Educate Deaf Children in Mexico

Recently the school has introduced Vocational Training Programs to help the older students develop skills in sewing, cooking, silversmithing and carpentry. The programs are designed to teach the students real life job skills enabling them to find employment and to be more self-sufficient after they graduate. Most of the programs are currently taught by dedicated volunteers, residents of San Miguel de Allende, who generously offer their time and talent to pass along their knowledge and expertise. Following several months of training and instruction in after-school workshops, several of the students will be placed with local businesses as apprentices, initially along with a teacher/mentor to provide sign language interpretation. 

One older adult student, José Luis, recently asked to attend EEE to learn to read and write and to learn Mexican sign language. Being profoundly deaf he had rarely attended public school during his life (there is no sign language available in Mexican public schools), and although he was starting his education late, asked the school if there might be "room for one more". José Luis has shown a real passion to learn, not only in regular school classes, but especially in  woodworking and jewelry making workshops. He participates each day with determination and enthusiasm with the hope of learning a craft that will help him oneday earn a living.

Your generous donations, by helping to provide scholarships to these needy young deaf students, have helped them to recieve an education, one which they previously had no access. And now will also provide job skills training to assist them in becoming employable and productive citizens of their community. On behalf of the students, we can't thank you enough!

Links:

• School Website