Empowerment on language and communication for deaf children
To train communication skills to deaf children and people in the community in order to include them in community development.
- Recipient:
- SPARK Disability and Development Resource Center
- Country:
- Kenya
- Project contact:
- Start date:
- 01 January 2009
- End date:
- 31 December 2009
- Total budget:
- 1,164,612.00 KES (�9,705.10)
- Beneficiary type:
- Parents, Young deaf people, School aged children, Pre-school aged children, Teachers
- Project type:
- Rights-based, Advocacy, Sign language, Community based rehabilitation, Deaf awareness, Information materials
Summary:
To train communication skills to deaf children and people in the community in order to include them in community development.
Aim:
The project aims to mainstream communication between deaf children, their families and communities and to advocate for their rights.
Beneficiaries:
70 deaf children and their families from the Ameru community in Meru district, Kenya.
Activities:
- Training of Kenya Red Cross volunteers and CBR staff in Kenyan sign language so they can train others and act as interpreters and advocates of deaf children.
- Provide information on deafness to parents of deaf children.
- Classes in Kenyan Sign Language for parents of deaf children.
- Educational and communication activities for pre-school children to prepare them for starting school.
- Seminars for older deaf children on rights, sexual and reproductive health, HIV and AIDS.
- Home visits by CBR staff and referrals to service providers.
