Newsletter for Friends of VAANI - October, 2011
VAANI has had a very active quarter with World Deaf Week etc. Read the latest in this newsletter.
VAANI’s June Newsletter
With monsoon comes VAANI’s latest newsletter with news from the second quarter of 2011-12.
CTTA Meet for VAANI
On 18th September 2011, the Calcutta Tea Traders Association (CTTA) completes 125 wonderful years. This journey that started in 1886 reached a new milestone on the 18th of April 2011 at the Charity Tea Auction organised by CTTA in aid of VAANI.
E-newsletter for Friends of VAANI
VAANI’s newsletter for Friends of VAANI contains latest information about VAANI’s activities in the last quarter of 2010-11.
Celebrating Life’s Blissful Moments with the B.RAT PACK
The B.Rat Pack – a famous jazz band from Bengaluru led by Stanley Pinto, Carlton Braganza and Venkat Subramaniyam, held a musical concert in aid of VAANI on Monday, the 28th of March, 2011 at the ITC Hotel, The Sonar in Kolkata.
Read about Celebrating Life’s Blissful Moments with the B.RAT PACK
Silent National Anthem
The national anthem is performed by school children in sign language
Activities in the Northeast in December 2010
Over 90 parents and professionals participated in programmes conducted in Assam and Mizoram in December.
VAANI activities in East India
Kolkata Municipal Project
KMP staff were tested on fluency, accuracy and expressions and body language while using ISL by VAANI’s deaf role-model and ISL teacher.
A Skills Training program was conducted on Child Rights. The agenda for the session was:
1) History of Child Rights
2) Discussion on: Right to Survival
- Right to Protection
- Right to Development
- Right to Participation
3) The Child Labour Prohibition and Regulation Act (1986)
4) Juvenile Justice Act(Care & Protection of Children), 2000
A KMP Awareness Programme at Binode Pramode Hindi Primary School-Ward 65 took place on the 29th of December, 2010.
Activities in the Northeast in November
A VAANI team visited the partners in the Northeast to review the work done at the end of one year of partnership.
West Bengal Projects in November 2010
It has been a busy month for those involved in VAANI projects in West Bengal
New VAANI film
The VAANI team has prepared a film on the importance of family involvement in the healthy development of a deaf child. Parents have spoken about how they are able to communicate better with their deaf children after receiving training in VAANI programmes.
Family Day in Guwahati - September 2010
On the occasion of International Deaf Awareness Week from 20 to 26 Sep, VAANI’s Northeast office organised a Family Day on 25 Sep in the Assam State Zoo for the families of deaf children in Guwahati and the partner organisation Swabalambi.
West Bengal Activities - September 2010
A new Resource Centre and a Family Day are just two of the many activities that took place in Pandua and Kolkata in September.
Northeast Projects - Aug 2010
A lot of programmes were conducted in Assam and Meghalaya in August 2010. The awareness workshops on social and emotional needs of deaf children and their families are very well-received by the general public.
West Bengal Projects - Aug 2010
August was a busy month for the Kolkata Metro Project and PPKS with awareness and training programmes, screening camps and Independence Day and Raksha Bandhan celebrations.
Northeast Projects - July 2010
A series of training programmes were held in July in Assam, Meghalaya and Mizoram for upgrading the skills of parents and CBR workers who work with deaf children. A heartening development was the active participation of parents in all these programmes.
West Bengal Projects - July 2010
A parents’ feedback session, classes to teach ISL, screening camps for deaf children and regular educational intervention at our resource centres were just some of the activities in July in VAANI’s KMP. At PPKS in Pandua, the VAANI team reviewed the impact of the training imparted during the month on parents, their deaf children and teachers.
Art Show in Kolkata
VAANI Deaf Children’s Foundation held its first fundraising event of the year on June 10 2010. An art show curated by Swaroop Mukherji and Avijit Dutta was held at the ITC Sonar. The collection showcased works of art from various young contemporary artists of Benga
Teachers’ training workshop in Meghalaya
A teachers’ training workshop on emotional and social needs of deaf children and their families was conducted on April 8, 2010 at the School and Centre for Hearing Handicapped Children (SCHHC) Shillong, Meghalaya for 35 professionals.
Workshop in Meghalaya
A workshop on emotional and social needs of deaf children and their families was conducted on April 8, 2010 for family members at the School and Centre for Hearing Handicapped Children (SCHHC) in Shillong, Meghalaya. 38 family members of children who attend SCHHC participated in this programme.
Family Day in Kolkata
VAANI hosted a Family Day on 6th February 2010 for around 66 deaf children and their families in Kolkata.The 160 participants for this Family day came from JEM Kinder Garten
School, Pandua Pratibandhi Kalyan Samity, Anwesha,The Oral School For
The Deaf Children and Care and Counselling Centre. We also had four
young deaf adults helping with the conducting of the event and mingling
with the guests. All the participants enjoyed the day thoroughly.
