BBQ, face paint, and cheering on your favorite team… This past weekend, we had a bit of a pep rally to support our Deaf Amazons women’s football team. More than 50 people turned out for the barbeque and pre-game festivities. The Deaf Amazons truly appreciate all the support!
Continue ReadingOne barber, two beauticians, three small appliance repairmen, four craftsmen and more than a half dozen seamstresses and tailors. What does this group have in common? They are all graduates of the DDP Job Training program and are now able to work to help support themselves. Today, this group has the opportunity for a one […]
Continue ReadingOne of DDP’s six projects is our interpreting project which is responsible for both providing interpreters for the deaf as needed and training new interpreters. This year, DDP has a class of seven potential new interpreters. For the past six months, they have been working with our CSL teachers for three hours per day. Starting […]
Continue ReadingHealthy eating can help you to live longer was the message this weekend at DCC Phnom Penh’s workshop. Around 20 Deaf community members turned out to learn how to prepare a veggie salad and very tasty fruit salad for ‘dessert.’
Continue ReadingToday, three students from the Royal University of Law and Economics came to visit DDP and learn more about the work we are doing and what it means to be deaf in Cambodia. In addition to meeting numerous staff members, learning about the work of developing Cambodian Sign Language, and learning about all our programs […]
Continue ReadingYou may remember reading about the P-CEN Teacher Training DDP participated in back in August. Yesterday, as a part of this same project, three researchers were here from the Philippines to conduct interviews with our Basic Education and Cambodian Sign Language staff. DDP staff each answered dozens of questions about their work, strengths they see […]
Continue ReadingEven with the start of our Deaf women’s football team (Go Deaf Amazons!), the Deaf Warriors also continue to have opportunities to scrimmage teams since they are in between league seasons at the moment. Two weekends ago they triumphed over the Mekong University staff/student team with a score of 5 to 0 and this past […]
Continue ReadingThe Cambodia Daily wrote this great article about the work of DDP’s Social Services Project featuring the story of one of our Deaf community members. Read the full article here.
Continue ReadingFour members of the Cambodian Deaf community have a great opportunity this week to attend the 7th WFD Asia Youth Camp put on by the Asia Region of the World Federation of the Deaf. This year’s event is taking place in Chiang Mai, Thailand. So far, it looks like the group is having a great […]
Continue ReadingJob announcement: Project Manager of the Deaf Empowerment and Awareness project Closing date: 01 December 2014 The Maryknoll Deaf Development Programme welcome interested and qualified persons to apply for the position of Project Manager for the Deaf Empowerment and Awareness project in Cambodia. Applications from Deaf people with a strong background in Deaf community development […]
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