Hogar feliz 'Happy home' strengthening and giving hope to the families of deaf and deafblind childrnen and teenagers
Through activities in workshops, counselling, home visits and documentation the aim is to strengthen the families of the deaf children.
- Recipient:
- Filadelfia School for Deaf Children
- Country:
- Colombia
- Project contact:
-
Maria Cristina Rozo Rodriguez (Filadelfia School for Deaf Children)
- Start date:
- 01 January 2009
- End date:
- 31 December 2011
- Total budget:
- 119,573,000.00 COP (�29,979.82)
- Beneficiary type:
- Parents, School aged children
- Project type:
- Parents' group, Deaf club / youth club, Rights-based, Advocacy, Lobbying, Sign language, Deaf awareness, Integrated education, Outreach or home based programme
Summary:
Through activities in workshops, counselling, home visits and documentation the aim is to strengthen the families of the deaf children.
Aim:
This project aims to support families of deaf children at the Filadelfia School fo the Deaf, giving them information on deafness, improving communication between the deaf student and their family, and suporting their social and emotional development.
Beneficiaries:
Deaf students and their families at the Filadelfia School for the Deaf aged 6 to 26 years.
Activities:
- Training 20 parents to become peer educators
- Workshops for parents and family members on communication, conflict resolution, leadership, family finances.
- Parent support groups
- Sign language classes for parents and family members
- Meetings for parents in family homes hosted by peer educators
- Home visits by project staff
- Referral to psychologists, financial advisors, education experts
- Annual family day
- Presentation of the project ot deaf schools and NGOs working with deaf children in other cities in Colomibia and support them to set up similar projects.
