Deaf Empowerment Activities For Literacy Education Accessible Development Employment, Rehabilitation and Sports

(DEAF LEADERS) 59, VOC Nagar, Arun Nagar Extension, TVS Nagar , Thadagam Road, Coimbatore – 25

www.deafleadersindia.org , E.mail : cbemurali@dataone.in

4th Annual Report 2006 – 2007

1) Deaf Leaders Institute for Development Education & Technology - DLI@DET (A unit of DEAF LEADERS)

Numbers of students joined in the above training programme from April 2006 to

July 2006 were 9 students.

Special Course: Provides a bilingual / bicultural learning environment for Deaf,

Deafened and hard of hearing individuals. Offers literacy instruction for English,

Employment preparation, Maths, Computer based learning, Sign Language ,

Business training, Self- Employment and Deaf led Community Based

Rehabilitation (D-CBR)

Higher Education: Students are guided to acquire higher Education and those

who have failed in any class are given special tuitions with emphasis on word

meaning, sentence structure and better language management.

Resource Library: A central library with a collection of videos and looks which

can be borrowed by other schools also. The library includes a range of topic,

such as Indian Sign Language, Interpreting, Children stories, English Grammar

and teaching guidelines to teach deaf children, leaderships, poetry and more.

Technology: The computer technology special course is evaluated by Dr. N.

Mahalingam College of Engineering & Technology, Pollachi. .

We also have a small Library which has more books of International standards

for learning more about the above programmes by the students.

Sign Language teaching is also conducted for better communication.

They are trained in Exposure to internet, browsing , chat and E-mail

Certificate of Merit presented to the students

The above course is evaluated by Dr. N. Mahalingam College of Engineering &

Technology, Pollachi and the Certificate is being given by Deaf Leaders Institute

for Development Education & Technology and presented to students by Mr. Soya

Mori, Deputy Director, Poverty Alleviation and Social Development Studies Group from Japan.

Training the special programme at this Centre

The 40 students of CSI Bishop Appusamy College for Arts and Science, Coimbatore

visited our Centre and training the deaf development education and sign language.

They were interested to learn to support from the deaf community.

2) Participant to Workshop on Acting on the Act II by Ability Foundation

Ability Foundation invited Mr. K. Murali, Director of DEAF LEADERS as delegate

to attend the workshop on Acting on the Act II at Chennai August 12, 2006.

Presentation about New Organisation of DEAF LEADERS

Introduced the first meeting with Maj. Gen ( Retd) Ian, Cardozo, Chairman of

Chairman Rehabilitation Council of India , Dr. Manoj Kumar, Chief

Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities , Ms. Poonam Natarajan, Chairperson

of National Trust and many organisations

3) Coimbatore District Cricket Friendship Match

Date: 15th May 2006

On a sultry Sunday afternoon, the ground of the Bishop Appasamy College of Arts and

Science was abuzz with cricketing activity. Young men in white shirts and blue caps

ferociously chased figures on the scoreboard.

It was a cricket match of a different kind- organised by the alumni (2002 – 2005 batch )

of the Bishop Appasamy College of Arts and Science, for the hearing impaired in the city.

In memory of two of their classmates who passed away in an accident while they were

students, the alumni of the college conducted the match in association with the DEAF

LEADERS and the Coimbatore Association for the Deaf

The one day friendship match had a few viewers from both the associations and the

college, egging the palters on till the end of the match. Each team had 15 players.

“Such occasions would bring opportunities for the hearing impaired to meet and interact

with each other, “said K. Murali , Director of Deaf Leaders.

Shameshudin was awarded the “Man of the Match”. He scored 39 runs, including two

sixers and two boundaries.

4) Foreignism visited to this centre.

