Due to her incapacity to pay for her study at the Community Health Nursing Training College (CHNTC) in Tamale in 2021, her ambition of being a professional nurse and being able to help the community of hearing-impaired people almost came to an end.
Issahaku Zakia, a 25-year-old woman with hearing loss, persevered over all obstacles and enrolled in the nursing training program connected to Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology to pursue a career as a nurse.
She continued to struggle with her studies after being accepted into the school, though, as a result of her inability to pay her tuition and hire an interpreter to routinely assist her in class. This put her in a difficult situation.
The hearing-impaired student was unable to afford the services of a permanent interpreter to support her in class because there was no sign language interpreter available at the school.
Ms. Zakia was born in Kintampo, in the Bono East Region, but now resides in Tamale with her parents.
She is the only member of the family with hearing loss and the firstborn of four children.
She wants to become a licensed public health nurse so that she can support and assist the deaf community.
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After a story in the Daily Graphic on March 24, 2021, highlighting Ms. Zakia's distress as she struggled to keep up with the Diploma in Nursing program, several institutions quickly moved to make it possible for her to continue. Several benefactors, including The Alexandra Miriam Foundation, Beneath the Sun Foundation, Moon Touch Trips & Tours, and others, provided computers and paid for her tuition throughout the program.
For her to be able to read, a dialogue software program was installed on one of the computers.
Realizing a dream
The hearing-impaired student has finally finished the three-year curriculum and graduated after a difficult and lengthy trip.
She's waiting to be posted for her national service right now.
It has been a difficult path; at one point, I almost gave up on my ambition," she said in an interview with the Daily Graphic.
She expressed gratitude to the Daily Graphic for drawing attention to her condition and inspiring various charitable organizations and donors to assist her, stating "I remain grateful to the Daily Graphic and everyone who helped me in some way to finish the program," the author says.
When asked about her future goals, Ms. Zakia stated that after she had received her full posting and had begun working, she hoped to assist those who are hard of hearing and fight for their health rights.
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