for building faith and developing interactive teaching was enjoyed by pastors from many areas of NW Uganda. Also included
were church leaders from five different denominations across Arua
Municipality. This Inclusive
Communication Course was run jointly by Madi & West Nile Special Needs Ministry
and YWAM Arua Deaf
Connections. It was a fantastic team effort. Most participants, including deaf and
hearing instructors expressed much greater understanding of the topics covered.
See above right
This was
the first time many
deaf and hearing had
been trained and resourced with biblical sign-language vocabulary material.
Signs for the Lord’s Prayer and Apostles Creed were included
thanks to our deaf/hearing resource development team which
included Rev. Allan Aviah
(above left) Special needs
coordinator for West Nile.
Pastors attending
our Inclusive Communication Course agreed that the
resources were
valuable, because nothing similar was
available beforehand. Many said that they can now make their services more
inclusive of deaf/mute people in their communities.
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