A) Mr. Soya Mori, Deputy Director, Poverty Alleviation and Social Development

Studies Group from Japan visited this centre and interviewed the Hindu news

paper on ‘Sign linguistics need to be developed’

Higher education should be made accessible even to the hearing and speech impaired

in India, Said Soya Mori, Deputy Director, Poverty Alleviation and Social Development

Studies Group, Japan.

Sign linguistics should be developed in the country so that such people had greater

opportunities to become empowered, he added.

Disabilities: Mr. Mori was in Coimbatore recently as part of his research on people with

disabilities in developing countries. Visiting several institutions that catered to the

requirements of the hearing and speech impaired, he noted that very few of them

concern treated on sign linguistics.

Just like languages, the finer nuances of sign language too varied with geographical and

linguistic changes. However, even while the people of each State spoke a different

language, the syntax of the languages was similar.

Programmes: Hence, it was possible to have a common sign language for the entire

country. This could be done through programmes for the hearing impaired on television

and strengthening sign language classes in schools for such children.

He also observed that the country did not have a sign linguist.

Understanding: “India should train more people in this area, “he remarked. While

there were plenty of schools for the hearing impaired children, the teachers were normal

if people teaching such children were hearing impaired themselves, they would be able

to understand the children better, he said. Otherwise, the teachers should learn their

language from hearing impaired adults before they began teaching the children, the

observed.

Organisation: Mr. Mori has also extended help in developing CDs and books for

children on sign languages, said K. Murali , director of DEAF LEADERS, an organization

working for the empowerment of hearing impaired. “We plan to continue our interaction

with Mr. Mori, “ K. Murali said.

During his interaction with the students of social work at Bishop Appasamy College of

Arts and Science, Mr. Mori Said that those who knew the Japanese sign language had

plenty of job opportunities as social workers and social service organsiations in his

country.

B) Miss. Melle NOWBUTH Natacha from France and his boy friend from Pond-

cherry were visited this centre

They are young deaf both from France and visited this centre; they teaching the

students about empower and sign language development.

“They says that France can help our centre future”

C) Kevin Long, Founder and past CEO, Global Deaf Connection, USA :

Mrs. And Mr. Kevin Long , Founder and past CEO , Global Deaf Connection, USA

have visited this centre and they want to supported to DEAF LEADERS for new

education development projects future.

D) Laster Anderson from United Kingdom

Mr. Laster Anderson from London and his wife Mrs. Lizy visited this centre.

5) Resource person to Students of the Schools and Adults of Organsations

A) Vellore School for the Deaf, and Vellore Association of the Deaf

Resource person to Awareness programme on “Deaf Empowering through

Education” were the important topics at School for the Deaf , Kadapeti and the same

was trained by K. Murali, Director , DEAF LEADERS

The vital aspect was that 100 approx students learnt about the knowledge &

empowerment..

Training was given on the topic of Deaf Empowering through Education and many

others

B) Tirupur School of the Deaf , Tirupur

Resource person to awareness programme and 200 students learnt about the

knowledge & empowerment

Our team with Mr. Soya Mori, Deputy Director, Poverty Alleviation and Social Development

Studies Group from Japan visited to Tirupur School of the Deaf, Tirupur

6) 49th International day of the Deaf

Mr. K. Murali, the Organising Secretary of India Deaf Expo and the Director of

DEAF LEADERS planned the second World Deaf Day at Coimbatore on

October 6th, 2006, offering several activities like Deaf Rally, Employment

Fair, Cultural Programme and Drawing Contest for the Deaf children.

Sponsored by Rotary Club of Coimbatore Texcity

Deaf Rally consists of 300 to 350 participants from Red Cross society to CSI

Appusamy Bishop College and was leaded by Murali along with some VIPs.

Drama and Dance programme and attended many the students of the deaf

Drawing contested in 100 the deaf school children

Job Fairs the function

Over 1000 disabled from Tamil Nadu and Kerala to take part .

