It was much easier to stomach the local Ugandan food on arrival in Entebbe than the conditions I saw in Kampala's Namuwongo Slum a few hours later. There, our local partners, Ariane and Protais, a deaf hearing couple from Burundi are sharing sign language with a deaf youth Frank, his family and neighbouring kids who live there. Franks growing confidence and his friends willingness to sign with him is wonderful to see.
I'd like to pay tribute to Joseph Commiskey and the project ' Hands of hope' that he started an d has run for several years to help improve the lives of slum-dwellers. His team made us aware of Frank's family. Two slum-dwellers recently drowned in one of its open sewers during a flood after heavy rain which hid where the drainage ditches were.
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