Education and Communication of Deaf Children and Youths in Burundi

Education and Communication of Deaf children and youths in Burundi (ECDCY) is a project for the (Association Nationale des Sourds du Burundi /or Burundi National Association of the Deaf which was established in 2002). The initiative of this group (ECDCY) was created by the Deaf Burundian groups who received BA applied studies in India at the Indira National Open University in 2009 up to 2015 under

the program of the University of Central Lancashire UCLan. The aim of this initiative is to support our merely organisation (Burundi national association of the deaf) by raising voices for Deaf children and youth in Burundi who face the communication and education barriers and to seek supports for these Deaf children and youth in order for them to benefit proper education and other needs. Our strategies in this initiative will be based on:
• Support to registered Deaf children at the special and formal schools;
• Create community awareness to educate parents of Deaf children to have the right attitude towards such children;
• Conduct home visit to deaf children homes and conduct family counseling services;
• Provide Sign Language training and Deaf studies to teachers both Deaf and hearing schools;
• Provide teaching materials to Deaf schools;
• Train sign language to the population of Burundi