[nobe-l] Teaching

Tue May 23 22:57:07 UTC 2017

Hi Silver,

I agree with Albert, there are foundations that should be interested
in helping the school, especially since you already have students, and
you need to contact them.  You should not be discouraged if it did not
work the first time around.

Also I think you need to get your school certified and go through
government accreditation process.  This way, you might get some
government support and your application to foundations would have more
credibility.

Also maybe change the name of the school, you should not name it after
yourself, some people might get suspicious about the whole project.

I will write off-list.

Regards,

Irina

On 5/23/17, Albert Rizzi via NOBE-L <nobe-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Silver,
>
> Have you tried reaching out to Foundations like the Bloomberg Foundation or
> UNICEF? I know they both fund projects like these throughout Africa.
>
> Peace and to be continued....
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> Albert
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: NOBE-L [mailto:nobe-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Silver Oonyu
> via NOBE-L
> Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2017 5:39 AM
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> Cc: Silver Oonyu <oonyusilver at gmail.com>; Kathy
> <goldendolphin17 at hotmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [nobe-l] Teaching
>
> Dear All,
>
>
> Again, my name is Silver Francis Oonyu, M.Ed.  I got a chance to study at
> the University of Pittsburgh, PA using a scholarship from Ford Foundation
> and yet I am a Ugandan.  I decided to return to my country to help children
> with low vision and those with blindness.  The ministry of education and
> sports sent me to work at St. Francis Secondary School for the Blind, Madera
> in 2012 to teach Access Technology.  But, I did not feel comfortable because
> many children could not attend this facility because of lack of money.  In
> 2014 I started a little school what the Board of Directors preferred to call
> Silver Francis Oonyu Memorial Inclusive Community
> Education and Learning Center, SMILE P.O. Box 75, Soroti - Uganda.   Anyone
> can do a Google Search on the same and will find out more information on it.
>  It is in the rural settings on Soroti District, Eastern Uganda.
>
>
> However, I now have about 300 students but there are a number challenges
> that I am getting discouraged.  There is famine which resulted from the bad
> changes in weather.  Feeding the students is a very big problem.  I have
> also failed to pay the few teacher that I have.  There are no braille
> equipment, among other things.  That is why I am appealing to anyone on this
> list who might want to help in any way possible.  You can can back to me
> privately on opucetinclusivevillage at gmail.com.  Also, on cell phone number
> 0779334895.  One can dial o11 to get out of the US.  The Uganda Code is
> +256.  So, I can be reached on 011256779334895.
>
>
> Together we can make a difference!
>
>
>
>
> On Sun, Mar 20, 2016 at 9:07 PM, Kayla James via NOBE-L <nobe-l at nfbnet.org>
> wrote:
>
>> God will guide me and tell me where to go.
>>
>> On 3/20/16, Kayla James <christgirl813 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Has anyone on the Nobe-L list done the Teach for Tomorrow program
>> > through NFB?
>> >
>> > On 3/20/16, Kathy via NOBE-L <nobe-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> >> Adrijana,
>> >>   Thank you for this honesty. Indeed, it seems that issues that
>> >> complicate the beauty of teaching are rising up in all parts of the
>> >> world, not just the little corners that we each inhabit. When the
>> >> best and most hard-working teachers feel this burdened by the
>> >> paperwork and regulations and assessments and evaluations, you know
>> >> there is a problem. We all know every profession has people who
>> >> will complain about something all the time, but when the most
>> >> committed feel that stress and discouragement, it is truly alarming.
>> >> Thankfully, we have safe places like this list where we can be
>> >> honest, and hopefully, the sharing lightens the load at least
>> >> enough to remind you that you are not alone and why you came to the
>> >> profession.
>> >> Kathy and Nacho
>> >>
>> >>> Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2016 14:49:18 +0100
>> >>> To: nobe-l at nfbnet.org; pibe-division at nfbnet.org
>> >>> Subject: [nobe-l] Teaching
>> >>> From: nobe-l at nfbnet.org
>> >>> CC: adrijana.prokopenko at gmail.com
>> >>>
>> >>>  Hi all,
>> >>>
>> >>>  I am a teacher of English in Macedonia and I think I am getting
>> >>> to feel that I am constantly caught up in paperwork, so much so
>> >>> that I no longer feel as a teacher any more. Every year the
>> >>> ministry of education comes up with all kinds of projects, so that
>> >>> we have more paperwork to do and besides the annual programs,
>> >>> daily lesson plans, students individual plans, a portfolio for
>> >>> each one, daily notices of how each one is doing, weekly reports
>> >>> and grades sent out to class teachers and parents, we now have
>> >>> something like ecology planning and information technology
>> >>> planning no matter what subject we teach. We need to incorporate
>> >>> this into our lesson plans as well and on top of all, we need to
>> >>> do reports that headmasters and psychologists were helping out
>> >>> with, that have to do with counting lessons and putting more and
>> >>> more of all this online, which is another trouble because their
>> >>> system and website are not working well for sighted people, let
>> >>> alone for blind people. Since this is a state school, we are not
>> >>> allowed too much flexibility and can't participate in choosing
>> >>> what and when we teach. The textbooks are constantly changing, so
>> >>> I keep brailling each again and again as it comes out and feel
>> >>> that each one is less suitable for my students.  In addition to
>> >>> this, we get more and more students with other learning
>> >>> difficulties and facce with shortages of braillers, so I often
>> >>> find myself brailling for each students all that I need to let
>> >>> them have for each class twice, so that they have a copy and home
>> >>> and not lose it or misplace it and a copy they need to use in
>> >>> class. All this is draining me too much, because I am getting to
>> >>> feel that I also do other peoples work and I am getting to feel
>> >>> less joy when teaching, because now besides teachers, we need to
>> >>> do other things, which is not bad, but when considering that
>> >>> teachers are no longer being protected by schools or through the
>> >>> government, it is just very easy for totally blind teachers to get
>> >>> into all kinds of trouble that they never dreamed of.
>> >>> Many students bring their cel phones and other devices to school,
>> >>> not letting them go during the lessons as well and it makes the
>> >>> whole thing very disruptive and teaching is becoming impossible to
>> >>> do while all this is going on and when teachers feel they can no
>> >>> longer manage things much in a way they think they know how. Our
>> >>> school's policy is:
>> >>> "Just teach and get away with it" because we got less and less
>> >>> students and we may be closed one day" and parents and students
>> >>> know this, so some just relax and keep giving more trouble. I was
>> >>> never a quitter, but am getting to wonder if others experience the
>> >>> same and if there are other similar jobs to this that are as
>> >>> fulfilling, but not so stressful to manage and not so much grade
>> >>> related? I love working with children, but am getting to feel that
>> >>> all this is now for nothing and it is a terrible feeling.
>> >>>
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