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Press Release World Federation of the Deaf has, as the first international disability organisation, signed a Memorandum of Understanding for cooperation with the North Korean disability organisation today in Helsinki, Finland. Mr Colin Allen, President of the World Federation of the Deaf (WFD), an international disability NGO based in Helsinki, and Mr Ri Kwang Son, the Executive Director of the Korean Federation for the Protection of the Disabled (KFPD) … [Read more...]
The British Deaf Association (BDA) is organising their event, BSL Symposium that will take place in London, United Kingdom on 19 March 2012 to recognise BSL Day (British Sign Language Day). For more information: see the attached documents on this page. The BSL Symposium leaflet with form BEST The BSL Banquet leaflet with form BEST … [Read more...]
Are you interested in graduating from Gallaudet University and making a “world of a difference” in your country? As a World Deaf Leadership Scholar, you will develop the academic abilities and leadership skills needed to improve the quality of life of individuals and communities anywhere in the world. The World Deaf Leadership (WDL) Scholarship is an endowed scholarship funded by the Nippon Foundation in Tokyo, Japan. The purpose of the WDL Scholarship Fund is to provide … [Read more...]
An Individual Member of the WFD contributes to organisation's daily work which deals with supporting and strengthening deaf associations, organizing human rights trainings, advancing deaf people's rights in the United Nations human rights system, spreading information on the Convention on the rights of persons with disabilities(CRPD), producing material in sign language and much more.
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