Sign Language Is Cool

As our Muslim brothers and sisters celebrate this special day, we at SLIC Hub extend our warmest wishes and heartfelt greetings to you and your families.

May this season be filled with peace, joy, unity, and abundant blessings. As we celebrate together in diversity, may we continue building communities founded on compassion, dignity, inclusion, and mutual understanding.

At SLIC Hub, we remain committed to advancing inclusive communication through sign language and fostering a society where every individual feels seen, heard, and valued.
Eid Mubarak to our Muslim family.

— SLIC Hub
Transforming Education and Building Inclusive Communities Through Sign Language.

Shout out to our newest followers! Excited to have you onboard! Kamau Kabere, Rachael Nyaboke, Mbm Mka, Dany Boy, Nyarluo Emmy, Brian Matara

Its us to the world proper!🤩

We are truly honoured to be selected as part of the first cohort of the African Disability Collaboration (ADC) Accelerator Program.

This opportunity marks an important milestone for SLIC Hub as we continue advancing communication inclusivity through sign language as a transformative tool for disability inclusion. Being part of this inaugural cohort affirms the growing recognition that inclusive communication is central to building equitable and participatory societies.

We look forward to engaging, learning, and contributing within this dynamic community of innovators and changemakers, as we collectively drive forward sustainable and scalable solutions in the disability inclusion space.

Our sincere appreciation to the ADC team for this opportunity and for championing bold, collaborative approaches to inclusion.

SLIC Hub — because Sign Language Is Cool.

Thank you so much African Disability Collaboration

Thank you to the incredible partners making this possible:

💛Tawingo Fund
💛 Segal Foundation
💛 Imago Dei
💛 CRI Foundation
💛 Masana wa Africa
💛 Arthur B. Schultz Foundation

The journey has just begun — watch this space! 🙌

The recent publication reporting on the defiling of two Deaf learners by a teacher is both devastating and revealing. While the crime itself is abhorrent, what is equally disheartening is the public response that has followed.

The commentaries beneath the story have exposed a troubling depth of ignorance where jokes are made about the children’s Deafness, and their trauma is trivialised through stigma and misplaced ridicule.

This reaction reflects a dangerous societal mindset: the false assumption that hearing individuals are somehow more “privileged” or more deserving of empathy than Deaf learners.

Such thinking not only dehumanises the victims but compounds their trauma. To endure sexual violence is devastating; to then face public mockery rooted in one’s identity and mode of communication is an added cruelty no child should bear.

Deafness is not a deficiency of intellect, worth, or humanity. It is a difference in language and communication. Yet many have wrongly located the “disability” within the language itself, rather than recognising that the true barrier lies in society’s unwillingness to understand, accommodate, and learn.

The absurdity is not in Deafness, it is in the ignorance that stigmatizes it.

We must confront this prejudice with urgency.

Empathy is not selective. Justice is not conditional. These girls are not “different cases”; they are children whose rights, dignity, and safety have been violently violated. The appropriate response is protection, solidarity, and systemic accountability, not ridicule.

Instead of criticising what we do not understand, we must choose to learn. Enrol in sign language. Break communication barriers. Stand with Deaf learners. Advocate for inclusive safeguarding systems within our schools. Walk with the child rather than watching from the sidelines.

Ignorance perpetuates harm. Knowledge builds protection. The choice, as a society, is ours.

43-year-old teacher arrested for allegedly defiling two deaf students at Kerugoya School for the Deaf in Kirinyaga County, authorities say