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GABORONE - Society for the Deaf director Neelo Smith has accused some news organisations for snubbing them after they failed to cover events organised for people with hearing disabilities in Gaborone last week.
Smith told BOPA that they organised a number of activities on issues such as HIV/AIDS and human rights for people with hearing disabilities and invited the media but only BOPA turned up.
We requested all media to cover these events and help break the communication barrier between the deaf and the rest of the community but we were disappointed when almost all of them did not come. Only BOPA came and have been with us since day one, said Smith.
We are very grateful for the support BOPA gave us, she added Speaking at the evaluation of the events, one of the participants James Keabile said, We hoped to see television people here, probably they do not like us, they always cover the whole country but did not come to support us.
We are people like any other, we wanted to see ourselves on television, though we cannot hear it would have meant a lot to us. It is like we are not important but we did not choose to be deaf lamented one participant who wanted to remain anonymous.
Despite the disappointment, Smith applauded Botswana Television for using sign language in their Talk-Back programme.
We are very thankful for it because it helps educate those with a hearing problem about issues relating to HIV-AIDS, but we would also like to see news and other current affairs and entertainment programmes with sign language, she added Participants from 13 districts gathered in Gaborone to attend some activities organised for them by Botswana Society for the Deaf.
Some of the events were a beauty pageant, three-day workshop on HIV-AIDS awareness, as well as some sporting activities. BOPA
GABORONE - Society for the Deaf director Neelo Smith has accused some news organisations for snubbing them after they failed to cover events organised for people with hearing disabilities in Gaborone last week.
Smith told BOPA that they organised a number of activities on issues such as HIV/AIDS and human rights for people with hearing disabilities and invited the media but only BOPA turned up.
We requested all media to cover these events and help break the communication barrier between the deaf and the rest of the community but we were disappointed when almost all of them did not come. Only BOPA came and have been with us since day one, said Smith.
We are very grateful for the support BOPA gave us, she added Speaking at the evaluation of the events, one of the participants James Keabile said, We hoped to see television people here, probably they do not like us, they always cover the whole country but did not come to support us.
We are people like any other, we wanted to see ourselves on television, though we cannot hear it would have meant a lot to us. It is like we are not important but we did not choose to be deaf lamented one participant who wanted to remain anonymous.
Despite the disappointment, Smith applauded Botswana Television for using sign language in their Talk-Back programme.
We are very thankful for it because it helps educate those with a hearing problem about issues relating to HIV-AIDS, but we would also like to see news and other current affairs and entertainment programmes with sign language, she added Participants from 13 districts gathered in Gaborone to attend some activities organised for them by Botswana Society for the Deaf.
Some of the events were a beauty pageant, three-day workshop on HIV-AIDS awareness, as well as some sporting activities. BOPA