Hong Kimhak (center) has been with us at DDP since 2009 when he was hired as the manager for the Job Training Project. Job Training may be the single most difficult project at the Deaf Development Programme because it involves recruiting students from around the country, negotiating with their parents, maintaining a hostel for 35± […]
Continue ReadingAs part of the meeting of all the Caritas Australia Mekong area partners, a site visit was arranged to the Maryknoll Deaf Development Programme. The larger meeting group was divided into two smaller groups and one came to DDP in the morning and the other in the afternoon. Caritas Australia funds the DDP Job Training […]
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Each year, DDP starts a new group of deaf adults in our agriculture project. These adults are typically graduates of the DDP Basic Education project or graduates of Krousar Thmey. When they were presented with different vocational training opportunities, each selected their preference to be learning animal husbandry – since most grew up in a […]
Continue Reading… went to market. Or that is the goal of the DDP agriculture project. At a recent check-in with our project participants, we learned that one woman already has seven new piglets with another pig pregnant and due soon. With some training and support, she is now a financial contributor for her family, something they […]
Continue ReadingOne barber, two beauticians, three small appliance repairmen, four craftsmen and more than a half dozen seamstresses and tailors. What does this group have in common? They are all graduates of the DDP Job Training program and are now able to work to help support themselves. Today, this group has the opportunity for a one […]
Continue ReadingHow much rice can 30 students eat in one month? In our Kampot DDP house, the students eat through 8-10 bags (like the one pictured above) in just one month. DDP operates three hostels, known as DDP houses, in Kampot and Kampong Cham for our Basic Education students and in Phnom Penh for the Job […]
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Many of the deaf students that come to DDP grew up in families that farmed for a living. After a number of years offering job training opportunities, DDP realized many of those seeking job training wanted to remain living with their families and farming in the province. This led to the DDP pilot project for […]
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