Posts tagged sign language

Posts tagged sign language
A Peace Corps Education Volunteer teaches AIDS awareness to deaf students using Kenyan sign language.
(Source: peacecorps.gov)
Peace Corps Volunteers serving in Kenya observed that the deaf community gravely lacked resources. Written materials focusing on Kenyan Sign Language (KSL) were scarce to non-existent. Parents of deaf children often did not have knowledge of KSL and had difficulty communication their own children.
In an effort to assist the deaf community, Volunteers created posters like this one and, after months of hard work during their spare time, designed an interactive CD-ROM about Kenyan Sign Language. You can read more about it and learn a little more KSL here!
During the 2011 Smithsonian Folklife Festival, deaf Returned Peace Corps Volunteers share about their experiences abroad.
(Source: youtube.com)