Malawi: Government Commits to Promote Sign Language

Lilongwe — Minister of Gender, Community Development and Social Welfare, Patricia Kaliati, says government is committed to promoting sign language as one way of addressing communication challenge among the deaf in the country.

She made the remarks on Monday in Lilongwe during the launch of International Week of the Deaf and International Day of Sign Languages which falls on September 23rd every year and the last full week of September respectively.

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