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 Peace award winner and Kenyon College '08 graduate, Henry Mathes of Hamden Connecticut, poses with Jonny (Johannes), one of the students at the Mekele Blind School during his 6 weeks there. Henry is also the Godson of project founder, Christina Hanley.  Lau'lea listens to the music of one of the older blind students at the MBS.  Mathew and Annie of Kenyon College, Ohio, waiting-out a torrent of rain with a few of the MBS students.  Lau'lea with some new friends during her 6 weeks at the MBS. |
KENYON COLLEGE VISIT: Summer 2008 Under the auspices of a Kathryn Wasserman Davis Projects for Peace award, four students from Kenyon College, in Gambier OH, traveled to Ethiopia earlier this summer to volunteer at the Mekele School for the Blind for a period of 6 weeks. The volunteers brought with them a donation of Braille books for the school's new library, as well as games, toys and a laptop computer outfitted for use by the blind. While at the school, the volunteers implemented a curriculum similar to that of a summer camp, whereby the students were given the opportunity to participate in several fun and educational activities each day. These activities ranged from arts and crafts projects to typing lessons and sports. In addition to these activities, the volunteers worked on organizing supplementary lessons on Braille contraction and computer use, taught by former blind school students. For the volunteers, working at Mekele School for the Blind was a life changing experience; the volunteers founded life-long friendships with the student and faculty at the school, and are already planning to return to the school in the future.
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