Josh_Searle published Caterham teenager returns from Kenya after three months of...

A deaf teenager from Caterham has returned home after spending three months fighting for deaf people's rights in rural Kenya.Levi Choutan, aged 19, has been living and working in Nandi County since July, where half of the population live below the poverty line and deafness is often seen as a "curse" or a "punishment from god".Mr Choutan travelled to the country to run sessions for parents of deaf children and teach them much-needed Kenyan Sign Language. He helped some...

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