Our final workshop included children and young people of ages between 15 and 22 from both the VN Naik and Fulton Schools for the Deaf. Both schools are situated on the outskirts of Durban, KwaZulu Natal. We began with an exercise of using still photography to capture images representing what is considered being good and […]
Whilst exploring the exciting topic of Futures, the reality is that in South Africa, opportunities are limited for deaf young people. This in part is due to the social construct of deafness and the barriers and discrimination that the Deaf still face in our communities. Education is also a major limiting factor for deaf people, […]
Our project brings people from a range of disciplines all with the unified aim of building and exploring resilience in deaf youth in South Africa. Over the past months, we have been planning for the first phase of the project, we call this Inspiring Futures. It involves engaging deaf youth in film-making workshops in Durban […]