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A Tailor-Made Vocation By Rima Parker
Matthew Marakunyo (pictured at right) is 19 years old and not able to hear any of the things that we take for granted, as he is deaf. Matthew is a student at the Ibadan School for the Deaf, which he began attending 11 years ago. Since Matthew’s father is a tailor, Matthew had learned the basics of sewing when he was 12 years old. For the past two years, Matthew has been a part of our Family Care course at his school, where he receives free vocational training as a tailor. He has learned how to make clothes for himself, as well as children's clothes which are distributed to families in the local area. Why children’s clothes?
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Since 1999, Family Care Association Nigeria has conducted Vocational Training
Courses training handicapped youngsters for future roles. The goal is
to help these kids become self-sufficient, and recognized as valued members
of society. And the same principle applies to their institutions as well.
Instead of gathering an increasingly-greater number of needy institutions
and orphanages under our wing that become reliant on our continued assistance
each month, our efforts are focused on enabling each of the centers to
become self sufficient.