Human Rights Measure
Translation of COVID-19 Related Information into Sign Language for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Community including “Public Notice from the Office of the Prime Minister on Coronavirus Disease 2019”
UN Development Programme (UNDP) in Rwanda has “partnered with the Rwandan National Union of the Deaf (RNUD) and National Council for People with Disabilities (NCPD) to translate all COVID-19 information into sign language for the deaf people across the country” to address the fact that “[d]eaf and hard-of-hearing people were at the highest risk of being infected as they don’t receive information in the same way as the rest of the Rwandan community. They communicate through Rwandan Sign Language, which is known only by a minority.” These videos are shared on various social platforms (WhatsApp, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube), with one example being a “Public Notice from the Office of the Prime Minister on Coronavirus Disease 2019,” published on Facebook.
