Activity Report > January - March 2006 January - March 2006, Activity report From "Family Care" Coimbatore, South India Christmas programme: Family Care conducted a Christmas programme for about 60 deaf from 5 cities of Tamilnadu and Karnataka on the 25th of December. Christmas songs performed by children from Family Care brought Christmas spirit to all present. Skits, stories, power point presentations, magic show and a buffet lunch were all part of the day's events. Extensive Marriage Counselling: The full-time instructors of Family Care have been receiving extensive counseling on marriage issues such as relationship, commitment, unity and teamworking. Four of the leaders being married couples themselves, were able to benefit from classes on tips for successful marriage. Audio Visual department: The deaf leaders have been compiling classes on CD and they have successfully managed to produce CDs of meaningful super imposed movies and power point presentations. The CDs of all the classes are distributed to about 300 deaf in 7 cities. On-going classes and leadership training programmes: The core group of leaders amounting to about 15 are receiving a one-year structured leadership training programme which exposes them to greater learning and awareness of the successful principles of living, and tips on professionalism, codes and ethics of efficient management, steps for interpersonal working relationships, etc., Weekly classes for deaf women: The women leaders have started regular weekly classes for about 10 deaf women imparting the input that they have received all these years from experts of Family Care. Issues such as friendship, life, work habits, commitment and dedication, unity and team working, time management, interaction, health, hygiene, marriage and sex, pregnancy and child rearing, parental responsibilities and family ties, and many more are covered in these classes for conservative deaf women. Easter programme for deaf : Easter programmer was conducted for about 50 deaf from 5 cities on Sunday, the 19th of March, 2006. Occasions such as Religious and national festivals give us the opportunity to teach the deaf about the importance and bring about a general awareness of why each festival is observed or followed or celebrated .the history related to that particular event. Due to the communication barrier that the deaf face, their knowledge of many things is also limited and we want to help them to be more knowledgeable and up to par with all the happenings in the world. We have conducted classes on various current events and the major present-day issues in the world . The class on Easter consisted of video clips and power points on the death of Jesus and the events surrounding it.