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The momentum of change in Deaf education in Namibia will not be stopped

 

“The joint projects undertaken by ICEIDA and the Ministry of Education over the past few years have created such a momentum of change that it will hardly be stopped. Already, responsibilities of many of the project components have been transferred to Namibian organisations and agencies,” said Dr Vilhjalmur Wiium ICEIDA's Country Director in Namibia at the end of a two days conference in Namibia that was organised to discuss educational matters and employment opportunities of the Deaf. He was asked asked whether progress in the education of the Deaf will stop after the closure of ICEIDA´s office in Namibia at the end of the year.

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Namibia: Sign Language Education offered at the University of Namibia

As of January next year, Sign Language education will be offered at the University of Namibia (UNAM). “Yes, this important milestone has now been confirmed by the University Senate,” says Davíð Bjarnason, Project Manager for social projects at ICEIDA´s Country Office in Namibia. One of the main objectives of ICEIDA´s support to Deaf education is the development and recognition of the Namibian Sign Language. Sign Language education at the University is therefore an acknowledgement of the importance of Sign Language in the education of deaf children in Namibian society, says Davíð.

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Namibia: Eighty five educarers in Namibia finish their ECD training before the end of year

ICEIDA has, for the last two years, supported Early Childhood Development (ECD) in Namibia. In this support the agency has emphasised the training of educarers for kindergartens. “Initially, the plan was to provide more extensive support to ECD, but following the economic collapse in Iceland, it became clear that only very limited funding would be available” says Davíð Bjarnason, Project Manager for Social Projects in Namibia.

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Change of Country Directors in Mozambique and Uganda

In june, country directors were replaced in two of ICEIDA´s partner countries, Mozambique and Uganda. Ágústa Gísladóttir took over as country director in Mozambique and Gísli Pálsson in Uganda.

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