A deaf woman who is to become a barista thanks to a social enterprise has said she is "excited to start" and hopes to encourage customers to learn to sign.Gary Hopkins, 58, who hails from Cape Town, South Africa, founded social enterprise I Love Coffee, which trains deaf people to become baristas, and said that the venture, which began in South Africa seven years ago, was a "happy accident" which has since gone on to help over 100 deaf people.

A deaf woman who is to become a barista thanks to a social enterprise has said she is "excited to start" and hopes to encourage customers to learn to sign.Gary Hopkins, 58, who hails from Cape Town, South Africa, founded social enterprise I Love Coffee, which trains deaf people to become baristas, and said that the venture, which began in South Africa seven years ago, was a "happy accident" which has since gone on to help over 100 deaf people.