This short article describes efforts made by an NGO in Coimbatore, India, to promote the inclusion of deaf children in their local pre-school, with the support of CBM. This early intervention programme is based in an English medium government pre-school and uses a total communication approach. Deaf Community Based Rehabilitation Workers were attached to the project and were given the responsibility of finding young deaf children. The article also describes an unusual collaborative project between this NGO and an NGO in Botswana, southern Africa, ‘Godisa’ which produces solar powered hearing aids. Deaf adults in Coimbatore manufacture body harnesses and dehumidifier bags for Godisa.

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