Some of the companies that would be present are Aaster apparels, KG

Denim Ltd, Unity Institute of Embroidery, Precot Mills, Dr. Mahilingam College

of Engineering and Technology, The Niligies Café and Farm Lid, JM Breads,

DSJ Stock and Share Limited and KRS Bakery.

25 hearing impaired get placements

7) To conducted in India Deaf Expo 2007 successfully

Media Conference (Mumbai) on Brand Ambassador

The India Deaf Expo 2007 announced Ms.Raageshwari as the Brand Ambassador at a Media

Conference held at the Hilton Towers (Oberoi), Mumbai on July 13th 2006.

Ms.Raageshwari, a well-known Actress, Model, VJ and Pop Singer will help Deaf Expo in

communicating and creating more Awareness about Deaf and Hard of Hearing people in our

community and the need for all of us to come together and support them.

Ms.Raageshwari speaking on the occasion said, "With Proper Quality Education, Provision of

Accessible Devices and Support from community, Deaf can excel in all fields". She was

supported by the Guest of Honor - Mr. Shreyas Talpade, an actor of the Hindi movie "Iqbal".

Ms. Priya Dutt, Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha regretted that she was not able to attend the

same.

Also present at the Media Conference are Mr. Alok Kumar Kejriwal, the Co-Chairman of India Deaf

Expo, Mr.Ramesh Chauhan, the Chairman of Parle Bisleri Pvt. Ltd.; Mr.Murali, the Director of DEAF

LEADERS; Mr.Aqil Chinoy, the Sponsorship Convenor; Mr.Sunil Sahasrabudhe, the HelpDesk

Convenor, Mr.Bilal Chinoy, the Website Designer, Media people, Mr.Inayat Chinoy, Mr. Mohan

Varthakavi, Mr.Sibaji Panda, Alok's family and Interpreters.

World Deaf Day - First Deaf Rally ever in Mumbai

Several special days have been marked in our calendar namely Teachers' Day, Father's Day,

Mother's Day, Independence Day, etc. but has anyone in India every thought of marking the

World Deaf Day like the other countries (like USA, UK, Sweden, etc.) do? Alas, the answer is no.

There is no such a special day as World Deaf Day on any of Indian calendar.

Thus, Mr.Alok Kumar Kejriwal, Mr.Sunil Sahasrabudhe and I (Mr.Aqil Chinoy) planned the date

24th September as India's first World Deaf Day when all the deaf people walked out from

darkness of ignorance and told the whole India via media that there SHOULD be a World Deaf

Day in India.

For the first time in India on the World Deaf Day, the Deaf Rally consisting of few celebrities and

around 800 Deaf people from several Deaf Schools and Associations attracted the Media as they

marched peacefully holding the banners and slogans. There was a sensational feelings in the

heart of the deaf people as they walked side by side, made new friends and communicated

through Signs, their own natural language.

I, along with the Committee members of India Deaf Expo, wish to express our thanks to

the following celebrities, sponsors, schools, association and all Deaf people for their

active participation in the Deaf Rally.

INDIA DEAF EXPO2007: An International Conference on Innovative Technologies and

Education of the Deaf / Hard of Hearing were conducted

From: 5th

to 7th

January 2007 at Coimbatore , Tamil Nadu.

SHORT NOTES ABOUT THE INDIA DEAF EXPO 2007

ABOUT THE CONFERENCE: India has about 10 million Deaf and about 40 million

Hard of Hearing people. Yet, little is being done for Education, Employment and Rights

of this huge Population. The public has little or no information about Deafness. As a

first step in this effort, we are calling an International Conference with the main prupose

of educating the public and maintaining the awareness about the Deaf Culture.

There has been a major advance in Technology that can help Deaf people in Education

and Rehabilitation. The Deaf Expo is also offering this rich opportunity for Educators,

Inventors and Businessmen to showcase their products in the Exhibitions. In addition to

making their product available to consumers, they will be above to learn about other

products and share Technology and related information.

