It is that time of the year again, when Samoa uses sign language to order morning tea, as one of the activities of International week of the Deaf 2014.
Tomorrow, 24 September 2014, SENESE with lots of help from eight participating local cafes throughout Apia, will be holding a morning tea where sign language, rather than the spoken word, will be used to order drinks and something to eat.
This is the second year SENESE has collaborated with our partner cafes to organise this event, following its nationwide popularity last year where cafes had requested for a repeat of this awareness raising activity.
The idea is that you visit one of our participating cafes, place your drink order using sign language (we’ll have posters and interpreters at each location to help you), and the café will donate a portion of the cost of your drink to SENESE’s Deaf Services.
If you’re feeling extra generous you can also place your change in the Sip, Sign & Tip Donation Jar.
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Your participation and kind donations will be used to continue SENESE’s support for deaf adults and children in Samoa – support like sign language training, family and school support, social events and work placements for deaf adults.
Sip and sign is one of the activities organised by SENESE to commemorate international week of the deaf this year in Samoa.
Aside from our participating cafes, posters with basic signs and letters of the alphabets have been widely distributed to Government
Ministries and corporations and public places with the hope that Samoans will take time out during your busy schedules to communicate in sign language, perhaps during morning or afternoon tea amongst your colleagues.
Four local television stations will have their local news interpreted in sign language through this week, tv1, tv3, Kingdom TV, and EFKStv.
To top off international week of the deaf this year, SENESE’ deaf services will be holding a deaf awareness training for its staff and board this Friday. The training is to strengthen internal understanding of the issues facing deaf persons and what we can do as an organisation to further the realization of their rights, in particular to recognize sign language in Samoa.
Event details for Sip and Sign this Wednesday
When: Wednesday 24 September2014
Time: except for Krush which opens at 9am, kick off time is from8a.m.– 10a.m.
Participating cafés:
Home Café, Cross Island Rd, Moto’otua
JaLahs on Beach Rd
EnT’s Surf Sip Café, opposite Fugalei Market
Bean Headquarters (BNHQ), Beach Rd
The Coffee Bean Café, PAM’s Complex, Tamaligi
Bean Central Café (The Van), Leung Wai Arcade
Mc Donald’s Family restaurant
Krush, Touch of Samoa, Tanugamanono
To find out more about the event please check out our Facebook event, email us at HYPERLINK “mailto:senese@samoa.ws” senese@samoa.ws or call SENESE on 27532 or 7751734.
We look forward to helping you make your cup count!
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