2. Statistics on People with Hearing Loss  350 million persons world-wide (Disabling Hearing Loss) WHO  80 million persons in Africa (10% of the population) 2-4% Deaf people is Christians

3. Impact of disability  Excluded from society  No education  No job opportunities ⁻ 70-80% unemployment  Sometimes accepted in the church

4. Challenges of the disabled  Physical disability – mobility  Blindness – autonomy  Deafness – communication All the other disabilities still have interaction with the typical world. The Deaf are excluded from ‘typical’ people, because they cannot communicate.

5. Deaf Christian Ministry Africa - 8 years of training deaf persons as pastors / ministers -

6.  Certificate IV in Biblical Ministry  Diploma in Biblical Ministry  Advanced Diploma in Biblical Ministry  Church year (DRC/ AFM/ URCSA / RCZ)  Graduate Diploma in Biblical Ministry Vocational Training

7. Continuous ministry experience Preaching Drama Experiential learning Counselling

8. Spiritual Formation - Prayer - Spiritual disciplines - Daily power hour Skills development - Critical Thinking skills - Entrepreneurial skills - Literacy - Social skills (SOCOMO) - Computer skills Developing the full potential of students Character development − Emotional Intelligence − 10 point Evaluation

9. Annual outreaches to Deaf communities throughout Southern Africa

10. Community development - HIV-  HIV awareness training for Deaf people  Train-the-trainer: Deaf leaders

11.  Training church leaders in the Bible  Training Deaf fac ilitators Community Development -Discipleship Training-

12. Making an impact

13. DCMA partners  Veritas College International  Dutch Reformed Church  Apostolic Faith Mission  Reformed Church of Zimbabwe  Reformed Church of Swaziland  Deaf Friendly  NetACT

14. Helen Keller