Creating a common language for nation’s deaf
By the age of 17, Chan Chonreasmey was yet to have a conversation with another person—not with her mother, not with her father, and certainly not with any other children. …
Two years ago, Ms. Chonreasmey was enrolled in the Maryknoll Deaf Development Program’s (DDP) education course, where she began learning how to communicate using signs, to read and write basic Khmer, and to gain an understanding of simple mathematics. …
DDP, which runs projects in Phnom Penh and the provinces of Kampot and Kompong Chhnang, is one of only two organizations providing formalized education to the deaf. …
Holly Robertson and Ouch Sony
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