Deaf Action

Unfortunately, due to reasons unknown, Paypal has locked our account and will not accept any payments.

We hope to have this issue resolved early next week.

Update: We have resolved the issues with Paypal and our account has now been restored.

More beds are needed for the ever increasing number of children at the Immanuel School for the Deaf in Ringa, Kenya. The current situation of up to 3 to a bed is not the best solution so 80,000 Kenyan shillings (roughly $US 1000) for the boys’ beds is a priority. Recently a property next door to the school was rented which contains a building for the boys’ dorm. The beds and mattresses, when we get them, will go into this building.

Neville will be speaking in Korea, Japan and Australia over the next two months. Read more for the full details.

DMI's College and High School for the Deaf has just held its first commencement exercises when 14 College and 11 High School students graduated.

Commencement exercises were held in DMI's facility in Davao where an excited crowd of parents, friends and family witnessed the proceedings. Now comes the challenge of finding employment for our graduates. Joshua and Asuela have headed up the work in Davao from the very beginning. Their tireless and sacrificial efforts have produced a lot of fruit. As well as their main work in Davao City churches, dormitories and school ministries have been started in many other places in Mindanao.

Neville leaves on the 16th September for Egypt where he will be attending the DMI Conference in Alexandria, together with almost 200 delegates from around the world. Experiences within each participant's local deaf culture will be shared over the 5-days. Neville will also visit the Voice of Hope agricultural project in Cairo, followed by a trip down to the schools in Kenya & Uganda.

We are holding again another fund raising Christmas in July Dinner with Kerrin once more as our chef. One problem is that it is now August so instead of a Christmas in July Dinner it is called a Winter Christmas Dinner. The information is below and we would love to see you there if at all possible.

We are thrilled to announce the launch of our new website. Deaf Action is the overseas aid arm of Deaf Ministries International. Deaf Action Inc. is assisting deaf children and their families in developing countries gain the education and life skills needed to overcome their disability and live productive lives With your help we can begin to break the cycle of poverty and discrimination by providing education, skills training job opportunities and supportive social networks within these communities.

Take some time to browse the current projects we are involved in, and scholarships we provide to schools and students. All donations are fully tax deductable.

Thursday 29th Neville heads off to Myanmar with suitcases full of mosquito coils, clothes and other supplies. He hopes to get more accurate information after visiting the folk with whom we work and seeing first hand some of the damage done. We have no work in the Delta area, the worst hit so there is no need to go there. he is hoping to go to Kalay to visit the school if flights are operating.