Chaity Samba, became a computer coding and programming enthusiast at 16 years in high school. Five years later, she is now a Computer Instructor at inABLE, and the embodiment of hard work.
Charity was born with albinism that affects her vision, making her partially blind (can see up to one meter). As a Computer Instructor passionate about coding, she is fluent in JavaScript, HTML and CSS Cascade, and actively seeks learning opportunities to master more programming languages so that she can consult for companies that want to make their websites and digital services and products accessible to all.
Charity began coding in high school, where she attended computer lessons at the inABLE Computer-Labs-for-the-Blind program. She joined inABLE as an Intern after graduating high school, and has since risen the ranks, and at just 20 years of age, she is one of the three women coders and computer instructors at the inABLE’s Computer-Labs-for-the-Blind in Likoni School for the Blind in Mombasa County.
She is also a website developer and is making accessible websites that can be easily used by the blind and visually impaired. She says she even makes the images “visible” to the blind.
Charity also recently received an invitation to show case accessibility design concepts in August during the Young Scientist Kenya National Exhibition focusing on accessible STEM held at Kenya International Convention Center (KICC). Charity was able to explain to the team of judges about the importance of making STEM courses accessible to all.
In her practical demonstration of the accessible website criteria, Charity emphasized the importance of accessibility consideration by the developers when coming up with digital contents and online examination systems to government agencies, including Kenyatta Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD) and Kenya National Examination Council (KNEC). She also identified the possibility of having the national examination online with all accessibility criteria are followed.
