January 2009
Sign up for our Sign Language Classes
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Jan 18, 2009 - Deaf Artists with Co-Founders
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On Sun Jan 18, 2009, the 10 Deaf Artists who were featured in the 2008 Deaf Art collection - 2009 Deaf Art Calendar, Hari Raya Cards, Deepavali Cards and Christmas Cards - gathered at RC Deaf Missions to receive their royalty awards for such excellent contributions to the projects. Below is a group photo with the Agnes and Mario, Co-Founders of the Mission. It was an evening to remember.
Seated from left : Lim Anuar (Deaf Art Consultant), Agnes, Mario, Peter Lau Yok Ung (Deaf Art Team Manager), Rachel Lam Choi Yean (Artist 2008 Deaf Art Team Asst Manager).
Standing from left : Artists Anuar Shahren, Venugopal Krishna Kumar, Wong Lee Meng, Fong Wei Chong, Lim Hock Chun, Wong Lee Boon, Parameswaran Gunaselan, and Lois Tham Sy Lianq
Co-Founder Agnes sharing some of her aspirations with the Artists to carry on their good work and examples so that they be an inspiration to other Deaf persons.
Above : At the table, the Artists sharing their experiences, challenges and new positive learnings and insights while undertaking the projects. Some of these Artists will move on to new frontiers. Some want to stay on to take on more challenging pieces. Whatever their plans, we hope that the Mission house will be a place where they retain fond memories, grow, mentor, and where Deaf leadership will be cultivated.
Learning Sign Language
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Wanna have fun learning sign language? If you are thinking of connecting and communicating with Deaf people, how about making a start this year and register for our forthcoming Sign Language Classes. Pictured above will be your 2 Sign Language Deaf Tutors (Noordin Hassan @ Dino, and Anne Laura Raymond (Loula)) for the Course. Details below:
10 Saturdays - February 21 - April 25 - 3.00pm - 4.30pm - Petaling Jaya
Contact us for details: agnes@rcdeafmissionsmalaysia.com, mario@rcdeafmissionsmalaysia.com
Jan 9 - 11, 2009 - At YOUTH ‘09 - Malaysia’s Largest Youth Lifestyle Festival
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YouthMalaysia.Com invited the Mission once again to participate in its 2009 event. We were very happy to be part of this event, and hope that the Deaf Impact did impact on the youth who participated in our Sign Language Workshop.
Picture below taken with Dato’ Sri Ismail Sabri bin Yaakob, Minister of Youth and Sports Malaysia (in blue attire) who was present to officiate the Youth ‘09 event :
From left : Deaf helpers Jeffrey Gilbert and Yong Shiao Ping, and Agnes Peter.
Photos showing a teacher of the Deaf, and Lois Tham Sy Lianq having a conversation about Lois’s artwork.
Noordin Hassan @ Dino and Anne Laura Raymond (Loula), the 2 Deaf Tutors posing for the camera. They conducted a Sign Language Workshop that weekend for the public.
Below are pictures of Loula and Dino in action and the public response.
RC Deaf Missions - in the eyes of a Deaf Artist
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This is a batik painting by Lim Anuar. (Lim Anuar is Deaf Art Consultant for RC Deaf Missions Malaysia. He is attached to the Limkokwing University of Creative Technology and Innovation as Art Director).
The Mission is like this Bird House. It is on a strong wooden pillar. When there is a Bird House, birds will naturally come to occupy it. They will lay their eggs, nest there, bring up their little babies. When the babies are grown and the time is right, they will fly away.
The birds may return one day and the same cycle of events will happen again. Birds will keep coming to the Bird House, old and new ones. Some will rest a while, and find comfort, but only a short while. But some may not return.
What does this all mean? The birds are the Deaf. The strong pillar holding the Bird House is Mario and Agnes, the Co-Founders of the Mission. The Mission will be a place where the Deaf can learn, grow in knowledge, be mentored, develop, get trained and live in this world with a positve view of themselves, and courage to face challenges. Deaf mentor the Deaf. Juniors will learn from the seniors. And the feeling of being liberated and free is so powerful. The birds that come back will be those Deaf who have received growth and independence through the Mission, and they will bring other new Deaf to be moulded and developed. Deaf mentoring the Deaf. Thank you Lim Anuar for so beautifully potraying in this painting, what RC Deaf Missions is.
