Action plan for 2009

Today the SHG met to put together an action plan for the year. In order to raise awareness about hearing disabilities, the group has decided to approach 3 UNWRA run schools in El Buss, Rashadiyeh and Bourj a Shmeli camps in Southern Lebanon to run awareness sessions on Arabic Sign Language. They plan to teach a class each month on basic sign language to help foster communication and relationships between people with and without disabilities.

The group will split into two and each individual group will meet twice a month.

Group A will meet on the 1^st Wednesday of the month to prepare materials and the 3^rd Wednesday of the month to teach. Group B will do the same on the 2^nd and 4^th Wednesdays.

The plan for teaching is as follows:

Jan	Visit school
Feb	Abc
March	123
April	Name, age, grade, school, camp
May	Classroom objects
June / July / August	Off for holidays
Sep	Revision, days of week and month
Oct	Feelings
Nov	Verbs, nouns, letters
Dec	Exam

We will keep you updated as the plan unfolds.