Malawi government and its development partners are discussing on the need to roll out a programme aimed at training and increasing the number of sign language interpreters in the country. The Ministry of Gender, Children, Community Development and Social Welfare, Patricia Annie Kaliati, disclosed on Monday that the major goal of the programme will be […]
Visual Hearing Impairment Membership Association (Vihema Deafblind Malawi) donated Coronavirus disease (Covid 19) prevention materials to people with deafblindness as part of commemoration of International Deafblind Awareness Day which is also known as Helen Keller Day. Held under the theme: Deafblind and Thriving, the commemoration took place at Kudya Tourist Lodge in Blantyre over the […]
Visual Hearing Impairment Membership Association (VIHEMA DeafBlind Malawi), with funding from Disability Rights Fund, has embarked on a one year pilot project to mainstream deafblindness in Early Childhood Development (ECD) and inclusive education in primary schools in Traditional Authority (T/A) Chamba in Machinga District. VIHEMA DeafBlind Malawi advocates for the rights and needs of deafblind […]
Malawi National Association of the Deaf (MANAD) an umbrella organisation responsible for safeguarding the welfare of people with hearing impairments in the country has blamed government for not showing interest in promoting sign language. Speaking during an interview, MANAD executive director Brighton Chimemya said currently Malawi has not yet recognised sign language as a language […]
President Peter Mutharika has paid for outstanding water bill for the Karonga School of the Deaf, after it was disconnected for accumulating K450 000 arrears. Mutharika, who sent the governing Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) executive member Green Lulilo Mwamondwe, said he was concerned with the plight of the 86 learners with hearing difficulties health, such […]
Malawi National Association of Deaf (Manad) has made a fresh demand for sign language interpreters to facilitate easy access to information and telecommunication services for the country’s 50 000 hearing-impaired people. Manad information and advocacy officer Gabriel Luzu said in an interview that since the organisation conducted a sensitisation workshop on the need for sign […]