Aikin Kirista ga Kurame

Christian Mission for the Deaf (CMD) kungiya ce ta Kirista mai zaman kanta wacce burinta shine kawo sadarwa, karatu da rubutu, da ruhaniya ga kurame na Afirka.

 Tarihi 
Kungiyar, wacce aka fi sani da Ofishin Jakadancin Kirista ga Kurame na Afirka,  Andrew Foster ne ya kafa ta a shekarar 1956. Kafin zuwan Andrew Foster a Afirka kusan babu makarantu ga kurame, sai dai kaɗan a Afirka ta Kudu da Masar.

CMD an "haɗe ta a matsayin ƙungiyar da ba ta da riba ta Michigan a 1956"  kuma ta sami matsayin ba ta da haraji a 1958. 

A cikin shekaru 30 aikin Andrew Foster ya buɗe jimlar makarantu 31 da ma'aikatu ga kurame a duk faɗin Afirka a: Ghana, Najeriya, Ivory Coast, Togo, Chadi, Senegal, Benin, Kamaru, Jamhuriyar Afirka ta Tsakiya, Zaire (yanzu Jamhuriyar Demokradiyyar Kongo), Burkina Faso, Burundi, Gabon, Kenya, Saliyo, Kongo da Guinea. Kungiyar ta yi niyyar bude makarantu da ma'aikatu ga kurame sannan ta mika su ga wasu, ko dai gwamnatin ƙasa ko majami'u na bishara. Wasu sun rufe saboda yakin basasa da tashin hankali na kabilanci.

Ga yawancin rayuwar wanda ya kafa, ya shafe watanni shida a Afirka yana kafa makarantun kurame da watanni shida na kowace shekara a Amurka yana tara kudade don tallafa musu.

Bayan rasuwar wanda ya kafa kungiyar a shekarar 1987, matarsa, Berta, wacce ta yi aiki tare da shi shekaru da yawa, ta jagoranci kungiyar. Bayan mutuwarta har zuwa yanzu, ɗansu Timothy Foster ya yi aiki a matsayin darektan.

 Ayyuka 
Kungiyar a halin yanzu tana tallafawa makarantun kurame shida a Najeriya, Chadi, da Jamhuriyar Demokradiyyar Kongo, da cibiyoyin ma'aikatar biyu a Najeriya da Chadi.http://www.cmdeaf.org.resources/cmdhistoryMakarantu kurame da CMD ta kafa suna amfani da duk hanyoyin sadarwa, watau "alamu na halitta, yaren kurame na al'ada, rubutun yatsa, rubutu, karatu, magana, karatun lebe da kayan jin". Don yin duk wani ƙoƙari na gina tushe don karatu da rubutu da kuma samun damar Littafi Mai-Tsarki. Wadannan makarantu sun gabatar da Harshen Kurame na Amurka (ASL), tare da haɗa shi da Harshen Karame na Adamorobe na asali da harshen Faransanci, wanda ya haifar da 'Langue des Signes Franco-Africaine', bambance-bambance wanda yanzu ake amfani da shi a makarantun kurame da yawa a Afirka.

CMD kuma tana ba da horo na asali na aiki.

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