DDP celebrated International Women’s Day on Sunday rather than on Wednesday of this week in order to make it more accessible to more of the deaf community. The Catholic Church Student Center allowed us to set up our tents in their spacious yard. Click here to see the activities.
Category: Deaf
People and activities in the Cambodian deaf world
Technology and Deaf People
Technology has really benefited the deaf community. Twenty, thirty years ago, communications among deaf people was either face-to-face or via TTY or TDD machines attached to telephone landlines. Now, with the advent of smartphones and cheaper data service availability, deaf people can communicate more readily, like this young deaf woman signing to her friend on a smartphone Facebook Messenger connection.
DDP Staff Wedding
DDP has a young staff and we are always having weddings of the staff, here in Phnom Penh and in the provinces. The latest one was Mr. Heng Ravy, our Job Training Project assistant, who married Ms. Roeun Srey March.




Deaf Youth Camp #4
The morning was mostly a fun time and then there was the long ride back to Phnom Penh. The bus didn’t get back to the DDP office until 8:15 PM. Click here for the photos.
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Deaf Youth Camp #3
Today was a full day of activities at the Metta Karuna center and then a trip to Angkor Wat and then a quiet evening back at the center. Click here for the pictures.
Deaf Youth Camp #2
Friday started off early in Phnom Penh. Then after a long bus ride to Siem Reap, the group had lunch and jumped into their camp program. Metta Karuna is a reflection center run by the Jesuits, close to town but away from the noise and hustle of the tourists. Click here to see pictures from the first day.
Deaf Youth Camp #1
The first DDP Deaf Youth Camp was held 3-5 February at the Metta Karuna Center in Siem Reap. Over the next few days stories and photos from the camp will be posted here. Click here to see the camp main page.
Phnom Penh Graduation
Today we had the third and last of our Education Project graduations, this time at our main office in Phnom Penh. Actually this event centered more on the new incoming class of students who just started their education this week.




Kampong Cham Graduation
On Monday this week we went to Kampot Province for the graduation of our DDP students there. On Wednesday we attended a similar graduation in Kampong Cham Province.





Kampot Graduation
Today we had a graduation ceremony for the students who finished our two-year non-formal education program in Kampot Province. Quite a few staff from the DDP office in Phnom Penh were there for the occasion.



