Deaf kid in Tibet: can anyone help?

[Kimberley Shaw]

Thank you, Erika!
I've now relayed this information to Kerry.
Best,
Kim

On 5/30/07, Erika Georgiana Hoffmann <eghoffma at umich.edu> wrote:
> While I am not in contact with any deaf people in Tibet, I have a lot
> of contacts with deaf associations and deaf schools in Nepal, the
> Himalayan country just to the south. There are many Tibetans living
> there - and perhaps it would be possible to transfer him to a deaf
> school in Kathmandu or Pokhara. If this is something that the orphanage
> might consider, I can give you some contact info for these schools and
> associations.
> Best,
> Erika Hoffmann
>
> Quoting Kimberley Shaw <skifoot at gmail.com>:
>
> > Hello Signwriters:
> > do any of you have any connections with Deaf people in Tibet?
> > It sure would be great to connect this kid with a community!
> > Have had little time to do SignWriting things, but I hope to change
> > that soon.
> > Best,
> > Kim from Boston
> >
> >>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>>
> >>>              Tuesday, May 29, 2007 12:15:03 PM
> >>> Bulk Message
> >>> From:                "Kerry Thompson" <londongirl21 at hotmail.com>
> >>> Subject:     [Mass_Deaf-Terp] deaf materials for deaf child?
> >>> To:          Mass_Deaf-Terp at yahoogroups.com
> >>>
> >>> Hello,
> >>>   I just received an email from a friend who does work for an
> >>> orphanage in
> >>> Tibet. She encountered a deaf child there and has described his
> >>> experience
> >>> below in an excerpt from my friend's email.   If you have any
> >>> materials
> >>> that
> >>> you would like to donate for this little boy, please feel free to
> >>> email me
> >>> at londongirl21 at hotmail.com.
> >>>
> >>> All the best!
> >>> Kerry Thompson
> >>>
> >>> (part of my friend's email below)
> >>> ................
> >>> If any of your are curious about anything else, please email me and
> >>> I'll
> >>> let
> >>> you know if they need it.  Also, if any of you are curious, there
> >>> is a
> >>> deaf
> >>> boy in the 2nd grade class who has had no special attention or
> >>> teaching.Â
> >>> He does not know any sign language and communicates only through
> >>> moaning.Â
> >>>
> >>> He is often very frustrated as are those around him because it is very
> >>> difficult to know what he is saying.  I began teaching him the sign
> >>> language alphabet while I was there and he absolutely loved it and
> >>> took to
> >>> it really fast.  But he doesn't have any books or pictures of the
> >>> signs
> >>> or
> >>> anything.  I think he would love this and use it a lot, so if any
> >>> of you
> >>> are interested in getting him some sign language books, flash
> >>> cards, or
> >>> posters please let me know.  He would need something with clear and
> >>> simple
> >>> pictures.
> >>>
> >>> Here is the website of the orphanage, the Jatson Chumig Welfare
> >>> Special
> >>> School.
> >>> http://www.jatsontibet.org/school.php
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