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Hi Soloveni,</div>
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Thank you for the links. I will have a good read. </div>
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</span><span>I just returned from Honiara after visiting the Deaf community and government officials. It was my ninth trip to Honiara, and there is a lot of work to do to improve the lives of Deaf people in the Solomon Islands. I've visited this country since
2011, and the Deaf community has a powerful bond compared with other Pacific Nations hence visiting there so many times. </span></div>
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<span>I lived in Vanuatu for two years, and sadly, although there is a large number of Deaf people, the Deaf community doesn't exist primarily due to staying at local villages. That explains why Vanuatu Sign Language doesn't exist either. All use home signs
to communicate in their communities. The Solomon Islands is completely the opposite, which has a unified Deaf community using Solomon islands Sign Language as their preferred language. </span><br>
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Anyway, I will read the report in the coming days.</div>
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Cheers</div>
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Brent </div>
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<div>Thanks Solo for sharing</div>
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From: Soloveni Vitoso <br>
Date:25/07/2019 3:10 PM (GMT-10:00) <br>
To: pdflist@lists.pacificdisability.org <br>
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Subject: [Pacificcbidnetwork] Deaf People in Pacific Island Countries - A design for the Pacific Deaf Strengthening Program 2019
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">Greetings from the Pacific Disability Forum!</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">Pacific disability forum is proud to share with you the report and video of the Pacific Deaf Strengthening Program 2019.</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">This report on the Design of a Situational Analysis of the Experience of Deaf People in the Pacific emanates from a research project funded by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Government of Australia and which was managed
by the Pacific Disability Forum and conducted jointly by Dr. Elena Jenkin, Philip Waters, Krishneer Sen and Dr. Robert Adam.</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">Below are the links to the video and the report;</p>
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</span></span>Report - <a href="http://www.pacificdisability.org/getattachment/Resources/Research/Low_Res_Pacific-Deaf-Programme_2019_2.pdf.aspx">
<span style="color:#0563C1">http://www.pacificdisability.org/getattachment/Resources/Research/Low_Res_Pacific-Deaf-Programme_2019_2.pdf.aspx</span></a></p>
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