The Deaf Development Programme faces some unique challenges in providing our services – things more developed nations may not consider. Take for example rain. This morning, we experiences torrential downpours from around 4am until maybe 7am with continued rain for another two hours. Our main office was flooded with three inches of water or so […]
Continue ReadingYesterday, the Deaf Warriors had another friendly match against DDP staff and friends of DDP. While last time the Deaf Warriors dominated, beating the DDP staff 10 to 5, yesterday, the DDP staff owned the game. From the very start, they had some impressive shots and the Warriors just couldn’t seem to find the goal. […]
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 […]
Continue ReadingWhen the deaf men started their football team in July, many of the deaf women began clamoring for their own team. Today that became a reality as the deaf women played a full game against what everyone is calling the Mission Team, a group of young women from NGOs and mission groups in Phnom Penh. […]
Continue ReadingOur Deaf Warriors tasted victory today in their game against Mekong University Staff. For many, today was a holiday. We took this opportunity to organize a match. The game started out a fairly even fight with each team matching the goals of the other. Shortly before halftime, the Deaf Warriors were down by one goal […]
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Many of our Basic Education students never had the opportunity to attend school before meeting DDP. This past week in Kampot, the year one students were working on their six multiplication table. With the help of visual aids, sign, and manipulatives, the teacher explained that 6×2 is the same as 6+6 is the same as […]
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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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This past weekend, DCC in Kampot led a workshop for more than 40 deaf people based on the Good Touch, Bad Touch flipchart put together by our partner Love 146. DCC field worker Chamroeun from Phnom Penh and Kampot field worker Sarith went through the power point telling the story of students that suffer sexual […]
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The journey to teach in the field is a long one but, after arriving, the actual work begins. (Check out yesterday’s blog if you missed the journey)
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Two days each week, the field workers – along with an interpreter – in Kampong Cham head out to more remote areas of the province to teach sign language to groups of deaf students that have never before had the opportunity to learn sign language. Months of preparation must occur – working through commune leaders, […]
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