LCCN Deaf Center
After services on Sunday morning I visited the LCCN Deaf Center here on the compound. They were just finished with their Sunday School class. Seeing that I had a camera the continued the class with one more song in American Sign Language. Their teacher Ruth Ulea showed me the crafts that they make for sale in the market.
Ruth stopped at the office on Monday morning with a program for the 20th Anniversary of the death of Dr. Andrew Foster, (1925-1987). Dr. Foster was a black deaf American missionary from Fairfield, Alabama and a graduate of Gallaudet College. He is founding father of Deaf education in over thirty-five countries including Nigeria. His work established the Christian Mission for the Deaf. The Christian Mission School for the Deaf in Onireke, Ibadan State, Nigeria was established in 1963 as the Idandan Mission School for the Deaf.
The LCCN Deaf Center works in collaboration with the Christian Mission School for the Deaf. They average 20 to 25 students in their classes. They have two tracks for education. Some students will complete the basics of sign language and English then go on to the public schools for the Deaf that have full accreditation for primary and secondary schools. Other students are taught trades to make a living and sign language. Over the next month I will learn more. I think Ruth has decided that I should be educated about her operations while I am here.
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