“He is mute, too, and knows how to read and write? In English, too?” This was the reaction of one woman to one of our Deaf field workers. We met her out in the villages, 57 kilometers from the city of Kampong Cham. This woman had never been to the city of Kampong Cham and was […]
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The Deaf Community Development project strives to provide new opportunities and experiences for Deaf Cambodians. For our Basic Education students, weekends are an opportunity for learning outside the classroom and seeing parts of their country they have never before visited. This past weekend DCC Kampong Cham headed to check out the bamboo bridge and water […]
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… included as equals in all aspects of Cambodian Society. This is the very end of our mission statement that adorns the wall at the entrance to our office. Our social services project manager, Vannarith, is one of the folks that really helps to make this happen. Throughout the week, he is rarely in his […]
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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 ReadingDDP’s former-co-director, Justin Smith, was a big part of getting the Deaf Warriors (men’s football team) and then the Deaf Amazons (women’s football team) started. In his honor, we had one last match with him, before he moves to England. Check out the highlights below! This is the way that all goalies warm-up before […]
Continue Reading70 kilometers from Kampot, about a two hour moto ride, sits this lovely village. If you didn’t know where it was, you would likely turn around prior to arriving, thinking you had past the point where humanity lives. Yet, three times per week, DDP Field Workers make this 140km round-trip trek to visit one of […]
Continue ReadingThanks to Ripple Effect Consulting Cambodia, the staff of Kampong Cham DDP have new tools for really making a splash in their various areas of focus. The two-day workshop provided opportunities for trust building, leadership development, sharing of challenges, and encouragement for all the staff participants. It also provided a safe space to talk about […]
Continue ReadingThursday marked the end of our sign language interpreter program, a multi-month course intended to prepare future sign language interpreters. Of the six graduates, five attended the graduation ceremony, along with DDP staff and some Deaf community members. Two of the graduates shared a bit about their experiences and words of thanks for their […]
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Today we bid farewell to Justin Smith – DDP Deputy Director- and Som Vichet – Interpreting Project Manager. Justin has been with DDP for ten years and Vichet for 15 years. Their leadership, experience, and kind hearts will be greatly missed. We wish them well in their next steps. You can view their “last […]
Continue ReadingIn Cambodia, we rarely get just a sprinkle of rain. Today staff members practically had to swim to work – some areas had significantly more water than the small creek that formed in front of our doors.
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