Taraz teacher of Deaf children Natalya Karanda, who teaches students to perform songs in sign language, receives Kazakhstan's Honored Teacher award

Natalya Karanda, who has taught Deaf and hard of hearing children at a boarding school in Taraz, Kazakhstan, for 25 years, received the state title of Honored Teacher of Kazakhstan from the President. She learned sign language from Deaf friends as a schoolgirl, teaches her students to perform songs in sign language, and her signed songs have drawn a large following on social media.