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Living in darkness: The family that cannot see

“We cannot see the land, the crops, the weeds,” Opio, who has 10 children, all blind, explains. “We depend on old women or in-laws with sight to cultivate small plots. But it is never enough. When food runs out, we go hungry.”

Opolot (wearing blue shirt) with his wife Ademun (fifth-left) and blind children.
By: Godfrey Ojore, Journalists @New Vision


SOROTI - In the small village of Tosoro, Dokolo parish, Gweri sub-county in Soroti district, life moves at a different pace. Children play in dusty compounds, women return

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Living in darkness
The blind
Mzee Joseph Opolot