Thailand – WFD RSA Representatives Meetings 2018

WFD RSA Representatives Meetings 2018 took place between 12-14th December 2018 in Bangkok, Thailand. The Meetings include 30th WFD RSA Representatives Meeting, 8th WFD RSA Youth Section Representatives Meeting, and 8th Sign Language Interpreters Meeting in Asia. In addition, the Deaf Women Discussion also took place on 12th December 2018. The Meetings and Discussion had a total of 162 participants including delegates and observers.

For the 30th WFD RSA Representatives Meeting, delegates from 11 OM countries/regions and observers from 2 non-OM countries participated the meeting. Matters regarding the membership fees, about the voting for new Management Committee of WFD RSA, future activities, etc. were discussed at the Meeting. Delegates also shared their country reports regarding the information about issues relating to the deaf people in their countries, about policies which advanced the development towards services for the deaf.

Furthermore, 2018 marks the 35th Anniversary of WFD RSA. Our team made a video to recall our good memories, please click on: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPXdipr9ujc ENJOY!

Last but not least, WFD RSA would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to the Host and the Organizing Committee of WFD RSA Representatives Meetings 2018 to the National Association of the Deaf Thailand for hosting the Meetings smoothly and making everything possible and wonderful.

Links to the photos of the Meeting: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1ow2GZALdctusqzXOA7lntPIz076bpE3D