Handicapped Program.

*Not his real name

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Sep 21, 2015
Amin

By Daniel Soon | Executive Director St. Nicholas' Home

May 7, 2015
Rin's Story

By Daniel Soon | Executive Director St. Nicholas' Home

Hello I'm Narin

Let me introduce you to Rin. Rin came to St. Nicholas Home in 2011 at the age of 2. When she came to us we discovered that she had Low Vision with Bilateral Congenital Nystagmus (involuntary eye movement). Rin is apart of our Early Intervention Programme and thanks to donations like yours we have been able to help her succeed in her early childhood years.

Rin has done great in our programs and has succeeded notably since she first came to us. In 2011, Rin was very slow in tactual stimulation, was able to converse her needs but with a lack of understanding in English, and was able to move around with support. Rin was very dependent on her family and we hoped to help her gain independence and be able to do much more on her own in her years to come with us.

Since Rin has been with us we have been able to see a whole new girl. With our many programs to increase cognitive, language and social skills she has shown great improvement. Rin has been able to follow instructions given to her and ask questions to improve her knowledge. She has also shown great skill in interacting with others, becoming more independent in social situations and also basic life skills. She can now do much more without the assistance of her mother. She can also ride her bike around with minimum guidance from others.

This was all accomplished by your generous donations. Please help us to continue changing Rin’s life and assisting her to be an independent girl. We have many goals for her this year that include learning the Braille Alphabet and boosting her self-confidence. With your help this will be possible.

You can already do this by making a donation on the upcoming Bonus Day on Wednesday, May 13^th. On that day GlobalGiving is matching every donation!

Thank you so much for supporting these children. You are helping us to change lives at an early age and prevent blindness! We appreciate you.

Learning together with my family

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