Salama, The School for the Blind

Here are the two school buildings (behind this picture is the cafeteria). The left building has five classrooms (P1-5, which is grades 1-5) and the right building has two classrooms (P6-7) and the office.

The students eating in the cafeteria.

A few students and I posing for the camera.

The students love reading, a few gathered to look at the book Giraffes Can't Dance.

The students performing at a conference in Kampala (last weekend). The Bible Society hosted a conference to raise awareness and money for blind students. There were two other schools there besides Salama; each performed a few songs during the conference.

The school motto is: Where all things are possible with God. I am doing my junior social work internship at Salama. I have fallen in love with all of the students! I have been able to observe in various areas within the school and also after school hours. I go three days a week. The students all have impaired vision, which varies from complete blindness to minor vision impairment. It is a boarding school with just over fifty students. They have students from ages six to eighteen, along with grades P1-P7 (which is first through seventh grade). Even though I am supposed to be teaching and helping the students, I think they have already taught me more than I could ever teach them. They have taught me that if you truly believe in God, that He is the Creator and He sent His son Jesus as the Savior of this world, nothing is impossible. For example, as I was talking to a few students they were expressing to me their dreams. One wants to be a lawyer, the other a doctor, and the last one a teacher, and they will not let anything stop them! They love to teach me braille too! They are so inquisitive about the United States also. They ask so many good questions! Like I said, I have fallen in love with these students. I look forward to going to hang out with them each week.  Life is not easy for them, the staff and students, but they continue to trust in God and give Him the glory when He fulfills their needs. It is amazing and I thank God for the opportunity to be able to do my social work internship at Salama.