DR Congo - Integration for young people with hearing disabilities in South Kivu
31 January 2024
Promoter
Association des Jeunes pour la Paix et l’Initiative de la Démocratie - AJPID asbl
Description
In Congo, many deaf-mute children, youth and adults remain excluded from the mainstream education system. To address this challenge, AJPID founded the "La Providence School of the Deaf," a special institute dedicated to educating the deaf and dumb, offering them the opportunity for proper education and access to vocational courses for better social and labor integration.
Beneficiaries
- 115 people of different ethnicities.
- Ages 6-15 for elementary school; 15-25 for secondary school; 16-25 for vocational cutting and sewing courses.
- Specific materials for the education of deaf and dumb students.
- Improvement of instructional spaces.
- Purchase of School Benches and Kits.
- Professional Courses in Cutting and Sewing