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Yearly allowance for talented disabled teacher

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Mokhumi was a student at KGVI boarding school in Bulawayo from nursery all the way to his O levels.  From there he furthered his education and has ended up with a Masters in Sociology.  This in itself is not extraordinary but if you consider his very severe disability it is a miracle and a tribute to his strength and determination.  With a 95% unemployment rate in Zimbabwe he was never going to find a job alongside all the thousands of university graduates.  For a year he volunteered at KGVI helping the children come to terms with their disability and working in the library.  He then approached the Ministry of Education and miraculously persuaded them to appoint him as a relief teacher – this was an incredible achievement and he took his place this year prepared to teach Ndebele, the traditional language with which he has a natural ability.  Two weeks into his teaching the Ministry  of Education cancelled all relief teaching posts and this poor man who had won such a hard battle was once again rejected.  The school would like to find a way to keep employing Mokhumi . The school hopes that at some point the ruling of the ministry will be revoked but in the meantime  would like to find a little salary for Mokhumi, term by term.  





About KGVI

Accommodation

In Zimbabwe KGVI Center is one of the few organisations for children with disabilities and deaf students. The children come from all over the country. They go only go home for holidays, at least ..if they still have a home. (For the growing number of orphans the Center organizes  permanent housing.) All children stay in small units with an accompanying house parent, to create a family situation as much as possible. The children develop their self-reliance in the units by sharing household chores, managing a budget for groceries and preparing nutritious meals.

Education and training
KG VI offers tailor made education to its pupils and focuses especially on the capabilities and talents of the pupil. The school prepares them for further education or a job, by organizing job training. For example, there is a hair salon on site where deaf girls can learn to be hairdresser. And another example is that the center was promoter of the first dictionary of the national sign language (published in 2011), where experts from all over Zimbabwe have contributed to.