Irente School for the Blind Girls

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Irente School for the Blind Girls was founded in 1963 by the Lutheran Church [1] in the Usambara Mountains in Lushoto, Tanzania. It is a small residential/primary school. Subjects include craft training and agriculture.

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References

  1. "Ojile - Echoing the Voices of the Marginalised/or Excluded in Developing African Countries - ISEC 2000". Archived from the original on 2007-12-17. Retrieved 2007-12-25.

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