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The Swazi Observer
THE current Executive Director of the Swaziland National Association of the Deaf, Makhosini Makhubu, has been elected Vice President of African Contact Group on Mental Health and Deafness in an event held in Fez, Morocco.
Makhubu was elected during the first international forum for the deaf and first international African contact meeting which had been organised by the forum for the deaf, based in Morocco.
This is contained in a press statement released by the Swaziland National Association of the Deaf.
It states that besides being elected vice president, Makhubu is the first deaf person and, actually, the first person to become vice chairperson to sit in the committee in Africa.
Management
“For his effort he becomes part of the management team that will be in office for the next four years,” reads the statement.
It adds that he was ascended into the position after being elected into the Southern African Mental Health and Deafness in 2005 together with inspector of special education from Lesotho’s Mammopa Evel Phae. They are still to run a programme for mental health within the SADC region until their term in office expires in 2009.
The Africa Declaration on Mental Health and Deafness aims at developing accessibility to health and educational information for the deaf, including promoting the African Declaration on Mental Health and Deafness, World Declaration on Mental Health and Deafness, and raise awareness on unique communication and psycho-social need of the deaf. Some of the requirements expected from the officers are to facilitate meetings for the deaf communities and organisations to get their views and expressions of needs in spirit.
Improve
They are expected to lobby government structures in order to improve the lives of the deaf and make health and mental health services more accessible to the deaf by urging government to comply with requests of the third declaration on mental health and deafness in providing a caring society. They are also expected to empower the deaf to actively participate in all community activities.
Some of Makhosini’s responsibilities are:
- Attend and participate in meetings of the African Contact Group.
- Give regular reports to the secretariat of the African Contact Group on the situation in the region.
- Participate in projects of the African Contact Group on Mental Health and Deafness.
THE current Executive Director of the Swaziland National Association of the Deaf, Makhosini Makhubu, has been elected Vice President of African Contact Group on Mental Health and Deafness in an event held in Fez, Morocco.
Makhubu was elected during the first international forum for the deaf and first international African contact meeting which had been organised by the forum for the deaf, based in Morocco.
This is contained in a press statement released by the Swaziland National Association of the Deaf.
It states that besides being elected vice president, Makhubu is the first deaf person and, actually, the first person to become vice chairperson to sit in the committee in Africa.
Management
“For his effort he becomes part of the management team that will be in office for the next four years,” reads the statement.
It adds that he was ascended into the position after being elected into the Southern African Mental Health and Deafness in 2005 together with inspector of special education from Lesotho’s Mammopa Evel Phae. They are still to run a programme for mental health within the SADC region until their term in office expires in 2009.
The Africa Declaration on Mental Health and Deafness aims at developing accessibility to health and educational information for the deaf, including promoting the African Declaration on Mental Health and Deafness, World Declaration on Mental Health and Deafness, and raise awareness on unique communication and psycho-social need of the deaf. Some of the requirements expected from the officers are to facilitate meetings for the deaf communities and organisations to get their views and expressions of needs in spirit.
Improve
They are expected to lobby government structures in order to improve the lives of the deaf and make health and mental health services more accessible to the deaf by urging government to comply with requests of the third declaration on mental health and deafness in providing a caring society. They are also expected to empower the deaf to actively participate in all community activities.
Some of Makhosini’s responsibilities are:
- Attend and participate in meetings of the African Contact Group.
- Give regular reports to the secretariat of the African Contact Group on the situation in the region.
- Participate in projects of the African Contact Group on Mental Health and Deafness.