Fundraiser in Kolkata
A glittering fundraiser was held on 22nd December at the Taj Bengal in Kolkata in aid of VAANI, Deaf Children’s Foundation. A number of Indian and Sri Lankan players turned up at the party where cricket memorabilia was auctioned among the invited guests who responded enthusiastically.
Online auction of cricket memorabilia for VAANI
straightline.in, mjunction’s online shopping portal, has opened bids for the eAuction of exclusively autographed cricket gear belonging to the Indian national cricket team in aid of VAANI.
Evening for a cause in Guwahati
To raise financial support for its activities, VAANI organised an “Evening for a cause’ in Guwahati on December 11, 2009 at the Gymkhana Club. Over 250 people attended the very successful party which started off with music by the young band Voodoo Child. VAANI staff made a brief presentation on deafness, what a deaf child goes through and VAANI’s activities which are aimed at improving communication with deaf children.
Fundraisers
VAANI will be conducting two fund-raiser events in December in Guwahati and Kolkata. We are looking forward to a great response and hope to garner adequate support for all our work in the coming year.
Paul Zerdin performs for VAANI
Paul Zerdin, an internationally acclaimed ventriloquist, performed at the Calcutta Cricket and Football Club in Kolkata on the 11th of October for VAANI.
World Deaf Week 2009 Press Coverage
Three prominent newspapers in Assam carried articles about VAANI and the work we do with deaf children and their families during World Deaf Week 2009.
World Deaf Week 2009
The last week in September from 24th Sept. to 30th Sept is traditionally celebrated as World Deaf Week . Posters were put up in some prominent stores including Fabindia and Tanz in Guwahati and Reynolds and Kathleens in Kolkata during the week. Bookmarks stressing on the importance of communication for young deaf children were distributed during the week. The response from Sarala Birla School, where the VAANI team had earlier conducted an awareness programme, was heartening.
Awareness programme at Sarala Birla School, Guwahati
A VAANI team visited Sarala Birla School, Guwahati for an awareness programme on deafness for a group of 25 students who wish to start a club working on issues around deafness.
Read about Awareness programme at Sarala Birla School, Guwahati
Awareness programme at Heritage School, Kolkata
The VAANI team conducted an awareness programme in Heritage School, Kolkata on 11 September 2009 for 300 students of Classes 3 and 4.
Parents’ meeting at Guwahati VAANI office
A group of mothers attended a sensitisation meeting on 21 August
2009 at the VAANI office at Guwahati to share experiences and notes on
how to be a support to their deaf children.
Awareness programme for Vodafone
The VAANI team was invited to make a presentation to the marketing team of Vodafone Kolkata, on 31 July 2009. The presentation also aimed to sensitise the Vodafone team members on issues that surround childhood deafness.
Sensitisation at Modern High School, Kolkata
The VAANI team conducted an awareness programme on deafness for students of class 11 of Modern High School Kolkata.
Registration with Give India
VAANI, Deaf Children’s Foundation is now registered with Give India!
Awareness programme at Birla High School for Girls, Kolkata
A team from VAANI conducted a programme on sensitisation to deafness on 1st July 2009 for 300 students of Birla High School for Girls in Kolkata. The children enjoyed the session, especially their interaction with Jhooma Sircar, a young deaf adult who has a B.Ed degree and teaches deaf children.
Read about Awareness programme at Birla High School for Girls, Kolkata
VAANI and CINI ASHA
VAANI’s training workshops with CINI-Asha have now entered the second phase.
Training for CINI Asha, Kolkata
VAANI conducted a training programme on Screening for Hearing Impairment for trainees from CINI Asha on Saturday, April 18 2009. The 23 participants from CINI-ASHA were from the urban slums in the Bibi Bagan and Tara Para areas of Kolkata. The programme aimed at providing these trainees with basic skills to screen and identify deaf children from the age of 2 years.
Training programme on communication
On VAANI’s initiative, a trained teacher of the deaf, conducted a training programme on communication and sign language for teachers in an NGO in Kolkata.
Art Walk for VAANI
VAANI, Deaf Children’s Foundation is proud to announce its association with The Oberoi Grand Kolkata and artist Keshav Roy in hosting the ‘Art Walk’.
Workshop with Sue Lewis
VAANI organised 2 workshops on pre-primary and primary education from 10th to 13th February for parents and teachers of deaf children. The workshop was conducted by Sue Lewis, a teacher of the deaf who was on the faculty of Oxford University and Manchester University.
Muktadhara - Fact finding visit
The VAANI team visited Muktadhara, an organisation working with disabilities in the Hooghly District of West Bengal.
World Deaf Week
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In celebration of World Deaf Week, VAANI, Deaf Children’s Foundation team visited schools and addressed the students.
Training Workshops in Gujarat
Two-day work shops were held in October for teachers from different institutes in Gujarat on the use of the teaching and learning kits designed and produced by Umang School, Ahmedabad in collaboration with VAANI.