Generated by All in One SEO v5.0.1.1, this is an llms.txt file, used by LLMs to index the site. # IDEA Philippines Inc. | International Deaf Education Association Helping Deaf Children in the Philippines ## Sitemaps - [XML Sitemap](https://ideadeaf.org/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website. ## Posts - [Blog](https://ideadeaf.org/blog/) - [Do you know IDEA’s Businesses?](https://ideadeaf.org/do-you-know-ideas-businesses/) - Every IDEA business serves a bigger purpose. They train students, employ graduates, serve the local community, and generate revenue that keeps our programs running. Can you match each clue to the right business? Clues: Every bar produced here is handcrafted by Deaf students learning a skill they can take for life. From papaya to pineapple, - [Hopes for the Future](https://ideadeaf.org/hopes-for-the-future/) - It was a great honor and joy to celebrate a new set of student graduates for the School Year 2025–2026 at Bohol Deaf Academy on March 20, 2026. This year, we proudly recognized 15 Senior High School graduates and 26 Junior High School completers. Algien, one graduate shared, “I hope to continue my education and - [A New Home for Jhon and His Family](https://ideadeaf.org/a-new-home-for-jhon-and-his-family/) - A home is where safety begins, where meals are shared, and where families grow in strength and dignity. For Jhon, an IDEA student beneficiary, the meaning of home is now a reality. This past March, a team of teenagers from Cascade Christian School outside of Seattle, WA, came together to both financially and physically provide - [Christmas Gifts & Celebrations bring JOY](https://ideadeaf.org/christmas-gifts-celebrations-bring-joy/) - As the Christmas season filled hearts with hope and homes with celebration, IDEA continued its mission of spreading joy through our annual Christmas shopping activity for our Deaf students. With wish lists in hand and guidance from our dedicated teachers and staff, our Deaf students explored the stores, choosing items that aligned with their needs, - [Valedictorian's Story & the Impact of Your Support](https://ideadeaf.org/valedictorians-story-the-impact-of-your-support/) - When IDEA met Phil's family during summer outreach 12 years ago, his mother was overwhelmed: "I was worried about his future because as a single mom, how could I send him to school? I didn't have the money for tuition, supplies, and his basic needs." Because of donors like you, IDEA was able to step in.Over the - [Our Vision for 2026](https://ideadeaf.org/our-vision-for-2026/) - Your generosity through our Spread JOY 40th Anniversary campaign raised $44,500 that's already changing lives! Because of your partnership, grades 7-12 students are now gaining job-ready skills in sewing, cooking, baking, gardening, woodworking, & hospitality. Social workers will visit our Deaf students' families during the summer months, ensuring no child is forgotten. New students will - [You're Invited! Come Visit Us in January 2027!](https://ideadeaf.org/youre-invited-come-visit-us-in-january-2027/) - We’re thrilled to invite you to our triennial Deaf Festival, which brings together students, alumni, and staff from all over Bohol for a time of celebration through games, performances, and meals together! Connect with Our Community: Meet students and families and see their journey firsthand Visit with IDEA beneficiaries at every stage—from preschool students through - [Mission Trip Encourages Students to Follow Jesus](https://ideadeaf.org/mission-trip-encourages-students-to-follow-jesus/) - In November 2025, a group of ten traveled to Bohol to visit our Deaf students. They spent the week leading Vacation Bible School (VBS) at five school sites through Bible lessons, games, and crafts. Students look forward to these visits all year long! This trip was a meaningful opportunity for those new to IDEA to - [Thank you, Sponsors!](https://ideadeaf.org/thank-you-sponsors/) - We want to take a moment to highlight and celebrate you, our child sponsorship partners. Whether you recently signed up to sponsor your first Deaf child or you have sponsored multiple kiddos through the years, please know how deeply grateful we are for you. Many of you began sponsoring after learning of us at your - [Faith, Fellowship, and Celebration](https://ideadeaf.org/faith-fellowship-and-celebration/) - The Tiptip Deaf Church had an incredible and faith-filled 2025. Under the leadership of Pastor Roy, the members held a two-day family camp focused on building Christ-centered homes, helping families rediscover the joy of growing together in faith, love, and service. It