We will also provide entertainments each evening. Leading Deaf artists and Performers

will provide rich cultural programs including magic, mime, drama, dance, movies and

others - all related to deaf and Hard of Hearing.

INDIA DEAF EXPO 2007 CONDUCTED BY: DEAF LEADERS (Deaf Empowerment

Activities For Literacy Education Accessible Development, Employment, Rehabilitation &

Sports), Coimbatore and Dr.Mahalingam College of Engineering and Technology, Pollachi.

INAUGURAL DAY FUNCTION: Chief Guest Address by: Dr.Madan Vasishta,

Professor, Gallaudent University, USA, Expo Inaugural By Shri.V.S.Jayakodi,IAS, Tamil

Nadu State Commissioner for the Disabled. In presence of : Shri.M.Manickam, VC & MD,

Sakthi Sugars Ltd., & Dr.MCET College, Pollachi, Dr.V.Anand, Director & Chief

Consultant, MCV memorial ENT Trust Hospital, Pollachi, Shri.Alok Kumar Kejriwal,

Export Director,Ampoules & Vials Mfg.Co.Ltd, Mumbai, Shri.Deepak Shay, GS, All India

Federation of the Deaf, New Delhi, and Prof.C.Ramaswamy, Secretary, Dr.MCET.

VALEDICTORY DAY FUNCTION: Chief Guest address by: Ms.Raagehwari Loomba,

Film Singer & Brand Ambassador, Special Address by: Shri.Anantadevji, Sanantana

Dharma for the Deaf, Bangalore, Shri.Vivek Kothari, Exective Director, Om Metals Infra

Projects Ltd., Jaipur, Mr.Kevin Long, Founder & Past CEO, Glabal Deaf Connection,

USA, Shri.C.D.Kalkar, AGM, Bank of Baroda, TamilNadu Region, Shri.A.S.Narayanan,

Secretary, National Association for the Deaf, New Delhi and Vote of by Shri.K.Murali,

Director, DEAF LEADERS.

NUMBER OF SESSIONS CONDUCTED: SIX,

TOPICS: EXUCATION, TECHNOLOGY, SIGN LANGUAGE , GENERAL SUBJECTS,

REHABILITATION & EMPLOYMENT, SOCIAL ASPECTS & CULTURAL, SPEECH

DEVELOPMENT.

NO. OF PAPERS SUBMITTED: TWENTY EIGHT

NO. OF REGISTERED PARTICIPANTS: 276 ( INCLUDING FOREIGNERS: 20) ,

OFFICIALS: 20 , PROFESSIONALISTS & TECHNICIANS: 15, INTERPETERS: 10, and

VOLUNTEERS: 40 Total participants – 375

All arrangements including Lodgeing, Tiffen, Tea, Lunch, Evening Tea, Dinner, Transport,

Stationeries, pen, pad, Gifts, Memonts, Certificates, Kit Bags, ID cards, VIPs &

Participants local Transport, Professionalist & Interpeters TA/DA and all other expenses

are met by the Organising Committee of India Deaf Expo.

Topics of many paper presentations were given as below. ( From 5

th to 7

th )

1.Creating a new generation of deaf teachers and improved Deaf education- Mr.Kevin Long, Founder,Global deaf Connection, USA. 2.Deaf education for the changing Times: need for parallel thinking and resourceful persons - Mr.K.Murali, Organising Secretary and Director, Deaf Leaders 3.Deaf youth can develop through education and communication- Mr.A.S.Narayanan, N.A.D. New Delhi 4.Study on development skills of children with hearing impairment attending phase 1 of ECE Programme- Mr.B.Nageshwar Rao, AYJNIHH. 5.Sign language and comparisons- Mr.Rajesh Ketkar, Vadodara Deaf Association 6.Computer Assisted Language tutor for children with hearing loss- Mr.Arunmugam Rathinavelu. 7. History of use of technology for rehabilitation- Dr.Manjula Waldron,USA. 8.AURED- An early intervention and cochlear implant centre for children with hearing impairment. Mrs. Vashishtai J. Daboo, Mumbai 9.Training sign Teachers: Why and How? for children with hearing loss- Dr. Gaurav Mathur, Columbus. 10. Indian Sign language- Introduction to sign Language- Mr. Sujit Sahasrabudhe and Mr. Mohammed Shafique, AYJNIHH. 11. Sign Interpreters - Mr. Virbhadra Rathod, Vadodara Deaf Association. 12. Visual Collection Album – Rajendra Joglekar, Pune 13..Ayurveda- Mrs. Minal U. Joshi.Pune 14.Empowerment is the Key - Dr. Madan Vasishta, Gallaudet University,USA. 15. Deaf culture by K.Samuel, USA

