Deaf Reach Program

Financial Inclusion and Microenterprise Program

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Deaf Reach builds capacity in deaf students via training in marketable skills and preparing them to enter the job market. The in house job-placement services has a remarkable 50% employment rate for graduating students. Many are now working as teachers in Deaf Reach schools, in KFC’s deaf-staffed restaurants, as part of Shell Petroleum’s countrywide “Awaz” program, and in a number of positions in the banking, retail, catering, printing, and pharmaceutical industries. We also assist students in the marketing and sale of their indigenous handicraft items.

Benazir Bhutto Shaheed Youth Development Program (BBSYD)

The Government of Sindh has launched a major initiative, entitled “Benazir Bhutto Shaheed Youth Development Program”, for addressing the issues of poverty and un-employment through Human Resource Development in the province.

Deaf Reach was one of only two institutes for the disabled selected to participate in this program. Beginning in 2010, a total of 100 deaf youths were accepted into the BBSYD program for training in IT Skills, Language and Communication Skills, Domestic Science and Culinary Arts, Sewing and Embroidery, Tailoring, and Teacher Training Courses for the Deaf.

In 2011, the BBYSD Program was renewed in Deaf Reach Training Centers to include 200 candidates from all 3 centers in Sindh.