Help raise money for the Talk Sign Campaign by selling stickers at your work or school on Talk Sign Day, Friday 14 March.
In the picture: Talk Sign Ambassadors, comedian Carvin H Goldstone, fashion designer Kathrin Kidger and cricketer Shaun Pollock are jointly signing “access through communication”.
The aim of the Talk Sign campaign is to popularise South African Sign Language (SASL) and to raise money, through the sale of stickers, to help educate and find employment for people who are Deaf.
“We all need to communicate with each other. Imagine how lonely it must be when you don’t understand what the people around you are saying and no one understands what you are trying to say? This is how people who are Deaf feel around those who don’t understand South African Sign Language,” explains KZN Blind and Deaf Society President, Justice Yacoob.
“We need to make SASL South Africa’s 12th official language, not only for people who are Deaf but for everyone’s benefit,” he concludes.
Talk Sign Day takes place on Friday, 14th March. To order stickers to sell at your work or school for R10 each, phone Shamila on 031 309 4991 or email shamila@talksign.co.za.
You can also make a donation by sending ‘Talk Sign’ and your city to 36931. SMS costs R5.
All profits will be donated to the Talk Sign Campaign. Visit www.talksign.co.za for more information or like the Talk Sign Facebook page.