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Training missions 2008Speech therapy: this year, three French speech therapistsspent time in our schools for deaf children in order to adviseand share their recommendations for our local speechtherapists. The topic of the training was « the basic need towork on language understanding, labial reading andvocabulary acquisition ».Massage training: a French physiotherapist provided thistraining a couple of years ago and has noticed the technicalimprovement in the students she trained on her last visit. Herassessment of the students indicated « the masseurs areextremely good and professional ».Enfants Sourds du Cambodge NGO: the ESC team – mainly made up of specialists in hearing aid, ofENT specialists and of pharmacists – came two times for its 14 th and 15 th missions. The main objectivesof the missions are: to assess the hearing of every young deaf or hearing-impaired children, and alsohow well the hearing aids are working for each child; to do a follow-up of the actions set up during theprevious missions.Many children in professional trainingEducational support Programme DATA 2008More than 1,700 children taken in charge, amongthem 710 deaf and 300 blind9 blind children passed the Baccalaureate exam371 deaf or hearing-impaired children provided withhearing aids11 blind children attend University and are providedwith material resources2 advocacy campaigns in 2 provinces2,680 books printed in Braille and 4 new textbookstranslated in sign languageThe speech therapists’ trainingDuring 2008, Krousar Thmey has beentaking care of 26 children who followed andfor some of them are still followingprofessional training provided by our NGOpartners. For example, some of our childrenover 16-years of age are following training tobecome hairdressers, mechanics, cooks ordress designers in NGOs like Friends,Salabaï or Artisans d’Angkor. A lot oftraining is available and on completion willprovide job opportunities for the trainees. Itis a really good solution for children who areweak academically or for those who don’twish to continue studying.Internal & external training for Krousar Thmey’steamIn 2008, as every year, internal training was given toKrousar Thmey’s employees in order to strengthen theirprofessional and pedagogical competence. For example,the teachers from our specialised schools or from ourintegrated classes dedicated to blind or deaf children areasked to undertake extensive training during summerholidays. This training aims to update their knowledge,facilitate the exchange of ideas and develop newmethodologies thereby further adapted to the needs ofdeaf or blind children.Many external training financed by donors also tookplace last year on topics like “Children’s Rights”, “Basisof assistance” or “Monitoring”.One of our girls in professional training
The campaign against child-trafficking andprostitutionIn 2008, some new materials have beenacquired for the permanent troupe of SisophonSchool of Arts and Culture. In particular, webought a new secondhand truck to transport thechildren and the team, and some of the materialused during campaigns. The stage, which hasalready been used for many years and which isnow too small to welcome all participants hasbeen recently enlarged.The prevention posterThe prevention poster (see opposite), distributed during campaign tours, and also used for manyyears has been updated in order to make people, mostly children, aware of the risks of trafficking andprostitution. Indeed, drawings and explanations have been revised to be more appropriate for andrelevant to the new generation. This communication tool is very simple but very effective and efficientduring tours in remote areas of Cambodia.Cultural and artistic developmentProgramme DATA 2008More than 1,200 students going toSisophon School of Arts and CultureCampaign against child-trafficking andprostitution35 children in the permanent troupe13 representations in 12 CambodianprovincesAnnual audience of 8,100 personsCommunication tools distributed: 1,400posters; 2,140 leaflets; 347 tee-shirts, and124 capsExhibitions in Siem Reap and Battambang3,510 visitorsOur school for the blind or deaf KampongCham connected to the InternetThanks to the support of our NGO partners,Krousar Thmey has been providing blind or deafchildren with computer classes for several yearsalready. It is essential for disabled children to getused to IT and new technologies. In March 2008, anew step has been reached as the Kampong ChamSchool for blind children has been equipped withInternet connection. Computer science lessons forthe blind children were launched in March 2007.The children can attend this class two hoursweekly. A room composed of ten networkedcomputers is at the children’s disposal.New buildings and work in progressSchool for deaf or blind children in Siem Reap: a newbuilding for blind children was built.School for deaf children in Chbar Ampov (Phnom Penh):after filling in the land, a new building on three floors wasbuilt.Takhmao centre: a new building will be finished soon toaccommodate a library inside this permanent protectioncentre. It is very good news for the children who will be ableto access and discover more texts and reading material.Library in Takhmao centre13
Page 1 and 2: ANNUALREPORT2008
Page 4 and 5: Krousar Thmey’s strategy and legi
Page 6 and 7: Our three areas of interventionProg
Page 8: CULTURAL AND ARTISTIC DEVELOPMENTPr
Page 11: The digital Cambodian sign language
Page 15 and 16: Events 2008A very sad incident in o
Page 17 and 18: Forecast 2009Strengthen collaborati
Page 19 and 20: Source of fundsKrousar ThmeyUnited
Page 21 and 22: Statement of income and expenditure
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