Trainees learn to make soaps with coffee grounds at Shaanxi Urban Economy School in Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Sept. 22, 2022. The International Day of the Deaf falls on the fourth Sunday each September. Since 2019, Shaanxi Urban Economy School has been providing free barista training for the hearing-impaired. Trainees can learn coffee-making skills as well as cafe operation knowledge during the training programme, which could help them in paving the way either to start their coffee business or get employed in this industry. So far, more than 20 people who have graduated from the training programme are working at cafes in various places across China. [Xinhua/Li Yibo] |
Training instructor Sun Yu (L) and sign language teacher Qu Wenmin are seen during a barista training class at Shaanxi Urban Economy School in Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Sept. 22, 2022. [Xinhua/Li Yibo] |
Chen Jiayue (C), a hearing-impaired barista, works at her own cafe in Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Sept. 24, 2022. [Xinhua/Li Yibo] |
Trainees prepare to make soaps with coffee grounds at Shaanxi Urban Economy School in Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Sept. 22, 2022. [Xinhua/Li Yibo] |
Training instructor Sun Yu (L) gives a thumb-up to the coffee made by hearing-impaired barista Zhou Jie during a barista training class at Shaanxi Urban Economy School in Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Sept. 22, 2022. [Xinhua/Li Yibo] |
Chen Jiayue, a hearing-impaired barista, makes a cup of coffee at her own cafe in Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Sept. 24, 2022. [Xinhua/Li Yibo] |
Hearing-impaired trainees attend a barista training class at Shaanxi Urban Economy School in Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Sept. 22, 2022. [Xinhua/Zheng Xin] |
A trainee takes pictures of soaps made with coffee grounds at Shaanxi Urban Economy School in Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Sept. 22, 2022. [Xinhua/Li Yibo] |
A trainee gives a thumb-up to the coffee made by hearing-impaired barista Zhou Jie during a barista training class at Shaanxi Urban Economy School in Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Sept. 22, 2022. [Xinhua/Li Yibo] |
Trainees pack soaps made from coffee grounds at Shaanxi Urban Economy School in Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Sept. 22, 2022. [Xinhua/Zheng Xin] |
Wang Ru (R) and Li Sha, both hearing-impaired baristas, communicate through sign language at a sign language store of Starbucks in Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, July 4, 2022. [Xinhua/Li Yibo] |
Hearing-impaired barista Zhou Jie demonstrates how to use a syphon coffee maker during a barista training class at Shaanxi Urban Economy School in Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Sept. 22, 2022. [Xinhua/Li Yibo] |
Chen Jiayue (2nd L), a hearing-impaired barista, communicates with family members of other hearing-impaired people at her own cafe in Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Sept. 24, 2022. [Xinhua/Zheng Xin] |
Sign language teacher Qu Wenmin (top R) translates for hearing-impaired trainees during a barista training class at Shaanxi Urban Economy School in Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Sept. 22, 2022. [Xinhua/Li Yibo] |
Wang Ru (R) and Li Sha, both hearing-impaired baristas, communicate through sign language at a sign language store of Starbucks in Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, July 4, 2022. [Xinhua/Li Yibo] |
(Source: Xinhua)
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