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Nelson Deaf Community Support

Support facilitators are contracted to Hearing Nelson for  5 hours/week.
This is funded by the Nelson Deaf Community. 

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Rachel Summers

Support Facilitator

Rachel is a Social Worker student at NMIT and is passionate about advocating for the rights of deaf people. She is an experienced teacher of NZSL who brings us close to the Nelson Deaf Community. She is the local leader of the Deaf Community.

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Cathy Gutschlag

Support Facilitator

Cathy  is a Social Worker student at NMIT and passionate about advocating for the right of deaf and hard of hearing people. She is an experienced teacher of NZSL and communicator who brings us close to the Nelson Deaf Community.

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