Information
The 16th Congress of the World Federation of the Deaf (WFD)
The 16th Edition of the Congress of the WFD and Youth
Camp will be held in Durban, South Africa between the
18th and the 24th 2011. The website is available
www.wfd2011.com and
the online registration system will be open by end of this year.
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1-8 August 2010
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The Venezuelan Federation of the Deaf (FEVENSOR) and World Federation of the Deaf Youth Section, WFDYS are happy to tell you that we are organizing 2nd WFDYS Children Camp in
Venezuela 1-8 August 2010 for Deaf children aged 10-12.
The camp will be held in a Resort Hotel at Portofino, “El Humo” Beach, Venezuela, which is located at Margarita Island, Nueva Esparta State around 1 hour from Santiago Mariño International Airport with bus.
During the camp you will meet other deaf children from all over the world for a week, you will have a lot of fun activities, visit different tourist places, castles and beaches, theme parks (Waterland), natural parks, museums and historical sites, games, cultural activities, workshops and courses among other. International sign language will be the communication way during the camp. You will also meet the Venezuelan culture with an amazing nature, share and exchange your different cultures from the entire world. It will be an unforgettable experience for you.
The camp registration is limited up to 200 participants, 2 children by the age of 10-12 per
country are estimated with 2 children at the waiting list and one leader by the age of 21-30. We suggest one girl and one boy per country and the same with the waiting list. Please note that each country is responsible for selection of applicants who will represent their country during 2nd Children Camp in Venezuela. We will not do the selecting.
Deadline for submitting camp applicants is the 15th April 2010.
www.wfdys.org/camp2010
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Deaf Shop website
Deaf Shop is a web based company
that offers a wide range of hearing assistive devices to
benefit anyone with a hearing loss. They carry a
comprehensive selection of popular, well- designed items
to assist users in conversation, on the telephone,
watching television, and other daily activities.
The showroom is also availabe to view and try the Deaf Shop products. The show room is locatedin Berea, Durban - South Africa.
Please feel free to
contact us
5PM - 9PM (Mon -Fri)
10AM - 9PM (Weekend)
Tel: 031 2086828 (After hours Or Weekend)
Cell: 082 636 9979
Cell: 083 786 2886
(sms only)
Skype: babyboss786 (South Africa)
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Deaf Federation of Free
State
Deaf Social Auxiliary Worker - Bloemfontein
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Minimum requirements
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- Std 8 (Grade 10) school qualification
(A higher qualification may receive preference)
- Willingness to qualify as social auxiliary worker
- At least two years work experience
- Healthy leadership skills
Preferences
- Valid Code 08 Drivers License
- Good South African Sign Language skills
- Reading and writing skills
- Computer literate
Closing date: 31 July 2010
Interested candidates are requested to forward their CV’s to the attention of:
Mr Bruno Druchen
Fax: (011) 726 5873
Email nationaldirector@deafsa.co.za
If you have not been contacted for an interview the assumption is that you were not short listed and all applicants must submit a copy of relevant qualifications – failure to do so will result in your application not being considered. Hearing impaired or deaf candidates will receive preference
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Downloads
DeafSA Constitution (360kb)
As amended on the 17th of October 2008______________________________________
Convention Easy Read (1.9mb)
An easy read version of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. ______________________________________The World Deaf Information Resource Project (970kb)
The World Deaf Information Resource project is initiated by the Center for International Programs and Services (CIPS) at Gallaudet University.______________________________________
Disability Alliance (217kb)
The contact details of all nodes under Disability Alliance.______________________________________
Capacity Building Workshop Report (1.18mb)
The training took place from the 6th till the 9th of November 2008 at Garden Court Hotel Isando in Johannesburg. The 45 trainees all arrived on the 6 November 2008 from the various provinces.
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Deaf Youth Development Report (2.52mb)
The Deaf Youth Development was held in the foothills of the beautiful Waterberg Mountains.______________________________________
Deaf Women Training Report (5.84mb)
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SADA Profile (1.2mb)
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Early
Identification, Intervention and Support Services to Deaf
Children and their Families (358kb)
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Deaf Youth Leadership Training Report (3.4mb)
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SASLI Policy (325kb)
South African Sign Language Interpreters
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National Youth Camp 2009
Report (3.49mb)
Training was focused on the Deaf Community, with emphasis on Deaf Youth, the selection was based on the demographics of South Africa and emphasis will be on the rural communities and the representatives from the Deaf Provincial Councils were invited.
Definitions of "Deaf"
In this Constitution the word “Deaf” refers to all persons
with a substantial hearing loss who may consider themselves
Deaf. In particular it refers to those persons who use South
African Sign Language as a means of communication, including
hard of hearing, deaf blind and deafened persons who align
and identify themselves with Deaf culture and with South
African Sign Language.
The word Deaf is spelt with a capital “D” to denote
adherence to a particular cultural grouping, namely. Deaf
culture.
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