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An awareness campaign on equality for people from different minority groups has started. The Deaf people are included in the initiative as well as the major message is linked to equality of the Bulgarian Sign Language and the rights of the Deaf people for full access through innovative inclusive education and social life.
The mission of DeafNOW! is to create teams of deaf professionals who have leadership and entrepreneurial skills and who are able to accurately to assess how to provide quality sign language training services in society. The training was with an overall practical orientation and for part of the training innovative resources were provided by Junior […]
Most of the trainings frozen by the COVID-19 pandemic between March and June 2020 took place in July. Employees of the National Institute of Justice and the National Social Security Institute as well as employees of private companies had the opportunity to participate in Deaf awareness trainings. In Sofia, Kyustendil and Velingrad deaf awareness trainings […]
More than 20 HP Enterprises employees immersed themselves in the world of deaf people through online training. Due to the restrictions of COVID-19 and the rules established by the company for conducting training only online, the training in Bulgarian sign language and the specifics of deaf people was conducted in this format. This was a […]
As of July 2020 group of 10 leaders from well-recognized organizations working on youth topics has gathered together and reached out to Deaf NOW’s members to start conducting authentic sign language classes for them. The courses take place at Urban Point. As part of the DeafNOW! initiative the aim is to build an efficient Pool […]
Listen UP Foundation already has a new Management Board. It’s now made up of representatives of the Bulgarian Deaf community. This change will enable new board members to bring new energy and ideas to the organization’s development in the forthcoming years. We wish them all good luck and success!