Deaf Ministry

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Programme
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For the past several years Bethany Community Church in the United States has supported the Deaf Ministry, fulfilling its mission of providing services to marginalized deaf people, regardless of age or religion. These services include:
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✤Conducting an 8-week sign language course
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✤Training interpreters from the villages who are able to hear and translate into sign language enabling deaf people in the villages to participate in church services
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✤Helping deaf children to attend Primary, Secondary, and Vocational School
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Potential recipients of these services are identified through visits by the Deaf Ministry to villages and families throughout the Diocese.
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✤33 boarding students
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✤28 day students
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✤10 teachers supported by the Tanzanian Government
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✤2 DCT teachers supported by EOTAS in The Netherlands
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✤Food supported by the Tanzanian Government
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✤Kigwe Parish has established a church with a sign language to accommodate government School for the Deaf students attend church services