Hello to all, both those lucky enough to meet Olando in person and those who have or might consider supporting him from afar!
The big news flash:
Olando Kuche Ngoh, a young, Deaf, Cameroonian man, was a dedicated student of Hailey Fox and Josh Whitener when they taught at Buea School for the Deaf from 2009-2011. Since that time, Olando, despite his barriers to educational opportunities, has dedicated himself to mastering written English. He has stayed in contact with Hailey and Josh as well as continued to network and work in Deaf educational settings in Cameroon. He has persevered, despite not having interpreters provided, in 3 interviews at the US Embassy of Cameroon to apply for a student visa to study in the United States and get a level of education that is not currently available to him in Cameroon. This last interview, after much perseverance, was successful!!!! He was scheduled to begin classes at Peninsula College in Port Angeles, WA, less than two weeks later, last fall 2023!
A civil war has been taking place in Cameroon for the last 6 years. Extreme violence and genocide persist. That has directly affected Olando and his family. Please read more about the Ambazonia War here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglophone_Crisis
Please help us support Olando's tuition, for the next two years, as he works through an Associative of the Arts degree and lives on the Olympic Peninsula with Hailey's mother, Lyell Fox, then in Seattle, for his second year, with Hailey's uncle, Michael Fox. Anything you can contribute will make a huge difference in the future of this intelligent, strong, kind, fun young man's future.
Thank you so much for your contribution.
My uncle, Mike Fox, and his partner, Kerry Radcliffe, plan to continue supporting Olando's education and housing as he goes into year 3 of his education. As always, any contributions in supporting Olando are appreciated, as are your words of support or visits to him if any of you pass through Seattle. Thank you all so much for being part of his cause!
