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Port Sudan – Launching of the sign language platform

Port Sudan – Launching of the sign language platform

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Monday, May 11, 2026
On Saturday 9th of May, the premises of Comboni College of Science and Technology (CCST) in Port Sudan hosted the launching of the web platform to learn the signs language for deaf people in Sudanese dialect. (In the picture: Dr. Ilham Idriss Gismallah, Director General-Ministry of Health and Social Development, Social sector – Red Sea State addresses the audience) [Comboni Missionaries]

The audience could listen the different speeches pronounced by Fr. Jorge Naranjo, CCST Principal and Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Mohamed Jib Allah Ali Jib Allah, Chairman of the National Union of Deaf People of Sudan and Amna Abd Al-Qadir, Secretary of the Council for Persons with Disabilities- Red Sea State.

From left: Amna Abd Al-Qadir, Secretary of the Council for Persons with Disabilities – Red Sea State, Dr. Adam Mohamed Adam,
Director General – Ministry of General Education – Red Sea State, General Fath Allah, General Secretary of Red Sea State and Fr. Jorge Naranjo.

Kinda Gebre Tesfay, the platform manager, explained to the audience the way the platform is organized. The video lessons are distributed in two levels. The second one is only accessible after having passed the exam at the end of level 1. The platform also facilitates the access to accredited translators for different organizations. This fact promotes employment and social inclusion and facilitates access to accredited translators.

Afte the navigation throughout the digital platform some authorities appreciated the project that, even if developed in Red Sea State, has a national reach: Dr. Adam Mohamed Adam, Director General (DG) – Ministry of General Education – Red Sea State, Dr. Ilham Idriss Gismallah, DG-Ministry of Health and Social Development, Social sector – Red Sea State, Gen. Fath Allah, General Secretary of Red Sea State who represented the Governor, Gen. Mustafa Mohamed Noor.

The event also had the presence of representatives of UNICEF, the Telecommunication Regularity Authority at Federal level, Directorate of Special Education – Ministry of General Education – Red Sea State, different organizations of persons with disabilities, Comboni Schools, the Catholic and the Episcopalian Church and AISPO and CCST teams involved in the project.

CCST, AISPO and SNUD teams involved in the project with Saint Daniel Comboni behind.

The blind singer, Ameen Omer Hamid, concluded the ceremony with a particular and beautiful song composed for the occasion.

The project that made this project possible was funded by Agenzia Italiana per la Cooperazione allo Sviluppo – Ufficio di Addis Abeba and headed by AISPO. CCST and the Sudanese National Union of Deaf Persons (SNUD). This latter one has 38 sites in the country that will spread the use of the platform. The news was reported by the Facebook Pages of the Ministry of Health and Social Development of Red Sea State and the SNUD.

Father Jorge C. Naranjo Alcaide, MCCJ
Comboni College of Science and Technology
Port Sudan