Over the weekend a few of our Phnom Penh staff headed down to join in the fun and activities of our DDP Office in Kampot. Saturday morning started with some time for introductions, to get to know our new students now living in the DDP house as well as our year 2 students and fellow […]
Continue ReadingThis week we had the pleasure of meeting Katrina Garvey from Australia, along with her mentor Libby Best and interpreter Pam Spicer; who are here in Cambodia for a couple of weeks on a study tour. Katrina, who is deaf, is studying a Bachelor of Photography at Queensland College of Art at Griffith University in Brisbane. She […]
Continue ReadingLast Saturday we said farewell to Jaana, Marko and their lovely interpreters from the Finnish Association of the Deaf (FAD), after an informative and fun-filled week. In the morning we toured the town and took in the main sights of Phnom Penh, along with a trip to the markets for a little shopping. After a quick break, we headed […]
Continue ReadingToday, at DCC Phnom Penh, we welcome a team from` Wesley Methodist Church in Singapore. This morning, the team is leading a workshop on unlocking limitations. Around 25 Deaf community member have turned up to participate and learn with the team of nine from Singapore. This afternoon, the whole group will participate in soccer training. […]
Continue ReadingThis past weekend, students from around Asia, participating in the Signis Media for Peace workshop, came by our women’s soccer practice to hone their journalism skills. Beyond interview techniques, they had to learn to work with an interpreter and the challenges of covering a sporting event when people are on the move. We look forward […]
Continue ReadingLast week, our DCC staff in Kampong Cham hosted an informational workshop on drug use, abuse and awareness. They had sixty people attend including current and past DDP students and other Deaf community members, some who attend school with our partner, Krousar Thmey. Kampong Cham staff are making an effort to provide opportunities, at least […]
Continue ReadingFor the past nine months, the Deaf Amazons (the Deaf Community Center’s women’s soccer team) and the Mighty Grannies (an expat and Khmer pick-up soccer team that formed to give the Amazons someone to scrimmage) have been practicing and scrimmaging on a monthly basis. One of our strongest players and coaches will be returning to the […]
Continue ReadingWhile the world’s eyes are on Canada for the latest results from the women’s world cup, we at DDP were participating in the ISF bi-annual football tournament. We had four male teams and three female teams representing DDP and played matches against one another and teams from our partners Krousar Thmey and Epic Arts. […]
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“He is mute, too, and knows how to read and write? In English, too?” This was the reaction of one woman to one of our Deaf field workers. We met her out in the villages, 57 kilometers from the city of Kampong Cham. This woman had never been to the city of Kampong Cham and was […]
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The Deaf Community Development project strives to provide new opportunities and experiences for Deaf Cambodians. For our Basic Education students, weekends are an opportunity for learning outside the classroom and seeing parts of their country they have never before visited. This past weekend DCC Kampong Cham headed to check out the bamboo bridge and water […]
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