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Education

Schools for the Deaf, and Inclusive schools

Currently 563 deaf children are enrolled in Resource and inclusive Namibian schools.

Inclusive schools :

Mweshipandeka Secondary School and Gabriel Taapopi SS (Ongwediva, Oshana Region)

Maria Mwengere Secondary School (outside Rundu, Kavango East Region)

Cosmos Secondary School (Windhoek, Khomas Region)

Haimbili Hausiku S.S (Eenhana, Ohangwena Region)

Coastal High School (Swakopmund, Erongo Region)

Katima Combined Deaf Unit, Andreas Kandjimi PS (Rundu, Kavango East Region)

Swakopmund Deaf Unit (Erongo Region).

Resource schools :

National Institute for Special Education (NISE) School for Hearing Impaired (Windhoek, Khomas Region)

Eluwa Special School (Ongwediva, Oshana Region)

Uusko Nghaamwa Special School (Eenhana, Ohangwena Region).

Download information about Schools and Units for the Deaf in Namibia（https://nnad.org.na/wp-content/uploads/schools-for-the-Deaf-in-Namibia.pdf）

Namibian Sign Language

See our Namibian Sign Language Training page（https://nnad.org.na/namibian-sign-language-training）

See our Namibian Sign Language Resources page（https://nnad.org.na/namibian-sign-language-resources）

Grants

Two types of grants are available: the Disability Grant and the Vulnerable and Orphan Children Grant. The Disability Grant is open to all Deaf individuals aged 18 and above with an ID, while the Vulnerable and Orphan Children Grant is accessible to any Deaf child. To register for the Disability Grant, one must contact the Ministry of Labour（https://mol.gov.na/）, and to register for the Vulnerable and Orphan Children Grant, one must contact the Ministry of Gender Equality, Poverty Eradication and Social Welfare（https://mgepesw.gov.na/special-maintenance-grants-for-children-with-disabilities）.

The grants aim to provide financial support to the beneficiaries, enabling them to pay for school hostels, as some parents of Deaf children are unemployed and unable to financially support them. However, NNAD emphasizes the importance of utilizing the grants for the benefit of the recipient and discourages others from taking advantage of them. for example, there have been cases of Deaf learners coming to school without adequate supplies of toiletries despite having received such grants, and this should be discouraged.

Hearing Aids

NNAD had a Hearing Aids distribution event with the Starkey Hearing Foundation, a USA-based foundation.