Project case studies
In this section you can read case studies about projects working with deaf children around the world, written by members of Our network. If you have an experience to share, why not submit a case study.
You can post your comments on each of these case studies to contribute to the discussion and debate. We look forward to hearing what you think!
Case study listing
- Improved Communication between young deaf children and their families in Vietnam
- 15 August 2008
Thuan is a bright and energetic eight year old deaf boy. He was envious of his sisters when they brought books home from school everyday. Thuan tore their papers out of frustration and anger.
Trang and Binh are two Deaf community workers found Thuan sitting under a mango tree playing alone with his colourful marbles.
- CHIPAWO Media produce television for the Deaf in Sign Language
- 06 August 2008
CHIPAWO Media is the only media house in Zimbabwe that produces television for and with the Deaf in Sign Language.
- Samoa Early Intervention Programme: Explained
- 01 August 2008
In Samoa, the Loto Taumafai Society received Small Grants Programme funding for their Early Intervention Programme. This enabled deaf fieldworkers to visit deaf children and their families across the Samoan islands. The fieldworkers encourage sign language development and communication methods with the whole family. They also educate the family about the value of deaf children attending school. Many Samoan deaf children do not attend school because their parents do not see the value of it. LTEIP is challenging this belief at a family and village level.
- Making information visual in South Africa
- 01 August 2008
Read about the innovative toolkit produced by SLED, with funding from Deaf Child Worldwide that helps community workers deliver vital information to families with deaf children.
- Case Studies from Filadelfia School for the Deaf, Bogota, Colombia
- 01 August 2008
Several parents of deaf child give their personal experience of life with their deaf child and talk about their invovlement with the SGP project in Colombia.
- Raising awareness through drama in Tanzania
- 03 July 2008
The Kilakala Unit in Morogoro Tanzania ran an innovative drama group which promotes community awarenss about the rights of deaf children. It also helps young deaf people explore sensitive issues around growing up, sex and HIV/AIDS.
- Supporting inclusive education in Afghanistan: a father's story
- 20 August 2007
Abdul Ghani is the father of six children, four of whom were deaf. His involvement in an inclusive education project shows how parents of deaf children can make a valuable contribution in the classroom ensuring deaf children previously denied an education stay in school.
- Parents, teachers and young people working together for children's rights in Kazakhstan
- 20 August 2007
Mandy Naylor, a VSO volunteer, describes her work with Centre SATR in Kazakhstan. This IDCS project involved work with children, parents, teachers and deaf adults in combating the violations of children's rights in residential schools.
- A parents empowerment project in Namibia
- 24 May 2007
The Association for Children with Language, Speech and Hearing Impairments (CLaSH) supported the development of a parents' group in rural northern Namibia. This account is an inspiring example of what rural parents with limited resources are capable of achieving for themselves and their children.
- Training together: Community Based Rehabilitation staff with families
- 22 May 2007
When IDCS-India was designing a training workshop for Samuha-Samarthya's CBR workers, they decided to approach the training differently. Parents and their deaf children were invited to the workshop.
- An update from Humble Hearts School in Kenya
- 16 April 2007
When the IDCS website was launched in 2004, we featured a story written by Beatrice Anunda about a community school for deaf children established in Donholm, Nairobi. The school has grown so much since then, and this update written by a supporter of the school explains what has changed!
- Simple learning games to make
- 21 February 2007
Download a booklet produced by Libby Foster from the NZEVE Deaf CHildren's Centre in Zimbabwe, explaining how to play games focusing on basic number and langauge skills.
- Calling parents to school in Uganda
- 05 February 2007
Nathalie Arinda, a Special Education Advisor at the Bushenyi District Education Dept, writes about units for deaf children bringing parents together in Uganda.
- Sign Language training for families in Nairobi
- 29 January 2007
Kenya Society for Deaf Children describe their project working with parents in the slum area of Korogocho, Nairobi.
- V-SAT on deafness - sharing information via satellite links in Karnataka
- 21 December 2006
Janani Raghupathy describes an innovative way of sharing information in rural Karnataka. Community development organisation MYRADA teamed up with VOICES and IDCS-India to link rural communities to a conference discussion on deafness.
- Empowering deaf and hearing people through African dance
- 15 August 2006
Kweku Addison tells us about setting up African Footprint International - an innovative African dance group that includes deaf and hearing young people. Starting locally - but thinking global - the group started with street performances in Cape Coast but has toured Italy, Denmark and the Netherlands.
- Pakistani young deaf people defend their right to drive
- 04 July 2006
Muhammad Akram describes how the Pakistan Association of the Deaf organised an awareness-raising seminar on the “right of driving for the deaf”.
