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A weekend full of fun activities in Kampot!
Over the weekend a few of our Phnom Penh staff headed down to join in the fun and activities of our DDP Office in Kampot. Saturday morning started with some time for introductions, to get to know our new students now living in the DDP house as well as our year 2 students and fellow […]
Continue ReadingVisitors at DDP
As the Maryknoll Deaf Development Programme has become better known, more and more visitors, especially deaf people, have made their way to our offices and activities. Partly that is because a former DDP staff—Ms. Ronise Barreras–settled in Kampot Province and started Hands On Travel, a tour agency serving deaf clients from around the world. […]
Continue ReadingWater, Water Everywhere….
This is the rainy season in Cambodia, and today it rained. Really rained. We have had rains almost every day for the past couple weeks but today it poured twice in about four hours. And this is the result–a flooded Street 101 in front of the DDP office. The water was knee deep in the […]
Continue ReadingImproving our Ripple at DDP Kampong Cham
Thanks 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 ReadingMoving a Committee
The Maryknoll Deaf Development Programme (DDP) and Krousar Thmey have established a Sign Language Committee to work at promoting a common sign language for Cambodia. This effort is funded by the Pre-College Education Network of the National Technical Institute for the Deaf in Rochester, New York. The office has been operating from the DDP […]
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Focus Group Determines Future Priorities for Deaf People in Cambodia
On Tuesday, Deaf Development Programme hosted a focus group with attendees from Epic Arts and Krousar Thmey to discuss the various issues deaf people in Cambodia face and to plan for the future. This is the first time deaf representatives from all three groups has come together to discuss the issues they face and how […]
Continue ReadingA Stream of Visitors
The past few weeks have been very busy for us at Deaf Development Programme! On Thursday, we had visitors from Gallaudet University. This group is from the Audiology department at Gallaudet University in Washington, DC. They were in Cambodia for a Starkey Hearing Mission, fitting hearing aids. They wanted to meet deaf Cambodians and tour […]
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