16. Opportunities for the Deaf- Mr.D.N.Tripathi, Lucknow 17.Government - Mr. Kiran R. Kumar, Vadodara Deaf Association. 18.Role of Parents in Rehabilitation- Suresh C.B. Mysore. 19.A Will and a Way- Mr. S. Poornachandran, Madurai. 20. The Deaf's Well Being- Mr. Anantadev Das, Spiritual Leader, S.D.D. 21. Study of social and cultural integration of NRI deaf persons with family and society in USA- Manjula Waldron, Standord University. 22. Social Inclusion and the deaf- Prof. Sarah Giri, Bangalore. 23 Raise your global hands- Mr. Alim Chandani, CSD student, Development Center. 24. The Spech Problems of the Hearing impaired Children - A Phonetic Analysis- Mrs. Didla Grace Suneetha, CIEFL, Hyderabad. 25. Hearing Aids; Then, Now and Future.-Mr. R.S.Allurkar, Bagalkot. 26. Quality of life of Adult deaf as a function of hearing aid usage and employment status.- Mr.Giriraj Singh Shekhawat. AYJNIHH.

Cultural

Many cultural programs including mime, drama, dance and others provided good entertainment to deaf

participants

8) DEAF LEADERS Awards 2007

DEAF LEADERS - HONOUR OF AWARDS 2007

Outstanding Service to the Deaf / Hard of Hearing

Shri. V.R. Venkatesan, Chennai Best Award for

publishing First Deaf Magazine

Shri. Alok Kumar Kejriwal, Mumbai , Best

Award for Successful Deaf Businessman

Shri. Anantadevji , Bangalore, Special Award for

Supporting India Deaf Expo

Shri. Aqil Inayat Chinoy, Mumbai, Best Award

for Excellent Deaf Technologist

Shri. Rajesh Ketkar , Vadodara , Best Award for

Deaf Unity Organisation

Dr. Madan Vasishta, USA, Best Award for First

Indian American to pass Ph.D

Shri. M. Manickam , Coimbatore Best Award for

Supporting Deaf Organisation

Shri. Sujit V. Sahasrubde, Mumbai , Best Award for

Youth Achievement

9) Marriage

DEAF LEADERS efforts to deaf woman from Kerala of Mrs. Lizy married with Mr. Lester

Anderson from London. They are leading a very happy married life.

10) Website on www. India Deaf News. Org

To many deaf people from India and International visits our websites daily and we

get good responses from them.

To information for deaf matrimonial were made available in the websites and new

peoples have interests to join our website on matrimonial.

13) Other Job placement

Large exports of M/s. Aster Apparels, Coimbatore, satisfied by appointing about 5 deaf

people and will create vacancy to select more deaf for job placement soon.

Recommendations were given to few deaf persons to join good export companies at

Tiruppur and Coimbatore .

14) Our NGO Certificate issued by The State Commissioner for the Disabled , Chennai

NGO Certificate of registration no. 1176/RD II – 2 / 2006, dated 26.2.2007 issued by

Office of The State Commissioner for the Disabled, Chennai .

K. Murali Director of DEAF LEADERS