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Scripture App for Deaf Communities

The Gospel in Czech and Slovak Sign Language
Organisation: Živé slovo, o.p.s.
Bible translationMedia
Target at this event400,000 Kč
Budget1,300,000 Kč
166,000 Kč41 % of target 400,000 Kč
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Description

We are filming the Gospel of John in Czech Sign Language and preparing a Slovak version with partners in Bratislava. Videos will be published in a free mobile app with subtitles and study notes. Deaf translators lead the work.

Problem

For many Deaf people written Czech is a second language. There is almost no Scripture in sign language in the region.

Solution

High-quality video translation made by Deaf translators, available on any phone.

Activities

Translation and community checking; filming in a studio; app development; launch events in Deaf clubs.

Target population

Deaf people in Czechia and Slovakia who use sign language as their first language

Project leader

Jitka Benešová
Sign Language Project Lead

Child of Deaf parents and certified interpreter. She has worked with Deaf churches for ten years.

Goals

  1. Chapters filmed 21
    Chapters of John filmed and checked
  2. App users 800
    Active users within the first year

Immediate results

The first ten chapters are filmed and the app is released in test version.