December 2021 Newsletter

Chad, October 2021 The Red Star Process program had a positive impact on the education and bilingual language development and levels of literacy of Deaf learners as was illustrated at the Centre de Formation Professionnelle des Jeunes Sourds, Deaf schools in Chad...

South Africa 27 Sep – 6 Oct 2021 A Social Competence in Leadership workshop was held at the Deaf Family Church hall in Worcester, South Africa. The training was attended by participants coming from South Africa, Malawi, Uganda and Swaziland. It was aimed to equip...

South Africa August - September 2021 DeafNET is taking a step toward increasing HIV awareness in the Deaf Community, in Africa. In August 2021, DeafNET welcomed Ange Lukufu (Deaf artist) and Marie Louise Kanda from DRC! They were working on DeafNET's HIV toolkit,...

June – December 2021 2021 has been yet another year for Kakamega Deaf Association, DeafNET and the Deaf beekeepers, in Kenya. The beekeeping entrepreneurial self-help project for Deaf people aims to equip rural Deaf communities with knowledge and skills to improve...

South Africa May – October 2021 DeafNET in partnership with the Department of Social Development presented six Sign Language workshops in the Western Cape for NEET Youth, from June to October 2021. The workshops were hosted in Bredasdorp, Philippi, Villiersdorp,...

The new updated DeafNET HIV Toolkit, Toolkit 2, aims to provide information and guidance primarily to the Deaf communities in Africa. It will be designed and developed primarily to assist with HIV awareness-raising in the six regions in Africa namely Northern,...

DeafNET completed three Social Competence in Leadership workshops. The last workshop (Leadership in SA) has been carried forward to the 2021 – 2022 financial year. DeafNET will execute the project once the situation has been stabilised in South Africa. Ethiopia...

DeafNET Centre of Knowlegde, in partnership with de la Bat school, hosted a training workshop on the Red Star Process. The workshop was held from 8-28 November 2020 at de la Bat school for the Deaf in Worcester, South Africa.

DeafNET presented Basic South African Sign Language with a specific focus on NEET Youth (Not in Education, Employment and or Training) from Fish Hoek, Langa, Tulbagh, Villersdorp, Mossel Bay, Crossroad, Beaufort West, and Swellendam in the Western Cape. Sign Language...