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Eye its funding genocide. yasmine, we heard from the attorneys representing israel denying the claim of genocide at the u.n. s top court this week as well. thank you so much for being with me before you speak at this rally later today. let s move forward in 2024 and the race in iowa. iowa caucuses, as we know, on monday are supposed to be a chance for republican candidates to meet with voters of color as part of the iowa brown and black forum. that event was canceled. wayne ford is with us, one of the co-chairs of the forum. he s a former iowa state representative. joins us from des moines. just some transparency here, you were supposed to be at the top of the show. we had a little video/audio issue. we now have you. wayne, let s start here. these candidates did not agree to participate. the major candidates. did they even respond to the invitation? no, the only person victor, thank you very much for having me. ....
“The one international language the world understands” wrote Eglantyne Jebb, founder of Save the Children, “is the cry of a child,” and the evidence is accumulating that children are not only the innocent victims of conflict whose pleas need to be heard, but also the most vulnerable victims of climate change. ....
And iris is getting to an age where she wants to walk around. but you can t, you know, say, iris, this way! she can t hear you. despite the challenges they face every day, yasmine and sam are unwavering in their commitment to giving obi and iris as many communication skills as they can to equip them for the hearing world. katie martin, bbc news. we re nowjoined by dr robert adam, chair of the british deaf association. robert is deaf and will be communicating with us in british sign language through our interpreter russ. good morning to you, robert, thank you for coming in. you for coming in. good morning, thank ou you for coming in. good morning, thank you for you for coming in. good morning, thank you for having you for coming in. good morning, thank you for having me. - you for coming in. good morning, thank you for having me. we - you for coming in. good morning, thank you for having me. we saw| you for coming in. good morning, - thank you for having me. we saw one famil s th ....
And that meant there was no ready made bsl classes down the road. and the waiting list for the one that was in our local college was, you know, we were going to have to wait nine months to get on the course and we needed something then and there. the cost of learning bsl is a barrier for many families with a deaf child and they often look to charities to cover the cost. there s no funding, you know, you don tjust get, here s some funding for you to learn a language that your child needs. you have to push and fight and source that funding from every avenue possible. it was only really when we had our second child, iris, that was deaf that things started to fall into place. what is that one? we ve now got some funding from the dorset deaf children society to have more sign language tuition for the family as well, especially now 0bi in iris are getting older. they need full on sentences. they don tjust need the odd word that you can pick up on youtube videos. they need language. they need ....
From the birkdale trust, but the funding only covers one parent for one child to learn level 1 bsl, it s not ongoing. level1 is £500 ish, give or take. it increases by about £100, £150 each level. and from what i ve looked at, i think we re going to have to go to at least level 3 to be able to communicate effectively. so it s important for 0bi that he does have access to spoken language. it s even more important for iris, given that it s her only language. at nighttime they don t wear their ears. when they re poorly, they don t wear their ears, when they re tired, they don t wear their ears. so, you know, you need to be able to have that communication. and iris is getting to an age where she wants to walk around. but you can t, you know, say, iris, this way! she can t hear you. despite the challenges they face every day, yasmine and sam are unwavering in their commitment to giving 0bi and iris as many communication skills as they can to equip them for the hearing world. katie mart ....