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About buildadeaf.org

The purpose of this website, Build a Deaf Organisation, is to strengthen the deaf associations at national, regional, and local levels, so they can better champion deaf people’s human rights. The topics of the 24 modules have been identified to be of common interest to most deaf associations around the world.

The materials on this website are made by many people, and without their invaluable contributions, it has not have been possible. We would like to thank all the people involved in making this website a reality. This website was developed as a part of a regional project in West Africa, which was funded by The Disability Fund under Disabled Peoples Organisations – Denmark. The materials can be freely used under the Creative Commons License. If you would like to translate the materials to your national written and signed languages, please feel free to contact us at Danish Deaf Association.

Editors

Kasper Bergmann
Veera Elonen Knudsen

Authors

Abigail Gorman
Ablavi Dziku
Amy Wilson
Debra Russell
Dickson Mveyange
Florjan Rojba
Habtamu Buli
Jigjid Dulamsuren
Josh Josa
Juventus Duorinaah
Kasper Bergmann
Laure Abdelmoumeni
Majdi Yaghi
Mark Berry
Megan Youngs
Nana Søltoft
Samuel Munana
Sarah Houge
Sekerani Kufakwina
Shirley Liu
Sonia Holzman
Veera Elonen Knudsen

International Sign Translators

Joyce Niyamana
Jules Rutaysire

Actors

Cristian Fala
Enrique Tellez
Felipe Rueda
John Bohórquez
Karen Morales
Katerine Fernández
Maria Caicedo
Maria Galeano
Omar Bustos
Paula Gomez
Valentina Martinez

Design and Video Production

Daniel Ocampo Arias
Felipe Rueda
Karen Diseñadora

Project Management

Kasper Bergmann

Partners and Donor

World Federation of the Deaf

Cooperating partner.

Rwanda National Union of the Deaf

Translations to International Sign.

Danish Deaf Association

General project management and quality assurance.

Disabled Peoples Organisations - Denmark

The project was funded by The Disability Fund under the DPOD.

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