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.
Play Off Teams Bohol Deaf Academy (BDA) sponsored a second annual basketball tournament this November. Two other private high schools as well as deaf teams from IDEA’s Office and Construction Crew, Dao Diamond Hotel, and Garden Café all joined the fray. The event was held on BDA’s campus at the amphitheater style court. Because much
Jimmy and Rezel with Jimmy Junior If ever there was a story that could remind us of why IDEA exists, it would be that of Jimmy & Rezel. Today they are a happy, loving couple with a handsome baby boy. They are employed, financially independent, educated, confident in their decisions, and decided on their ambitions.
Celine, Bohol Deaf Academy’s entrepreneur teacher, recently helped the students come up with a truly home made product. With absolutely no machinery, the kids turn out a creamy style peanut butter that beats the store bought kind. Now the students are in the process of learning how to market this new product. The student can
By: Francis and Laura Mallorca IDEA: Southern Leyte, Philiippines Seven year old Peljune lives with his aging parents and sister in the mountains above Maasin City, Southern Leyte and the city’s SpEd center. IDEA’s transportation allowance is enough for the boy’s fare to and from class, but the extremely rough road makes the trip twice
Deaf Church at Tiptip, Tagbilaran City Missionaries Johnny and Veronica Dunnington arrived in Bohol in 1990 and after 10 years of work, opened the doors to the Tiptip Deaf Church in 2000. Just one year later they were called back to the States and IDEA inherited the property and responsibility for its operation. IDEA was
An activity organized by IDEA to help the children of deaf parents communicate more openly with their parents and to serve as interpreters when requested by the other deaf.
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Olive Jane and Stephen are very proud of their “Rube Golberg Machine” they developed in physics class.
It is a special place; a city on a hill with roads stretching and connecting people to education and opportunities. It boasts a deaf student body that is self-confident, talented and hopeful for the future. Many of these kids have been through some terribly difficult trials in their lives, experiences that most of us will
