Deaf Community Flower Art Activity
At the Deaf Community Center in Kampot Province, the participants proudly display their artwork made with flowers.
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Anti-Bullying Workshop
At DDP we are committed to safeguarding the dignity and well-being of our clients and staff. We have a zero tolerance policy towards any form of bullying and harassment. Forty of our deaf clients recently attended an anti-bullying workshop at our offices in Phnom Penh.
Continue ReadingOutreach in the Villages
Our field workers go to villages throughout Cambodia to make contact with the families of deaf young adults. Outreach is an important step in locating new clients to participate in our basic education project and our deaf community development project. The above photo is of a DDP field worker visiting the family of a deaf […]
Continue ReadingKhmer New Year Event at DDP
We celebrated the Khmer New Year with an event at the DDP offices in Phnom Penh. A popular game for the Khmer New Year is Veay Ka Orm. This involves suspending clay pots filled with baby powder, candy and a small prize. Participants are blind folded and given three chances to hit one of the […]
Continue ReadingInternational Women’s Day Celebration
This weekend DDP celebrated International Women’s Day. Kampong Cham made these splendid headdresses pictured below as a part of their celebration. At our celebration in Phnom Penh, the main office staff formed groups, along with our deaf students, and put together a variety show. We had two groups of models, four skits, and some dancing. Our […]
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This past weekend, DDP was thrilled to welcome the board from the ASEAN Deaf Sports Federation (ADSF) to Phnom Penh. Their board members came from five different ASEAN nations and with the help of their host and contact here in Cambodia, Mr. Vong Sopheak, they are researching setting up a deaf sports association here in […]
Continue ReadingYouth Camp 2017
This past weekend, DDP hosted the first ever Deaf Youth Camp in Cambodia. This fine group traveled together from Phnom Penh to Siem Reap for a weekend of leadership activities, excursions, and time to bond in a deaf-centric environment. The leaders and participants were a mix of ages, long- and short-time signers, DDP students and […]
Continue ReadingFloating Along
At DDP, we do our best to teach our students useful skills. Usually, this means some math, some literacy, and a whole lot of sign language but on the weekends, we get to teach other useful life lessons. Such as, how to swim. One of our two interns from Australia used to swim competitively, so […]
Continue ReadingMeet our interns!
For the past two months, these two (Caitlan on the left and Rachael on the right) have been serving as interns here at DDP. Both come to us from Macquarie University’s PACE Program in Sydney, Australia. Read some of their first reflections below. From Caitlan: My name is Caitlan . I am currently studying a […]
Continue ReadingISF Tournament 2016
This weekend was the tenth ISF Tournament for people of all abilities. DDP fielded teams from all three of our provinces and had many fans and staff supports cheering them on. You can check out more highlights in the photo album on our Facebook page.
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