National Emergency Centre to offer services for disabled
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People with hearing, speech and language disabilities in Georgia will soon be able to contact the National Emergency Service 112 via special audio and video messaging.
A project has been launched that will allow deaf people and those with speaking disabilities to phone the emergency hotline and communicate with the receiver. The project will officially begin in spring 2015.
The initiative is supported by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Georgia and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA).
On another note, Georgia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs has launched a special website for Georgia’s deaf community. The website with online dictionary outlined 500 sign language gestures and was published in Georgian but had sections in English and Russian.
The website - www.geodeaf.ge– also had a search bar which enabled visitors to type in their desired word, to which a corresponding video tutorial will pop up for viewers to learn the gesture.
A new website showing hundreds of sign language symbols and gestures has been launched, giving additional support to Georgia’s deaf community.
Children with disabilities and special needs living in Georgia will receive increased financial aid and special services for the next year.
Georgia is the fourth country in the world to have implemented free SMS and video-messaging services for deaf people to contact the country’s emergency services.
The Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia spent two years with international partners developing an online database that explained professional terms and industry specific jargon for the purpose of expanding Georgia’s national sign language.