International Deaf Education Association

Cause Area

  • Arts & Culture
  • Children & Youth
  • Education & Literacy
  • International
  • People with Disabilities

Location

P.O. Box 29715Billings, MT 59104 United States
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Mission Statement

The mission of the International Deaf Education Association (IDEA) is to assist the Deaf in the Philippines in achieving self-reliance by providing academic, vocational, physical, spiritual, and economic opportunities.

The International Deaf Education Association (IDEA) envisions a society where the Deaf enjoy social and economic equality, exchanging isolation for community, servitude for self-reliance.

Description

IDEA is a USA non-profit foundation that is working to educate impoverished and neglected deaf children and blind children in the Philippines. More than 320 deaf children and blind children are able to attend IDEA supported special education classes on the islands of Bohol and Leyte. This is mainly made possible through a sponsorship program by which American or European families and individuals financially support the schooling of a student assigned to them.

Employment and Training:

IDEA was established in 1985. Many of the children that were in the early education programs are now adults and have families of their own. The adult Deaf need jobs so IDEA operates various businesses which provide employment to over 120 deaf men and women. These businesses also offer vocational training for deaf young people.

Family Help:

It can be tough for deaf married couples to just learn how to set up a home, rent an apartment, pay bills, etc. etc. IIDEA provides much needed counseling and training.

Much More

IDEA is a holistic ministry to the Deaf in the Philippines. The "Deaf Culture" on Bohol and Leyte is only about 25 years old. There are so many areas of assistance from spiritual development to hygiene . . . from financial budgeting to teaching the ABCs.

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by phil w. from cebu, PH (2009-02-15 06:58:02.0)
These folks are great people! Helping out hundreds of otherwise abandoned deaf children. Things are different here in Philippines. These kids are shunned from their family's. If it was not for IDEA and their well rounded schools, programs, and simple loving care these kids would end up beggars or worse! Please help these people help others by donating to this wonderful organization. I have! 2 THUMBS UP for Denice and the Idea-Deaf Staff!
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