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Even deaf-mutes' kin don't know sign language | Sun.Star
MOST families of deaf and mute do not know the basic sign language, making it difficult for them to communicate, a volunteer for a service program for the deaf said.
Judith Virata, a volunteer of the Gualandi Volunteer Service Program, Inc. (GVSP), said Monday that basic sign language is very easy to learn, but many don’t take the effort.
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“Unfortunately, most of the family members of a deaf person do not know how sign language. This (sign language) is very important for them as this is what they (deaf) use to communicate,” Virata said.
In celebration of the Deaf Awareness Week (DAW) dubbed “Educate, Enrich, Empower” the Davao Deaf Association and the GVSP will be hosting activities that aim to bring awareness of the prevailing problems that the deaf community is experiencing nowadays.
Tansia Kris Bantayan of GVSP said the TV Patrol Southern Mindanao afternoon news program of ABS-CBN Davao station will have a sign language interpreter inset for a week.
Virata hopes for the network to put these insets in all their news programs.
“A deaf person needs to learn how to communicate using sign language because there is a tendency that a child who wears hearing aid would not want to wear them when they grow older. We also encourage family members to learn sign language as it is beneficial not only for their child but also for them,” Virata said.
An interschool lecture on sign language will be held from November 8-10 in different schools in Davao. On November 11, the culmination activity of DAW will be held at the SM City Event Center.
“There will be an awareness parade that will happen and a symposium will follow in the afternoon where an education awareness campaign will be discussed,” said Leilani Bangay also of GVSP.
MOST families of deaf and mute do not know the basic sign language, making it difficult for them to communicate, a volunteer for a service program for the deaf said.
Judith Virata, a volunteer of the Gualandi Volunteer Service Program, Inc. (GVSP), said Monday that basic sign language is very easy to learn, but many don’t take the effort.
Have something to report? Tell us in text, photos or videos.
“Unfortunately, most of the family members of a deaf person do not know how sign language. This (sign language) is very important for them as this is what they (deaf) use to communicate,” Virata said.
In celebration of the Deaf Awareness Week (DAW) dubbed “Educate, Enrich, Empower” the Davao Deaf Association and the GVSP will be hosting activities that aim to bring awareness of the prevailing problems that the deaf community is experiencing nowadays.
Tansia Kris Bantayan of GVSP said the TV Patrol Southern Mindanao afternoon news program of ABS-CBN Davao station will have a sign language interpreter inset for a week.
Virata hopes for the network to put these insets in all their news programs.
“A deaf person needs to learn how to communicate using sign language because there is a tendency that a child who wears hearing aid would not want to wear them when they grow older. We also encourage family members to learn sign language as it is beneficial not only for their child but also for them,” Virata said.
An interschool lecture on sign language will be held from November 8-10 in different schools in Davao. On November 11, the culmination activity of DAW will be held at the SM City Event Center.
“There will be an awareness parade that will happen and a symposium will follow in the afternoon where an education awareness campaign will be discussed,” said Leilani Bangay also of GVSP.