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Café society extends provision for the deaf

A café at JDA’s north London headquarters, serving food and beverages prepared by unemployed deaf volunteers

September 8, 2017 15:30
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Anne Senchal says the support of the Jewish Deaf Association has given her the will to live.

Mrs Senchal, 88, was born deaf. She turned to the charity for help after the death of her husband eight years ago.

Interviewed through an interpreter at the opening of the JDA’s Dcafé at its north London headquarters, she confided: “I would be lost without them. I tried to commit suicide twice because I felt so alone and isolated. Coming here has been fantastic for me.”

The café is serving food and beverages prepared by unemployed deaf volunteers, all of whom are non-Jews. It is also open to the general public.