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THE Fiji Association for the Deaf (FAD) is for the first time celebrating International Deaf Week in Fiji.
The event is celebrated by countries throughout the world during the last week of September.
Speaking in sign language, Leona Tamainai, secretary for FAD said celebrations began yesterday.
Ms Tamainai said the Deaf Awareness Committee would meet with organisations like the Fiji Police Force, the Ministry of Education, the Army Training Centre and the Attorney-General and Minister for Justice to lobby for equal rights to the deaf people in Fiji.
She said the reason behind meeting with the employment agencies, business organisations and education institutions was to create awareness amongst people for deaf people.
She said FAD wanted to make normal people understand what the deaf felt and how they lived their daily lives.
President of the Association, Serevi Rokotuibau said the motive behind the visits was to ask people to give the people who are deaf equal opportunities for education, employment and other services.
Mr Rokotuibau said FAD's celebrations were sponsored by the British High Commission who donated $1135.00.
"FAD's mission is to provide the deaf with equal opportunities so that the deaf can live as equal members in the society, and to help deaf people get the independence needed to advocate for their own needs," he said.
He said the association was going to lobby for improvements like captions on television shows for the deaf to understand the programs on TV.
"We are advocating for sign language to be introduced and to give students sign language training in secondary school," he said.
Ms Tamainai said they had met with the chief executive for the Ministry of Education to discuss the stand of deaf students at school for the introduction of the sign language training at schools and they were lobbying for improved communication technology.
THE Fiji Association for the Deaf (FAD) is for the first time celebrating International Deaf Week in Fiji.
The event is celebrated by countries throughout the world during the last week of September.
Speaking in sign language, Leona Tamainai, secretary for FAD said celebrations began yesterday.
Ms Tamainai said the Deaf Awareness Committee would meet with organisations like the Fiji Police Force, the Ministry of Education, the Army Training Centre and the Attorney-General and Minister for Justice to lobby for equal rights to the deaf people in Fiji.
She said the reason behind meeting with the employment agencies, business organisations and education institutions was to create awareness amongst people for deaf people.
She said FAD wanted to make normal people understand what the deaf felt and how they lived their daily lives.
President of the Association, Serevi Rokotuibau said the motive behind the visits was to ask people to give the people who are deaf equal opportunities for education, employment and other services.
Mr Rokotuibau said FAD's celebrations were sponsored by the British High Commission who donated $1135.00.
"FAD's mission is to provide the deaf with equal opportunities so that the deaf can live as equal members in the society, and to help deaf people get the independence needed to advocate for their own needs," he said.
He said the association was going to lobby for improvements like captions on television shows for the deaf to understand the programs on TV.
"We are advocating for sign language to be introduced and to give students sign language training in secondary school," he said.
Ms Tamainai said they had met with the chief executive for the Ministry of Education to discuss the stand of deaf students at school for the introduction of the sign language training at schools and they were lobbying for improved communication technology.