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7.2.6 Please list the six highest priority issues/actions in your strategic action plan.
Costa Rica
Cuba
Country Please list the six highest priority issues/actions in your strategic action plan.
Dominican Republic
El Salvador
Guatemala
1. To establish relations with public institutions
2. To improve the quality of Deaf education in Costa Rica
3. To promote the training of Deaf instructors of LESCO
4. To provide more information and services to Deaf people in order to encourage affiliation to the
Deaf Association
5. To make an agreement with the University of Costa Rica, through PROGRESO, with the goal of
providing workshops about LESCO and Deaf culture
6. To renovate the Deaf Association’s building
1. Fully integrate all people with hearing disabilities in Cuban society through study, work, sport and
culture
2. Train members in the moral principles and ideology of our society
3. Achieve comprehensive care of the Deaf and hard of hearing
4. Develop surveys to the Deaf community and the rest of society to break communication barriers
5. To encourage and develop scientific investigations on problems relevant to the Deaf community, in
partnership with other institutions for the prevention of deafness
6. Foster relationships with national and foreign organisations which focus on the social integration
of Deaf and hard of hearing people
We have meetings twice a month and consult with other Deaf leaders, and have identified the priority
needs as:
1. More employment
2. Better education
3. Invent a Dominican Republic sign language
4. Leadership training
5. More training in general
6. Projects to change the law
1. Start the process of researching Lengua de Señas Salvadoreña (LESSA)
2. Restructure the Commission on LESSA
3. Establish contacts with Latin American Deaf for training support
4. Spread awareness about the human right of Deaf people to get education through sign language
5. Disseminate the correct information about sign language
6. Encourage the development of young Deaf people in El Salvador through the Youth Commission
7. Support the creation of associations in all states of the country, with affiliation to the National
Deaf Association
1. Sign Language
2. Education
3. Interpreters
4. Training for Women
5. Health
6. Contact with organisations of Deaf people in provinces/states
Guyana No information supplied
Haiti
Honduras
Mexico
1. The psychosocial Integration and inclusion of children, youth and adults who have a hearing
problem
2. The prevention of noise pollution and other causes of deafness
3. The promotion of sign language even after attaining official recognition as a third language in Haiti
4. To inform Deaf people about STD/HIV, drug misuse, early pregnancy
5. Training in sign language for parents of Deaf children and members of the general population
6. To train and organise sign language interpreters
1. Official Parliamentary recognition of sign language (LESHO)
2. Standardisation of LESHO
3. LESHO classes for parents and families
4. LESHO classes for Deaf people and the general community
5. Development of a LESHO Dictionary “COMUNIQUEMONOS MEJOR”
6. Socialisation, according to the Law on the Full Development of People with Disabilities 160 – 2005
7. Deaf People’s Rights
8. Human Rights
Our Action Plan for FEMESOR work is based on the six sections in the General Law for People with a
Disability; these are:
1. Education
2. Employment (Labour)
3. Accessibility
4. Health
5. Art and Culture
6. Social Development
FEMESOR has added three more areas:
1. Mexican Sign Language - Lengua de Señas Mexicana (LSM)
2. Women
3. Youth
The Project was under the auspices of the Swedish National Association of the Deaf (SDR) and the World Federation of the Deaf (WFD), Page No 40
and funded by the Swedish Agency for International Development Cooperation (Sida) and Swedish Organisations’ of Disabled Persons
International Aid Association (Shia).