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'''Nambikkai''' Foundation is a [[charitable trust]] providing vocational training for adult [[deaf]] in South [[India]].<br />
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The word Nambikkai means 'Hope' in [[Tamil language|Tamil]].<br />
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Started in 1978 by Ian and Sue Stillman, the project is based on a 60+ acre farm which is 13 kilometers from the southernmost tip of India. One of the main aims of the charity is to bring services for the deaf to the more rural and isolated areas of India where none had existed before despite a huge demand. Nambikkai works to train adult deaf students in skills that can be useful in their own communities, and can them lead independent lives.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1752996.stm | work=BBC News | title=Stillman's thwarted fight for freedom | date=11 January 2002}}</ref><ref name=getreading>[http://www.getreading.co.uk/news/s/5446_reading_worker_free_at_last]"Reading worker free at last", December 09, 2002 GetReading.</ref> The work is sponsored, in part, by the [[Carey Baptist Church]] in [[Reading, Berkshire|Reading]], England.<ref name=GetSurrey>[http://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/s/846_imprisoned_deaf_missionary_sent_by_town_church__] "Imprisoned deaf missionary sent by town church," July 04, 2001, GetSurrey.</ref><br />
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One of Nambikkai's long-term goals is to create a community for deaf individuals or families who struggle to integrate into mainstream society.<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Charities based in India]]<br />
[[Category:Deafness charities]]<br />
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