The project to support Deaf refugees from Ukraine simply had to be done. Already on the first of March 2022 we adapted our IT system, restructured administrative staff and hired the first Ukrainian Sign Language interpreters. First calls were answered and first translations performed. In the following months, we managed to establish cooperation with organizations from the US, which supported our project. The below numbers speak for themselves. Until 31st of March 2024 over 60822 translations were done totalling more than 8564 hours. When our main donor – US International Rescue Committee – has terminated its financial contribution we have not been able to raise our part to cover the whole cost of service. It awaits possible reactivation with the assistance from Poland’s Government, or international organizations. Ukrainian community has filed a petition to Minister of Family, Labour and Social Policy to work with a view to reactivate the translation for Deaf Ukrainians. The petition can still be signed.
The project to support Deaf refugees from Ukraine was created because it simply had to be. Already on the first of March we had hired the first interpreters and performed the first translations. In the following months, we managed to establish cooperation with organizations from the US , which supported our project. At the moment we provide the service on a 24/7 model, the translations are completely free for Deaf people. In the first three months we made more than 3,000 translations.
Free connection to UJM interpreter (discontinued on 1st of February 20224).
Free call to a Ukrainian Sign Language Migam interpreter. The service is available Monday through Sunday 24 hours a day.
Migam provide weekly webinar series: "How to implement accessibility". All are with Polish Sign Language interpretation.
Almost 80 of them are with a Ukrainian Sign Language interpreter.
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The First Lady of Ukraine has assumed patronage of the project.
Ołena Zełenśka 
The International Rescue Committee ( IRC ) is a global non-governmental organization dedicated to humanitarian aid , relief and development . [3] Founded in 1933 as the International Relief Society at the request of Albert Einstein and changing its name in 1942 after merging with the similar Emergency Rescue Committee , the IRC provides emergency and long-term assistance to refugees and people displaced by war, persecution or natural disaster. IRC now operates in some 40 countries and 26 cities in the US, where it resettles refugees and helps them become self-sufficient. [4]It focuses mainly on health, education, economic well-being, power and security.
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