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Barça Dey Celebrate Deaf Community for International Week

This Wednesday, FC Barcelona play match for Camp Nou against Getafe, dem come use am showcase wetin dem dey do for deaf community, as e dey be International Week of Deaf People. Dis one follow Barça 125th anniversary celebration and na better collaboration between dem Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion department and Barça Innovation Hub (BIHUB).

Before the match start, na when Barça anthem dey play, choir wey come from Recreational and Cultural Center for Deaf People of Barcelona (CERECUSOR) and Barça Deaf Supporters Club, show their skills for sign language. Dem perform de song make everybodi see. Dem even show us new sign language for the word ‘Barça’, wey mean say make you use your thumb and index finger to imitate the club crest.

Dis na great time becos e be time for the 50th anniversary of the Barça anthem wey dem write for 1974. Supporters for stadium even wear campaign shirt wey talk say “A sign that everyone knows,” and fan cam dey do action so say people go sabi sign language well.

Some pikin wey get cochlear implants, dem too dey for the field with first team players. For the VIP dey, President Joan Laporta gather with different organisations like ACAPPS, FESOCA, and dem others, to celebrate. Dis dey big campaign dem do with start-up like Visualfy, wey Barça Innovation Hub don invest inside. Dis na way to support di non-profit organisation wey dey defend people wey no fit hear matter.

As dem make statement for dem dey social media, players like Jules Kounde, Marc Casadó, and Jana Fernández dey appear to promote dis new sign so everybodi go sabi. Ukwu campaign, na success story dem dey push, and dem show say dis na collaboration everybody go fit join hand for. According to World Federation of the Deaf (WFD), over 70 million people worldwide dey suffer hearing loss, so dis Barça initiative na big one.

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