Africa-Press – South-Sudan. General principlefor people living with disability stressed out that, focus on ability and notdisability to all intellectual impaired, physical challenge and visuallyimpaired persons who were on Thursday participating in Blind Sports organizedby Light the World at Buluk B. Primary School.
This was in a bid tobring to the attention the plights and aspirations of people with special needs.Especially,children living with disabilities and revealed their inspirations of wantingcareers and professionals at the yardstick of education’s journey.
Juba MonitorNewspaper caught up with two girls at Buluk B. Primary school during anactivitybranded ‘Blind Sports’ under the theme “People Inclusions Sports”. Thesports activity was actually rare in various schools due to lack of Physicaleducation and materials required for it. However, these twogirls were coping with the situation in the school and continued to share theirambition despite challenges.
Beyoncé Samuel Yel,avisually impaired pupil of primary eight at Buluk B. Primary School told mediathat, she wanted to become a journalist in the future. She called on Union ofJournalists of South Sudan (UJOSS) to provide her with learning materials andaccompany with mentorship in journalism.
“I am aspiring to bea journalist as I continue with my academic journey. I am appealing to UJOSS toprovide me with learning materials, especially in mentoring me throughjournalism club here in the school”, she said.
Yel also called onrelevant organization that assist or help people with disabilities to provideher with pamphlets for summary book writing for blind in order to catch uppupils in class when copying notes.
“I am askingOrganizations to really assist me with learning materials.Especially, pamphletsfor summary book for brain. I have challenge of not catching up my colleagueswhen copying notes on the blackboard”, she added.
She revealed that shewas delightful to participate in the Blind Sports activity and continued tocall for consistency of such games. Sheadded that the activity should continuealways since it relieves the stress they were going thorough and also, they feltthe sense of inclusion than being isolated due to their disabilities.
“I am very happy toparticipate in the Blind Sports activity and I wish this should always continueto beat the stress we people with disability go through, as we are sometimesisolated for such sports”, she concluded.
Meanwhile, PascaJada who was in Primary three said that she was aspired to be a nurse workingin Juba Teaching Hospital and continue to give services to people with specialneeds. She also noted that she wanted go there and bridge the gap in reducingthe stereotyping and discrimination syndrome of people with disability fromhealth sector.
“I am aspiring to bea nurse so that, I can start working in Juba Teaching Hospital. I want to giveservice to every people living with disabilities and this will reducediscrimination and isolation of disables”, she said.
Jada felt good asshe participated in Blind Sports saying that she wanted such game to continueincluding everybody even without disability. “I feel good becauseI am included to play in this Blind Sport activity and I wish it shouldcontinue like this. This will make us feel included and become happy as well”,she added.
Yakani Stephen theProject Officer for Light the World Organization decried the lack of bothphysical education and people inclusion sport in schools. He emphasized on limitations of physicaleducation as per his supervision in schools to include space for sport games,equipment or materials and avoid reluctancy in physical education toconcentrate only on academic activities.
“Based on our assessmentof schools, we found out that there are conditions limiting space for sportsand physical education generally. It is frustrating indeed, since physicaleducation is part of the curriculum and it is rarely practice in schools”, hesaid. Stephen urged schoolmanagers to redouble their efforts to practice physical education and inclusivesports for children with disability.
“I urge all theschool managers to exert efforts in practicing physical education despite challenges.I know physical education requires nothing in term of materials but to providespace for it and inclusive sports. This has to include all children withdisability to also participate in it”, he added.
South Sudan wouldsoon witness another ‘Blind Sports’event in Wau and expected to bring peopleliving with disability to participate underauspices of InternationalOrganization (IOM).
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