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Cooperation with MS

Examples of activities carried out under the DEO Dadeldhura partnership in 2003

Special needs education (disability) programme

• Sign language training for parents of deaf children

• Supporting education, health examination and medical treatment of disabled children

• Provision of hearing aid for deaf children

• Organisation of meetings for resource teachers to discuss the problems they face in the teaching of disabled children

• Vocational training for four mentally retarded children and their families

• Study visit of some DEO representatives to INGOs, local NGOs and government institutions to share experiences and get inspiration for structural changes in the DEO Special Education Programme

• Workshop conducted to identify the needs of parents of disabled children

• Orientation programme for school headmasters, resource persons, VDC secretaries, social workers and priests to talk about disability issues in the community

• Organisation of theatre training programme for nine children so that they can conduct theatre in their community to raise local awareness on disability

Schools maintenance

• School maintenance training of school headmasters and members of school management committees

• Establishment of a mini library at DEO

Organisational strengthening

• Provision of equipment for DEO (fax machine, telephone line, computer, printer) and training for DEO staffs on how to use and maintain the equipment

• Organisation of regular meetings and workshops for DEO staffs on how to ensure good coordination and communication between DEO, teachers and school children