SHIP - SERVE's Hearing Impaired Program
SERVE's Hearing Impaired Project (SHIP) was
first established in September 1992 in
Peshawar in response to the growing needs of
deaf Afghan refugees. For two years the program
successfully provided vocational training, sign
language and literacy training and audiological
services to more than 60 deaf Afghans (children
and adults) in Peshawar and in the surrounding
refugee camps. Realising the greater need
inside Afghanistan, the project relocated to
Jalalabad in 1995 when the security situation
eased up.
first established in September 1992 in
Peshawar in response to the growing needs of
deaf Afghan refugees. For two years the program
successfully provided vocational training, sign
language and literacy training and audiological
services to more than 60 deaf Afghans (children
and adults) in Peshawar and in the surrounding
refugee camps. Realising the greater need
inside Afghanistan, the project relocated to
Jalalabad in 1995 when the security situation
eased up.
Our Activities
- Education: model school for the deaf in Jalalabad, home-based classes for deaf girls, and
deaf units in village schools, providing special education to deaf children - Sign language documentation: a third edition of SHIP's Regional Sign Language Dictionary
was completed in 2001. SHIP is currently working together with 2 other agencies upgrading
the Afghan Sign Language Dictionary with over 2000 concepts. - Deaf clubs: SHIP provides a place and an opportunity for deaf adults to interact and socialise
with other deaf people - Community Based Rehabilitation (CBR): local village committees, together with volunteers
are actively involved in their own communities in raising awareness, referrals, integrating
disabled children to schools, organising vocational training and providing rehabilitative
training to disabled people in their homes
During a survey in a nearby district Surkh
Rod, a significant number of deaf people
were found along with many other
people with different disabilities. SHIP
decided to widen its scope to include
programs for people of all disabilities
while maintaining its own speciality in
deaf education and rehabilitation.
Rod, a significant number of deaf people
were found along with many other
people with different disabilities. SHIP
decided to widen its scope to include
programs for people of all disabilities
while maintaining its own speciality in
deaf education and rehabilitation.
SERVE Afghanistan
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- muhammad isa
- deaf men can marry too!
- muhammad isa
- deaf men can marry too!
