The Khmer New Year is one of the most important holidays in Cambodia. It is celebrated annually in April. Cambodians who live in Phnom Penh go to their traditional home area in the provinces to be with family. The holiday is celebrated with feasts, festivals and visits to the local wat. To mark the beginning […]
Continue ReadingThis 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 […]
Continue ReadingThis 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 ReadingAt DDP, we recognize that we are only as strong as our staff. So, we always try to find ways for them to continue their education and develop themselves. Many of our Deaf staff have been asking for English class. Starting this year, we were able to fulfill that wish with twice weekly English […]
Continue ReadingThis 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 ReadingAt 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 ReadingFor 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 ReadingThis year we had 23 students graduate from the basic education project. These students left their families, many for the first time to make a two-year investment in their future. They learned basic math, literacy, social studies and life skills. They also learned Cambodian sign language and seemed to make many good friends. Congratulations to […]
Continue ReadingLast week, we opened the basic education project’s academic year in all three of our locations. Many of the year one students had parents come to the ceremony and they had a chance to learn about all the services DDP has to offer. Some of the students immediately jump in trying to communicate with the […]
Continue ReadingThis 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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