Tag Archives: IMPAIRED

The Nasarawa State Police Command has arrested two suspects for allegedly raping a 15-year-old hearing-impaired girl in Obi Local Government Area of the state. Spokesperson of the command, DSP Ramhan Nansel, who disclosed this in a statement on Friday, March 10, said the suspects, Aminu Hashimu,24 and 18-year-old Lukman Dogara, …

A 49-year-old visually impaired person in Goka, a farming community in the Jaman North District of the Bono Region, Anaaba Agbango, is among some of the few persons living with a disability to venture into a productive venture. Anaaba Agbango, a native of the Upper East Region who has been …

Management of Senior High Technical School for the Deaf at Akuapem-Mampong in Eastern Region is alarmed by the rise in smuggling of mobile phones to school by some hearing impaired students for pornography viewing, betting and staking of lotto. The issue has been constantly raised during general meetings of Parents …

As part of her 45th birthday celebrations, Ghanaian actress Nana Ama McBrown organized a free National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) registration exercise for 1700 people predominantly, the aged and children in Kwadase, a suburb of Kumasi where she grew up. The exercise which took off beautifully suddenly took an emotional turn when …

John Asakinaba and Faustina Asakinaba have been married for 37 years. Their love story, written at Bolgatanga in the Upper East Region of Ghana, is one that leaves many stunned not just because of the longevity of their relationship but also, the fact that they are both visually impaired. Their …

A 35-year-old dumb man from Akrade, a community in Eastern Region’s Asuogyaman District, has made a motorbike out of wood. Sampson Akuffo, a dexterous carpenter by profession, challenged himself to go beyond the usual woodworks with their complementing leather materials to manufacture a vehicle to ease transportation. Neighbors who spoke …

Ama was born with hearing impairment some 34-years-ago. She is the first born of four siblings raised by their single mother at Koforidua Asokore in the Eastern region. Their father divorced their mother 20 years ago and abandoned the children. The last born died 4 years ago at age 24 …

A video of a visually impaired student of Akropong School for the blind has left social media users astounded as he raps to Sarkodie “Happy Day” and Medikal’s “La Hustle” songs word for word. Ghanaian bloggers, Sammy Kay and Kobi Kyei who visited the school took footages of when the …

Maame Yaa Senya, a 70-year-old visually impaired woman in the Sekyere Kumawu District in the Ashanti Region has received a GH¢200 donation from the Crime Check Foundation to assist in her plight. Yaa Senya in an interview with the foundation revealed how she became visually impaired and how that has …