The Senzor Foundation for the Needs of Deaf Children and Youth.
The aim of the Senzor Foundation is to offer
financial, organizational, and informational support to the teaching, education,
and social integration of deaf children and youth. They write, "From our investigation in Satu-Mare and Oradea resulted that most
parents are not able to offer their deaf children very basic
clothes and shoes absolutely necessary to safely pass the autumn and
winter season. Most children suffer of chronic lack of
vitamins. Their situation is even more difficult than that of hearing
children living in similarly poor conditions, if we take into account
the fact that they need to make more efforts and have to spend more
hours studying in order to achieve the same results; therefore their
need for basic food which includes the necessary
calories and vitamins is even greater.
"...so far we obtained the necessary clothes and shoes only
for ten children. According to our data base 98 deaf children of
4-16 year old are still particularly in need. Four children
live in the Orphanage of Satu-Mare (they are also in desperate need of
hearing aids), three are studying in schools for hearing, 20 children
are pupils of the Study-Group
for Deaf in Oradea and 71 are students of the School for Deaf in
Satu-Mare. Some deaf children can be found even among street children.
In addition, we identified around 15 young deaf who are not able
to secure a working place and an independent source of living."
They also write, "The situation of these educational establishments is
particularly alarming. For instance, in one school, eight new hearing aids
were needed at the beginning of the educational year, but our foundation had
funds only for three, so five children of the first grade had to start the year
without any hearing aid. The existing aids are mostly very old and
technically outdated. The situation of the audio-laboratory is similarly
disquieting as it cannot function due to the lack of special equipment.
The available special illustrative material is also completely
insufficient."
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