Posts by Duncan Fukulani

Yesterday on 24th October 2023 the Malawi Deaf Community, Malawi government officials, Senior Chiefs, the Clergy, media and the community in Mzimba commemorated the International Day of Sign Languages at…

As one way of commemorating the international day for sign Languages in Malawi, MANAD Blantyre branch continued their initiative and cleaned the Blantyre Police Station on Saturday 23 September 2023.…

As a way of commemorating the international week of the deaf people, The MANAD Blantyre Branch today took an initiative and cleaned the Ndirande Health Centre. MANAD members swept and…

IRJA SEILOLA MEET THE MALAWIAN SIGN LANGUAGE STUDENTS Today Irja and MANAD secretarat interacted with Malawian Sign Language students at Limbe Community Day Secondary School. This is where weekend sign…

Yesterday we concluded a 3-day Malawian Sign Language Manual Development workshop in Mponela. The purpose of the workshop was to develop a Manual that will be used by our sign…

With support from All Children Reading (ACR) and in collaboration with Ministry of Education through the Directorate of Special Needs Department and e-kitabu. MANAD have organized a two-day Malawian Sign…

PROJECT ADVISOR IRJA SEILOLA FROM FINNISH ASSOCIATION OF THE DEAF (FAD) VISITS MANAD SECRETARIAT Malawi National Association of the Deaf (MANAD) yesterday on 14th August received Project Advisor Irja Seilola…

Following the long and rigorous foundational works of the Finnish Association of the Deaf, supporting the promotion of sign language in Malawi, MANAD finally organized a national spelling bee competition…

With financial support from the Finish Association of the Deaf (FAD) MANAD conducted a 2 days' workshop on capacity building to deaf women and youth which were selected from various…

With the aim of boosting the capacity of its organization, Malawi National Association of the Deaf (MANAD) conducted the Board and Staff training on the capacity building and the review…

As one way of promoting sign language in among academic circles, Malawi National Association of the Deaf (MANAD) presented 30 copies of Malawian Sign Language Dictionary and 10 flash discs…

As we are aware the disaster, we had during the Cyclone Freddy that caused much damage in many parts of the country especially in the southern region including Blantyre, Phalombe,…

Malawi National Association of the Deaf (MANAD) advocacy committee attended their first advocacy meeting on 13 and 14 May 2023 where they discussed a number of strategic advocacy activity plan…

Malawi National Association of the Deaf (MANAD) presented 60 copies of Malawian Sign Language Dictionary to the National Initiative for Civic Education (NICE) as one way of promoting Malawian Sign…

World Federation of the Deaf organized the Human Rights and Advocacy workshop which was held in South Africa where a various deaf organization from different countries were invited. The meeting…

Reading for All Malawi (REFAM EGRA reports 2020, 2022), found that 1. Lack of MSL skills amongst teachers, Deaf children and parents of Deaf children are some of the key…

Malawi National Association of the Deaf (MANAD) attended the world hearing day commemoration at Chichiri secondary school on 2 March 2023. During the event MANAD briefed the crowd on the…

MANAD ADVOCACY COMMITTEE MEMBER VOICES OUT THE CHALLENGES THE DEAF COMMUNITY FACE IN TERMS OF MEDIA INTERACTION. MBC Director of News and Programs Madam Khonje had a meeting with one…

IRJA SEILOLA, A FINISH ASSOCIATION OF THE DEAF (FAD) REPRESENTATIVE INTERACTED WITH PARENTS OF DEAF CHILDREN GROUP 11 parents of deaf children who form Parents of Deaf Children Group had…

Malawi National Association of the Deaf (MANAD) presented 90 copies of Malawian Sign Language Dictionary to the Malawi National Library Services (NLS) as one way of promoting Malawian Sign Language…