Kela (left) and Sabriye Tenberken,a German socialworker and co-founder of the organisation Braille Without Borders. [Photo/ Xinhua]
On the arrival of China's Teacher's Day on September 10，the China Tibet online will explore with you stories about ordinary but great teachers in Tibet. We would like to take this opportunity to extend our sincere greetings to all the industrious teachers all over the world.
In the new semester, Kela, a 24-year-old blind teacher, hopes the four students who are suffering from the serious eye disorders could get treatment as soon as possible.
In July, with the help of many kind people, Kela opened Kiki Blind Children's Kindergarten in Shigatse of Tibet autonomous region, which is also the first kindergarten for the blind children in China. She determined to help blind children find the direction of their lives, to be a walking stick for them.
At present, there are 13 students in Kiki Kindergarten. The first class begins at ten o’clock in the morning every day. Kela is the head of the kindergarten as well as the English teacher. Though Kela has a poor sense of light, she always touches the children’s eyes and told them encouraging words.
"Now the important lesson for them is to learn to live independently, such as, learning to walk, eating, folding up a quit and so on", said Kela. For example, she pulls the children's small hands and lets them touch the texture of the clothes and trademark, so that they would not wear the inner part on the outside. She teaches them to touch a corner of a quilt, and fold it symmetrically so that the quilt could be set neatly. These are all simple for the ordinary people; however, the blind children need to practice again and again.
