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5 Years of Existence for FEDAA

ORANJESTAD – Defending Problems that people with
the rights of people that Stella B. Monsanto is Presi- hearing loss encounter in
have Hearing Impairments dent of the foundation the island are: communica-
and Deafness, providing that started April 11, 2013. tion problems, discrimina-
in their necessities, giving “With support of Rotary tion, social problems, work
them advice and guid- Club Rijswijk Ypenburg from related problems, crime,
ance, education, informa- the Netherlands I founded and economic problems
tion and social help, that is FEDAA five years ago. We and so on. When a person
the goal of the foundation are four board members loses his hearing abilities
for people with Hearing Im- in total, all volunteers that -partly or complete- it is
pairments and Deafness, dedicate their time and most important to support
abbreviated FEDAA. love to the foundation.” them and their family, work
environment and others
of their inner circle how to
cope with this in daily life.

Discrimination
Hearing disabilities are not
visible to the majority of
people, the community
often does not take this
group into consideration.
For that they face a lot of
obstacles in their personal
development and in their
participation of society. The to form a bridge to facili- ebrated this together with
obstacles to be part of the tate participation, accep- their members, their fami-
community are numerous tance and integration for lies and invites. FEDAA is
and many times they expe- this group of people. an independent founda-
rience discrimination. There tion that operates without
is few information within our The end goal is to achieve governmental support,
community about people that people with hearing depending completely on
with hearing loss, even their impairments and deafness donations.
own families and friends can obtain an equal po-
often lack the necessary sition within the commu- FEDAA would like to thank
knowledge. FEDAA wishes nity as any other. FEDAA is all those that supported
open to every baby, child, the foundation in any way
youngster and adult facing as because of your help
hearing disabilities to offer people with a hearing dis-
the best guidance pos- ability get the opportunity
sible. to form part of our commu-
nity. It is their right, just like
The past five years the for any other citizen of our
foundation has achieved beautiful island!
to serve the group of
people with hearing dis- In case you would like to
abilities in the field of work, support FEDAA or for any
education, social, work- questions or need of more
shops, lectures, social ac- information, please visit
tivities, courses and so on. Facebook page: FEDAA
The foundation is proud or contact Stella B. Mont-
to celebrate their 5 years santo via Email: stellamont-
of existence and they cel- santo@hotmail.com.q