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allAfrica.com: Gambia: GADHOH Marks International Deaf Week
The Gambia Association of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (GADHOH) will commemorate the first ever International Deaf Week (IDW) in the Gambia from 23 to 25 September at the Kanifing Municipality.
The Organisation has called upon the government, other NGOs, stakeholders and the media to come to join and celebrate the week. Yesterday, GADHOH held a press conference and intends to hold a match past that will start at the St John's School for the Deaf and end at the KMC ground. The IDW is celebrated world- wide.
According to the press release, it is estimated that there are 70 million Deaf people around the world. The theme of this year is: - Full access to in formation and communication =
Step forward towards full Human Rights for Deaf people.
GADHOH maintains that the theme reminds them "that Deaf people should receive equal rights to information as everyone in the Gambia. We all understand that television and radio are key communications tools in the country."
The purpose of the IDW is to raise awareness of the abilities and achievement made so far to the public, about Deafness, causes and importance of Sign Language in breaking the barrier to communication. GADHOH has appealed in the release to the media community to inform the public about this important celebration.
GADHOH has also called upon the Government to eradicate communication barriers that are experienced by Deaf people at all aspects of life - informal and formal education, health, social life, politics, the economy, the environment, banking, the police, the courts, parliament, conferences and GRTS. "These barriers hinder the Deaf people's full participation in society," the released pointed out. To surmount "this barrier there is need for the institutions listed to employ Sign language Interpreters to ensure the Deaf won't face a communication barrier and receive the right information."
"The Ministry of Communication and Information is urged to find reasonable cost ways how Deaf people should have access to communication and information through Sign language by employing Sign language interpreters GRTS. We should strive to find suitable ways to make our information accessible in sign language, so that Deaf people are able to gain the skills and knowledge, required to participate in the social, politic and economic development of the nation. Newspaper is costly and most of the Deaf people are unemployed, 95% of GADHOH members have not been to school and cannot read or write. Radio is not accessible since the Deaf cannot hear. The most advanced technology means of communication is call video and sms message. The call video on mobile phones is easy and better for the Deaf they can see each other and use sign language to communicate."
GADHOH concluded the press release by expressing gratitude to partners particularly the Finnish Association of the Deaf (FAD) and Banjul Breweries LTD.
The Gambia Association of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (GADHOH) will commemorate the first ever International Deaf Week (IDW) in the Gambia from 23 to 25 September at the Kanifing Municipality.
The Organisation has called upon the government, other NGOs, stakeholders and the media to come to join and celebrate the week. Yesterday, GADHOH held a press conference and intends to hold a match past that will start at the St John's School for the Deaf and end at the KMC ground. The IDW is celebrated world- wide.
According to the press release, it is estimated that there are 70 million Deaf people around the world. The theme of this year is: - Full access to in formation and communication =
Step forward towards full Human Rights for Deaf people.
GADHOH maintains that the theme reminds them "that Deaf people should receive equal rights to information as everyone in the Gambia. We all understand that television and radio are key communications tools in the country."
The purpose of the IDW is to raise awareness of the abilities and achievement made so far to the public, about Deafness, causes and importance of Sign Language in breaking the barrier to communication. GADHOH has appealed in the release to the media community to inform the public about this important celebration.
GADHOH has also called upon the Government to eradicate communication barriers that are experienced by Deaf people at all aspects of life - informal and formal education, health, social life, politics, the economy, the environment, banking, the police, the courts, parliament, conferences and GRTS. "These barriers hinder the Deaf people's full participation in society," the released pointed out. To surmount "this barrier there is need for the institutions listed to employ Sign language Interpreters to ensure the Deaf won't face a communication barrier and receive the right information."
"The Ministry of Communication and Information is urged to find reasonable cost ways how Deaf people should have access to communication and information through Sign language by employing Sign language interpreters GRTS. We should strive to find suitable ways to make our information accessible in sign language, so that Deaf people are able to gain the skills and knowledge, required to participate in the social, politic and economic development of the nation. Newspaper is costly and most of the Deaf people are unemployed, 95% of GADHOH members have not been to school and cannot read or write. Radio is not accessible since the Deaf cannot hear. The most advanced technology means of communication is call video and sms message. The call video on mobile phones is easy and better for the Deaf they can see each other and use sign language to communicate."
GADHOH concluded the press release by expressing gratitude to partners particularly the Finnish Association of the Deaf (FAD) and Banjul Breweries LTD.