Folks, here is a preview of the 5 Malaysian Deaf Artists, whos works will be featured in Deaf Art Calendar 2010. The 2010 Calendar will bring you home to nature and the environment. We hope this will make a very nice addition to your homes. So look out for the Mission Deaf Marketing Team at various locations with this latest edition.

Where will the Deaf Marketing Team be?

Sat Oct 3 and Sun Oct 4 - AMCORP MALL (in front of Starbucks) AND IOI MALL, PUCHONG (At IOI, find us at the Old Wing, in front of the Carousel, enter through the entrance where MacDonalds is and you will the booth here).

Sats and Suns - Oct - Dec - AMCORP MALL.  

Wed Oct 14 - Sun Oct 18 - One Utama at the Community Corner near Oval

Deaf mentoring the Deaf is a process that is ongoing and happens very frequently in the training workshops with the Deaf. Here we share with you some pictures of our Marketing Team Deaf Supervisor Carol Lau Hee Phin conducting a training and workshop for her team. 

Left : Carol having an interactive session with her team. Right : Two members of the Team doing a demo on how they manage the sales pitch and conversations with customers.  Carol guiding these members on managing their approach.

Folks, the Mission Sales Team will be in various locations to promote the Deaf Art Calendar 2010. Please stay tuned for details. The calendar promotes the artworks of 5 Deaf Artists and will bring you artworks close to mother nature. We are reminded in these times to love and preserve Mother Earth. So, we hope to seek your continued support to our forthcoming collection.

Folks, apologies it’s been a while since our last update. From the feedback collated from the delegates, we are pleased to contributed this opportunity for our country. The Malaysia Interpreter Education Seminar (Aug 2009) was a meaningful opportunity for the delegates of 8 countries to come together on issues relevant to Sign Language Interpreters in Malaysia, in Asia and globally- the Interpreting Profession. Our deep appreciation and gratitude to Dr Debra Russell, Ph.D for accepting the Mission’s invitation to come to Malaysia to present this seminar. We wish to share some photos with you of the seminar.        

          Above : Pictures of Dr Debra Russell, Ph.D presenting the seminar

 Left : Boniface Heng Yee Haw, one of the 3 selected Deaf (Boniface, Lim Anuar and Haymasuthan) handpicked by the Mission, assisting in explaining one of the exercises to this group.

Left : Haymasuthan (red attire), one of the Deaf facilitators assisting with this group.

Left : Lim Anuar (Head of the 3-Deaf member facilitating Team), assisting this group with an exercise.

Below : Noordin Hassan @ Dino (our Deaf Emcee) performing so eloquently for the networking dinner and addressing the delegates at the dinner.

Above : Left : Iverson Peter (Deaf) (playing the character of a woman), in his Deaf Comedy piece. Iverson seen here in an interactive conversation with Dino. 

Below: A picture taken at the closing of the seminar.

From left - Dato’ Mustapha Abdul Hamid, Executive Director, SAITO College, Dr Debra Russell, Agnes Peter and Mario Peter, Co-Founders of RC Deaf Missions, and Mr Eoin Duggan, Deputy High Commissioner, Embassy of Ireland.           

Above : The Co-Founders of RC Deaf Missions with the Secretariat Team who worked very hard to see to the coordination prior and during the seminar.  Seated with Agnes and Mario are the 2 Co-Heads of Secretariat - Boo Pei Ling (Deaf) (left), and Sujatha Ramasamy (right). Standing in centre - 2nd from left (Sean Mervin, Audrey Liew, Shamilah Razali (Deaf), and Annie Wong (Deaf)). The 2 young gentlemen standing left and right are Thileeban and Jathurshan, two Sri Lankan students studying at SAITO.