what happened in 2016

IDEA Christmas Shopping

Christmas is in the air! When December came around, our deaf students began writing their Christmas wish lists with great expectation. Just like most children, the fun of Christmas is gifts. They have good reason for their excitement because IDEA makes sure their students receive a Christmas present each year. IDEA makes a shopping trip […]

what happened in 2016

Nathaniel’s Sweet Success

Nathaniel was walking on the roadside with a full backpack and tears in his eyes. He left the dorm on his own. He had walked about 3 kilometers when a man on a motorcycle stopped to talk to him. Not knowing the man, Nathaniel just stared at him as tears kept falling down his cheeks.

what happened in 2016

IDEA Donates Clamps to the City Government

For a small city like Tagbilaran, the steady increase of the number of vehicles running around the city has made the traffic congestion far worse. Also, the practice of illegal parking on the narrow roads and leaving vehicles unattended along the roadsides has worsened the traffic and is increasingly dangerous to motorists. In order to

what happened in 2016

A Life Changed

“Really? Send my deaf child to school? What’s next after schooling? Could she get a job?” Parents often ask questions like these when our teachers and staff visit the homes of deaf children to recruit them to school. Convincing a family to send their child to school has never been easy.  Most parents are doubtful

what happened in 2016

IDEA Deaf Jobs

IDEA has been providing avenues of employment for the Deaf in Bohol for three decades now through IDEA initiated Employment and Income Generating Projects (EIGPs). These employment opportunities include the Garden Café, Dao Diamond Hotel and Restaurant, IDEA Café and Pension House, Fly Tying Industry, and Hammer and Nails Livelihood Center, Inc. These facilities not only provide employment

what happened in 2016

Support IDEA

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Junry At Work
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A Spirit Lifted Up

Beeeeeeeeeeeeppppppp. . . . . . A speeding motorcycle came screaming down the street toward Junry as he was cautiously pulling his scooter across the road on his way home from work. He didn’t hear the horn warning him to get out of the way. Maybe out of annoyance, the speeding motorist decided to pull

Dennis with Construction Crew
what happened in 2016

IDEA Shop on Progress

One of IDEA’s Employment and Income Generating Projects (EIGPs) is the construction shop, now officially named Hammer and Nails Livelihood Center, Inc. (HNLC). The majority of its employees were once our deaf-student beneficiaries. Now, the number of our deaf graduates is undeniably increasing and it comes with IDEA’s increasing need to find employment for the

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