Worker in Deaf School / Trabajador en Colegio para sordos

Location Colombia, Bogota

This school is specifically designed for deaf children and the education is geared towards helping them learn and engage with wider society. The school is part of a wider Christian project to serve deaf people and their families. This project also includes a Bible translation project into Colombian sign language and a social work project to support the families of the students, teach them sign language and help them understand how to bring up a deaf child healthily.

There are many opportunities to engage with this project, from teaching in the school (including traditional school subjects and also Christian Education) to supporting the work with the families. There is also a deaf church that meets in the school on Sundays.

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Skills and Qualification needed: You do not need to arrive with any knowledge of sign language as you will learn from the sign language teachers in the school however a knowledge o...