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.
Category: Deaf
People and activities in the Cambodian deaf world
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.
Sunday at DCC
One of the worst aspects of deafness is isolation, not being part of all that is going on around you, even in your own family. That creates great interest among deaf people for getting together whenever they can. The Maryknoll Deaf Development Programme has a Deaf Community Center (DCC) in Phnom Penh and in Kampot and Kampong Cham Provinces and they are open on Saturday and Sunday for deaf people to drop in and play games or participate in various activities. This group is playing dominoes.
Inside the center this group is playing Uno.
Certificate Ceremony
Tay Vannarith (middle) is the social worker at the Maryknoll Deaf Development Programme. Since March he has been participating in a training program about the sexual abuse of boys. Here he receives a certificate in a ceremony marking the end of the ten months of training.
Follow-up to the Staff Retreat
Today I received some photographs from the trip of the DDP staff to a floating village on Tonle Sap Lake. Click here to view the added photos from the last day of the staff retreat.
DDP Annual Staff Meeting–Day 4
I had to miss most of Day 4 with the group because I had to return early in the morning to Phnom Penh to be home for a special occasion this evening. I was only able to get a few photos before I left in the morning and will depend on some other staff to supplement those with pictures they took during the day while I was in the van coming home. Here are my pictures from the morning before our departure and the others will come as soon as I get them. Click here and then click on Friday for the first batch.