The Deaf Bulletin 2016 Issue 7 Beyond Deafness: Kuda Mapeture By Paidamoyo Chimhini 24 year old Kuda Mapeture is just like any young woman her age. Kuda is fashion conscious and very confident. Just by looking at her, one would never guess that she cannot hear. She is a perfect example of an individual rising …
The Deaf Bulletin 2016 Issue 6 Hope for Deaf Education – By Precious Nkomo These are the happy faces of Deaf young adults after their interviews at United College of Education (UCE) in Bulawayo on the 27th of May 2016. This was a life changing experience as this will be the first group of Deaf …
The Deaf Bulletin 2016 Issue 5 Technology, a threat to Sign Language? By Paidamoyo Chimhini Technology, in its ever changing nature plays a very important role in shaping how people communicate. To celebrate this important role, World Telecommunications Day is commemorated annually on the 17th of May and is aimed at highlighting how information travels …
The Deaf Bulletin 2016 Issue 4 Understanding Deafness: Do the Deaf want to hear? Assuming you can hear, and you turn on the television and there are pictures but there is no sound, what is your immediate reaction? Do you go on to watch the pictures without the sound or do you try to do …
The Deaf Bulletin 2016 Issue 3 Maternal mortality and Deaf women. Maternal mortality is the death of a woman from preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth. According to WHO, Zimbabwe’s maternal mortality rate currently stands at 525 deaths per 100 000 live births compared to the MDG’s set target of 71 deaths per 100 …
