Ghana: “Disability is not inability”


  1. Kent Mensah, AfricaNews editor in Accra, Ghana
    "Disability is not inability" - this is what some Ghanaian children with physical and mental disability proved to the world over the weekend. Students of the New Horizon Special School showcased their own hand made woven baskets, dolls, beads, postcards, dyed table clothes and chains to the public.
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    The annual exhibition attracted dozens of well-wishers – ambassadors’ wives, journalists, tourists, volunteers and parents with children with disability. “This is quite amazing and I am highly impressed with their hand works,” Juliana Boateng, a Broadcast journalist said.

    The head of the school, Mrs Salome Francois told AfricaNews that such exhibition is held to sensitize the public that “children with disability have a role to play in society as well as to bring them close to society.”

    “We must not shun them. They are just like us and we must show our love and care to them. We need to appreciate them and put smiles on their faces. With little push and encouragement they can make a difference like what you are seeing now,” the founder of New Horizon School said.

    The students graced the occasion with exciting cultural displays to the admiration of all. Watch a video interview with one of the children hoping to become a journalist in future though battling with speech and movement challenges in our subsequent uploads.



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