NADL EMBARKS ON PROJECT TO PROTECT THE DEAF
	The National Association of the Deaf in Lesotho (NADL) has embarked on a project to break the barrier between education service providers and children with hearing disabilities. In an interview, the Secretary of the Association Ms Likopo Lesoetsa said the purpose of the project which started earlier this month, is to sensitize the Government and the entire community about the learning difficulties faced by deaf people in Primary and High Schools. She showed that in a regular primary school, children with hearing disability suffer, as they are unable to crasp what other children are learning. She therefore appealed to the Ministry of Education to train teachers both at the Lesotho College of Education and the National University of Lesotho in sign language skills so that they could be able to teach these children. She also apppealed to the Government to give a helping hand to the already existing Centres such as Kananelo Centre for the Deaf so that it could accommodate as many children as possible. The project is expected to end in December and it is sponsored by the Commonwealth Education Fund. NADL is a non profit making organisation whose objective is to create awareness on people with hearing disability and to promote their rights.
	Source: LENA