Christmas arrived a few days early for IDEA Philippine’s deaf children. Because we don’t have a sleigh or snow, on December 14th IDEA’s office staff loaded up our red van with a mountain of gifts to take to all the IDEA supported deaf centers around the island of Bohol. There was some doubt as to […]
Dennis Drake: Shining at Sixty Last November 29, while the entire Philippines was celebrating Bonifacio Day, one of its national heroes, the IDEA Philippines family also had another reason to party. And that was the 60th birthday of our dear founder George Dennis Drake, our own hero! Without any clue as to what was happening
Mission Accomplished Veronica Dunnington and daughter Tiffany completed their stay in Bohol on December 9th. Veronica was tasked with adding new life and direction for the Tiptip Deaf Church and she dedicated 2 ½ months toward this purpose. As Veronica looks at the progress of these past months she comments that the deaf community of
OUR FRIEND THE TERMITE? With a little help from an army of termites, IDEA Philippine’s decision to replace the thatched meeting building beside the Dao Diamond Hotel was made easy. It was either tear it down or let if fall down on its own. It was getting dangerous to hold events there. It is funny
Mike Hoiness of Yellowstone Fly Goods is a great friend to IDEA. He has been making an annual trips to the island of Bohol to train IDEA’s deaf students and young adults in the art of tying flies.
