… 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 […]
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About once each year, the Deaf Development Programme welcomes a team of visitors through the Maryknoll Lay Missioners (MKLM) Friends Across Borders (FAB) Program. These teams are composed of MKLM supporters and friends who are interested in seeing first-hand the work being done throughout the world. After an introduction to Deaf culture and the history […]
Continue ReadingOn our DDP blog, we often highlight the work of our many projects, our teachers, our field workers, and many other staff, but there are many others who make that work possible. One such person is one of our house keepers here in Phnom Penh, Makara. Makara is a graduate of our basic education project […]
Continue ReadingBy popular demand, PACE volunteer, Joseph, offered two technology related workshops at DCC last month. One focused on how to make a basic advertising poster, including backgrounds, text boxes, and inserting photos. The other was focused on how to make a meme (AKA those pictures with words that are popular on social media, they […]
Continue ReadingLast month, Laura, a volunteer from Australia, led aerobics workshops for two days at the Deaf Community Center in Phnom Penh. Many Deaf community members turned out each day to participate and they definitely seem to have gotten a work-out!
Continue ReadingJoseph and I traveled into the Kampot provinces with a team of DDP staff members to recruit new deaf students. This activity was a part of DDP’s outreach initiative. The staff encouraged the deaf people to come and stay at the DDP house in Kampot where they would be provided with an education and job […]
Continue ReadingDDP loves seeing a world leader like Pope Francis learning such an important sign.
Continue ReadingAround the world, the first day of school is filled with anxieties, hopes, joys, dreams, and tears. On Monday, a new class of 36 students (divided between Phnom Penh, Kampot, and Kampong Cham) experienced this rush of emotions. For some, they traveled from a few hours away to move into one of our DDP houses, […]
Continue ReadingThis month, DDP welcomed two new volunteers. Joseph and Laura are both students at Macquerie University in Australia and will be serving with DDP for two months. Below are excerpts from Laura about their first days at DDP. Welcome Laura and Joseph… Joseph and I are from Sydney, Australia and are currently working with the […]
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Today, one of DDP’s first students came by for a visit and to look for people who may need their shoes to be shined. Back before DDP was DDP, our shoe-shine friend was a part of the first classes just sitting on the floor in a big circle learning word after word, sign after sign. […]
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