DeafKidz International
Published 23 July 2018
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0.1 Form for submitting commitments for the Global Disability Summit 2018
1. Your organisation
Type of organisation: Civil Society Organisation
Name of organisation: DeafKidz International
2. Charter for Change
Please read the attached Summit Charter for Change: the principal legacy of the Summit. If your organisation is happy to sign up to the Charter, please confirm by putting a cross in the box below.
My organisation signs up to the Summit Charter for Change: X
3. Your organisation’s commitments to achieve the rights of people with disabilities in developing countries
3.1 A. Commitments to eliminate Stigma and Discrimination
Please select the category which your commitment most relates to: Stereotypes, attitudes and behaviours
Please enter the exact wording of the commitment/s, including details of others who has supported its development (75 words limit):
We will work in partnership with the Ayesha Bashir Trust in Pakistan, funded by UK AID Direct, we to ensure Deaf children and young people reduce their risk and vulnerability to negative stereotypes, attitudes and behaviours
Timeframe and/or implementation plan (75 words limit)
By December 2020, we will have placed 2000 Deaf infants, children and young people on individual care pathways, which maximise their residual hearing and will enable them to develop communication skills with which to self-advocate and self-represent.
3.2 B. Commitments for Inclusive Education
Please select the category which your commitment most relates to: Capacity building: teachers and staff
Please enter the exact wording of the commitment/s, including details of others who have supported its development (75 words limit):
We will work with the British Council and the European Union to ensure that teachers for the Deaf in protect and safeguard the Deaf children in their care, reducing their risk and vulnerability to abuse.
Timeframe and/or implementation plan (75 words limit)
By September 2019, we will have trained 360 teachers for the Deaf in Iraq who will utilise child protection methodologies to ensure Deaf children are safe and are able to access, quality, bilingual Deaf education
3.3 C. Commitments for Economic Empowerment
Please select the category which your commitment most relates to: Other
Please enter the exact wording of the commitment/s, including details of others who have supported its development (75 words limit):.
3.4 D. Commitments for Technology and Innovation
Please select the category which your commitment most relates to: New programmes or services
Please enter the exact wording of the commitment/s, including details of others who have supported its development (75 words limit):
In partnership with Islamic Relief Worldwide and Every1Mobile, we will ensure Deaf children in low resource and complex humanitarian settings are able to access safeguarding messaging through digital messagingClick or tap here to enter text.
Timeframe and/or implementation plan (75 words limit)
By September 2020 we will have devised and tested a digital model of intervention for cascade across the wider Islamic Relief Worldwide geography. Utilising appropriate digital technologies for conveying messaging that allows Deaf children to live safely and without fear of abuse.
3.5 E. Please enter the exact wording of the commitment/s, including details of others who have supported its development (75 words limit):
In partnership with Laureus Sport for Good, we will work to ensure Deaf girls and young women in Jamaica reduce their risk and vulnerability to Gender Based Violence
Timeframe and/or implementation plan (75 words limit)
By September 2020 we will have trained and deployed 30 Deaf female coaches who will work to reduce the susceptibility of 960 Deaf girls to Gender Based Violence, utilising safe practice messaging articulated through the medium of dance and martial arts activities
3.6 F. Please enter the exact wording of the commitment/s, including details of others who has supported its development (75 words limit):
With Save the Children UK and Islamic Relief World Wide, we will work to ensure Deaf children and young people in complex humanitarian settings are able to access protection, communication, health and educational services in the communication mode of choice.
Timeframe and/or implementation plan (75 words limit)
By Sept 2019 we will have devised and published a set of recommendations for use in complex humanitarian settings; to ensure agencies like the Save the Children UK and Islamic Relief Worldwide are able to respond to the distinct communication, linquistic and cultural needs of a hard to reach group. From 2019 onwards, we will cascade these recommendations through the Start Network, monitoring adoption and adherence to best practice.
xxxG. Other Commitments
Please enter the exact wording of any other commitment/s that do not fall under the themes above, including details of others who have supported its development (75 words limit):
With a range of NGO partners we will work to ensure all institutionalised Deaf children, and those at risk, are afforded family based care within an appropriate communication setting; this being part of a drive to eliminate the institutionalisation of children globally. We share the UK Government’s pledge to enable all children to have the opportunity to realise their right to family care.