Project update: we currently have sufficient funds - no more donors or donations required.
29th November to 21st December 2018
Gary Quinn and I are were in The Gambia working with Deaf GSL teachers to help them develop their GSL teaching skills and resources. We are now working with them in 2019 to help us develop the student GSL interpreters. Gary, who is Deaf and is a Sign Language Tutor in the Department of Languages and Intercultural Studies, Heriot-Watt University (HWU), lead this part of our project.
Thanks to HWU for their in-kind contribution through the provision of Gary Quinn's time.
If you want to see Gary at work, click here to see him delivering a TEDx.
Thanks to HWU for their in-kind contribution through the provision of Gary Quinn's time.
If you want to see Gary at work, click here to see him delivering a TEDx.
The project, in a nutshell
There are currently only four Gambian Sign Language Interpreters (GSLIs) in The Gambia. This is nowhere near enough to meet the needs of Deaf Gambians. With almost no government support for Deaf people or GSL interpreting, our project aims to make the difference.
The Gambia Sign Language interpreter project is small and focussed, aiming to support Deaf Gambians' access to family, education, employment and health care, through funding the provision of, and increasing the quality and numbers of GSLIs.
We do this by:
100% of donations are used to deliver the project, and being a small project, we make sure every penny is well spent. Full accounts are available to donors on request, so you can see exactly how your and all of the money is used.
The Gambian Deaf Children Support Project (GDCSP) process our donations and collect any Gift Aid. They work with deaf children and adults in Gambia, have charitable status for tax purposes and are registered for Gift Aid (Ref: XT21686). (We are unable to register as a charity ourselves, as our annual turnover is under £5,000 pa).
The Gambia Sign Language interpreter project is small and focussed, aiming to support Deaf Gambians' access to family, education, employment and health care, through funding the provision of, and increasing the quality and numbers of GSLIs.
We do this by:
- Paying the salaries & travel costs of community interpreters.
- Supporting the professional development of the four existing interpreters.
- And if we raise the funds we need, by training 10 more interpreters.
100% of donations are used to deliver the project, and being a small project, we make sure every penny is well spent. Full accounts are available to donors on request, so you can see exactly how your and all of the money is used.
The Gambian Deaf Children Support Project (GDCSP) process our donations and collect any Gift Aid. They work with deaf children and adults in Gambia, have charitable status for tax purposes and are registered for Gift Aid (Ref: XT21686). (We are unable to register as a charity ourselves, as our annual turnover is under £5,000 pa).
We are delighted that our first corporate supporter is SignVideo: BSL Video Interpreting. They're supporting our project because they really believe in what we're doing.
