What does the South really want from the North?
This seminar took place in Birmingham in 2002. The aim of this 24 hour seminar was to provide practitioners with an opportunity to discuss their ideas and experience of working with deaf children internationally. This seminar was the third in a series of seminars led by EENET, and this one was jointly organised with the Deaf Africa Fund (DAF).
A wide range of perspectives were represented at this seminar:
There were 35 participants altogether, representing 11 countries. A series of papers were presented during the seminar and are included in a report published on the EENET website. Download the report from the EENET website, in word format: What does the South really want from the North?
- an international networker on deafness and education issues;
- a deaf person with experience of working in the South;
- a head teacher of a school for deaf children and the chairperson of a parents’ organisation, both from Tanzania;
- a UK-based organisation which supports an organisation of deaf people in Nepal to run its own school;
- a representative of Soundseekers who promote appropriate and accessible audiological services in the South
There were 35 participants altogether, representing 11 countries. A series of papers were presented during the seminar and are included in a report published on the EENET website. Download the report from the EENET website, in word format: What does the South really want from the North?
