Christian Mission for the Deaf
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Christian Mission for the Deaf (CMD) is a non-profit Christian organization whose goal is the bring communication, literacy, and spirituality to deaf Africans.
History[]
Christian Mission for the Deaf, originally "Christian Mission for the Deaf African" was founded in 1956 by Andrew Foster. Prior to Andrew Foster's arrival in Africa there were almost no schools for the deaf, save a few in South Africa and Egypt.
CMD was "incorporated as a Michigan non-profit organization in 1956".[1]
Within 30 years Andrew Foster's mission had opened a total of 31 schools for the deaf across Africa. The specific countries in which schools were established were Ghana, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Togo, Chad, Senegal, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of Congo), Burkina Faso, Burundi, Gabon, Kenya, Sierra Leone, Congo and Guinea.[2]
Work[]
The deaf schools established by CMD makes use of all communication methods, i.e. "natural gestures, formal sign language, finger-spelling, writing, reading, speech, lip-reading and hearing aids". So as to make every effort to build a foundation for literacy and access to the Bible.[3]
CMD also provides some basic job training.
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "FAQs". 27 September 2010.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-10-13. Retrieved 2014-06-27.
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