Deaf cultures and Sign Languages of the world: Belize (Belize)

Created 10 April 2000, links updated monthly with the help of LinkAlarm.

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map of Belize

Flag: World flag database.
Map: Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection.

For a quick, interesting resource for facts about this and other countries,
try Mystic Planet - The New Age directory of Planet Earth.

Note: A flag next to a link shows what language the website is in. If it is followed by this icon: (video camera: This links to a video), it is a video in that spoken language. A flag followed by Sign Language iconmeans it is in the sign language of that country. globe (international icon)Sign Language iconmeans there is International Gesture.

Deaf and social services Deaf culture Deaf education & youth Organizations Religion & Deafness

Deaf and social services

Government implementation of the standard rules as seen by member organizations of World Federation of the Deaf - National Association of the Deaf, Belize.

Deaf culture

DeafTODAY. (2002, November 28). Our Community - Mirla Ancona - "A 'sign' of success in San Pedro". Many times people who have handicaps are regarded as "special needs" and seen by society as people who must rely on others. This, of course, is not necessarily so. To prove this, The San Pedro Sun is honored to feature a young lady from our island who, in her short lifetime, has achieved what she has set out to do and keeps striving for more - Mirla Regina Ancona.

Deaf education & youth

Cayo Deaf Institute. The institute provides uneducated and often times mistreated deaf children of all ethnicities - Mayan, Mestizo, Creole - with the chance to learn sign language, gain a solid education and develop a trade from which they can eventually earn an income and be self-sufficient.

Organizations

Belize National Association of the Deaf
PO Box 1212 - Belize City Rruga Hoxha Tahsim,
Tel +501 2 72768 - Fax +501 2 78470
Email:
bnad@btl.net

Religion & Deafness

Ferguson, J. Finding a voice. The institute provides uneducated and often times mistreated deaf children of all ethnicities - Mayan, Mestizo, Creole - with the chance to learn sign language, gain a solid education and develop a trade from which they can eventually earn an income and be self-sufficient.

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