Kambara Deaf Development Project
Aim of the ProjectThe long term partnership was established between UNAD and Action Aid InternationalUganda (AAIU) in 2000, to improve the social and economic welfare of the Deaf people and their families in Mbarara, Kyenjojo, Kyegegwa and Isingiro districts.
Source of project income
The funding mechanism is based on child sponsorship programming through raising the project finance by linking the Deaf children and their siblings to sponsors in Ireland. This is through case history collection, child message and photo updates. The income raised is utilized to benefit the entire targeted community and not on individual children or families. This indicates why the programme is a long term partnership.
The project is planned to last for a period of ten years ( 2000- 2010) by then, its hoped that Deaf people in particular and the community in general will have been significantly integrated with in the community and their living standard much improved.
The specific poverty problems that the project is trying to address as per the baseline survey report of 2000.
- Lack of access to educational opportunities among the Deaf children
- Inadequate sign Language training among the Deaf people and their families
- Lack of Sign Language Interpretation services
- Negatives attitudes of the community towards the deaf people
- Unemployment and lack of appropriate gainful skills among the Deaf people
- Insufficient knowledge about HIV and AIDS information.
Programme aims and specific objectives.
- To create awareness amongst the deaf and the entire community about the Deaf people’s potential in order to change the negative attitudes within the community towards the Deaf and to arouse self esteem amongst the deaf.
- To improve Communication ability between the Deaf and the community within which they live in order to ensure active participation of the Deaf in social life of the community.
- To increase access to education for the Deaf children and improving literacy amongst the adult Deaf in order to ensure effective participation and inclusion of the Deaf in mainstream society.
- To facilitate a process that will improve the economic status of the Deaf and their families through income generating activities.
- To create awareness amongst the Deaf on the causes, effects of HIV and AIDS and the preventative and care methods that can be employed.
- To create awareness amongst the Deaf about the importance of mainstreaming gender in development by making them realize that sustainable socio and economic development is possible when programmers are gender sensitive.
Project Activities
The project focuses on two (2) main themes which summarizes all the specific objectives. The right to quality Education and The Right to dignity inface of HIV.
For more information,
Please contact,
The Project Coordinator - Kambara Project
R 0. Box 7339 , Kampala, Uganda