- Sign language development in Guinea Bissau
- 30 January 2006
Marta Morgado and Mariana Martins from Portugal describe their work compiling the first record of sign language in Guinea Bissau.
- DeafbyDeaf - Deaf community development workshops in China
- 21 July 2005
DeafbyDeaf Community Development Workshops are intended to provide a basis for the development of self-esteem and Deaf community pride and awareness. They are also meant to cultivate respect for Deaf persons, languages and culture.
- Recycling hearing aids at the Sight and Sound Workshop HMP Frankland
- 01 March 2005
The Hastings Lions Club recycles used hearing equipment and has recently established a partnership with Frankland Prison to refurbish hearing aids before they are distributed to projects around the world.
- Education and family support for Rajeshwari
- 25 February 2005
Rajeshwari was born deaf but wasn't identified until she was three. She now lives with her grandma because there are no education facilities in her own village.
- Volunteer English teacher for Deaf school
- 25 February 2005
Paul Robert Scott tells about his experience working at a school for the deaf in Jordan.
- Poverty and deaf children in Bangladesh
- 24 February 2005
Mrs Tahera Khanam tells us about the Srimangal Foundation's work in deaf children's education in Bangladesh.
- Learning to teach
- 02 February 2005
The “Learning to Teach” programme is part of the Sao Paulo’s Museum of Modern Art, “Different Equals Programme” The programme trains young deaf people to be museum guides for visiting groups of children from the area’s schools for the deaf.
- Promoting Pakistan Sign Language (PSL)
- 12 August 2004
Mohammed Akram describes a project undertaken by the Pakistan Association of the Deaf (PAD) to develop a sign language dictionary, a number of educational resources in sign language and a sign language CD Rom.
- Bethlehem Child Development Center
- 28 July 2004
Ms Jamileh Abu-Dayyeh talks about the Bethlehem Child Development Center providing rehabilitation services for children with hearing impairment
- Links between Uganda National Association of the Deaf and the Rwanda National Association of the Deaf
- 06 July 2004
Pascal Mutabazi describes a project undertaken in 1998, in which the Ugandan National Association of the deaf was able to support its counterpart in Rwanda.
- Vocational training for young deaf people in Ethiopia
- 06 July 2004
Gelila Tadesse talks about her work in Ethiopia.
- Best Practices in Educational Provision for Deaf and Hearing Impaired Students
- 24 June 2004
Janice Knuckey describes a project which aimed to create a model of best practise for the education of deaf students in a geographically isolated section of Victoria, the South West Region of Australia
- Solwezi Basic School, unit for the deaf
- 11 May 2004
Mr Jipila, headteacher, talks about the achievements and problems of the unit for the deaf.
- Signs of Russia
- 15 April 2004
Susan Gregory writes about Signs of Russia and its work to support the development of a kindergarten for deaf children.
- Humble Hearts School for Deaf Children
- 15 April 2004
Beatrice Anunda is from Nairobi, Kenya and volunteers at Humble Hearts School for the Deaf.
- Mamta Mandir School, Navsari, Gujarat
- 15 April 2004
Sandy Goler, Jan Parkin, Sheila Whitworth and Rita Lal write about their visit to Mamta Mandir School to observe the educational opportunities for deaf children in the school and to advise on the way forward.
- St Patrick’s School, Deaf Children’s Unit, Munyumbwe
- 30 March 2004
Ron Prosser provides an insight into the situation of deaf children in Munyumbe, Zambia.
- Welcome Home Foundation, Inc. in the Philippines
- 30 March 2004
Salvacion Valderrama Tinsay talks about her work with the Welcome Home Foundation, Inc.
- The children's hour program for the deaf, Philippines
- 29 March 2004
Read about Dr Hugh Thom's (MD) work in the Philippines.
- Teaching in Ghana
- 29 March 2004
Read Helen Phillip's experiences of teaching deaf children in Ghana through a VSO work placement.
- Education projects in Cameroon
- 29 March 2004
Mr Ogork Ebot Ntui talks about his involvement with the Cameroon Deaf Empowerment Organisation and its education projects in Cameroon.
- Secondary school deaf facility in the outer eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria
- 29 March 2004
Janice Knuckey of "Deaf Children Australia" writes about setting up a secondary school deaf facility in the outer Eastern Suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria
- Improving education for Jamaica’s deaf children
- 29 March 2004
Read Amber Martin's (GDC) account of her visit to Jamaica to discuss the next step in improving education for Jamaica’s deaf children.
- Rhythm of Hands, Uganda, 2001
- 01 March 2004
Read about the Honeybee Theatre, Rhythm of Hands project which took place in Uganda in 2001.
- Inclusive education in the Philippines
- 01 March 2004
Frances Krebs of CBM, Germany provides an insight into the International Deaf Education Association (IDEA).
