This 15-Year-Old Deaf Ugandan Boy Never Communicates With People, Until A Sign Language Teacher Arrives

Patrick Otema, 15 was born profoundly deaf. In the remote area of Uganda where he lives there are no schools for deaf children, and he has never had a conversation. Raymond Okkelo, a sign language teacher, hopes to change all this and offer Patrick a way out of the fearful silence he has known his whole life. UK Premiere of the full Unreported World: Friday 21 November / / Channel 4 Unreported World Shorts offer bite sized views of the lives of people in some of the fastest-changing areas of the w
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