was a meaningful time of reflection, bonding, and learning that profoundly uplifted the - [Christmas Shopping 2025](https://ideadeaf.org/christmas-shopping-2025/) - Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift! 2 Corinthians 9:15 Christmas is just around the corner, and once again, we are blessed to help make dreams come true. This year marks another joyful season of IDEA and LIAD’s annual Christmas shopping for our Deaf beneficiaries in Bohol and in Leyte. From carefully written wish - [What Our Students Hope for This Christmas](https://ideadeaf.org/what-our-students-hope-for-this-christmas/) - In the Philippines, Christmas is the longest season of the year, beginning as early as September. On IDEA’s campuses, this season brings decorations hung with care, Christmas songs practiced in sign language, and a sense of excitement that builds week by week. For most students, IDEA’s celebrations also provide them with their only Christmas gifts. - [40 Years of Spreading JOY with IDEA](https://ideadeaf.org/40-years-of-spreading-joy-with-idea/) - Forty years ago, God stirred a vision to bring education, skills, and hope to Deaf children in the Philippines. What began with a handful of students has grown into a thriving community. Today, that vision lives in hundreds of graduates who now work as teachers, business owners, carpenters, and community leaders. It lives in parents - [Life Skills That Last](https://ideadeaf.org/life-skills-that-last/) - See how students are preparing for future jobs with hands-on training activities. The Deaf community is rich and vibrant, with its own language and culture built on visual communication. At Bohol Deaf Academy, we celebrate this while also preparing our high school students for the future through hands-on training. Students take classes in cooking, bread - [Found and Thriving: Krishnna’s Story](https://ideadeaf.org/found-and-thriving-krishnnas-story/) - For fourteen years, Krishnna lived without school, friends, or a way to communicate — a reality many Deaf children in remote areas still face. Her parents, like so many others, didn’t know what help was out there or what her future could hold. That’s when IDEA’s outreach team stepped in. They visited Krishnna’s home again - [Smiling Bright: Solar Panels Bring in Savings for Student Support](https://ideadeaf.org/smiling-bright-solar-panels-bring-in-savings-for-student-support/) - Thanks to your incredible support, IDEA's solar panel system is powered up. The money we once allocated to electricity bills is now directly benefiting our students through improved nutrition, dormitory care, and educational resources.Please enjoy watching our students share what this means to them: - [Happy 40th Anniversary, IDEA!](https://ideadeaf.org/happy-40th-anniversary-idea/) - As Board President, it’s a joy for me to reflect on 40 years of God’s faithfulness through IDEA. What began with Dennis Drake and five young Deaf students has grown into a community that continues to change lives today. Dennis once said, “My wish is for them to grow up healthy and hopeful, believing in - [Talibon Dorm Renovated](https://ideadeaf.org/talibon-dorm-renovated/) - IDEA always makes our deaf students the top priority. As we are providing them all around care, we also see to their security at the dorm while they are in school. In Talibon, the dorm ran out of room since the number of students there continues to increase. Therefore, IDEA made the necessary improvements to - [October 2016 Newsletter](https://ideadeaf.org/__trashed-3/) - Here is our October 2016 Newsletter. - [IDEA Shop on Progress](https://ideadeaf.org/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 - [A Spirit Lifted Up](https://ideadeaf.org/a-spirit-lifted-up/) - 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. - [Support IDEA](https://ideadeaf.org/support-idea/) - Shopping for the Thanksgiving, Christmas, or other special occasions? Shop online at smile.amazon.com/ch/77-0091952 When you shop at, you’ll find the exact same low prices, vast selection and convenient shopping experience and get the bonus of supporting International Deaf Education Association (IDEA). The AmazonSmile Foundation will donate 0.5% of the purchase price from your eligible AmazonSmile - [IDEA Deaf Jobs](https://ideadeaf.org/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 - [A Life Changed](https://ideadeaf.org/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 - [IDEA Donates Clamps to the City Government](https://ideadeaf.org/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 - [Nathaniel’s Sweet Success](https://ideadeaf.org/nathaniels-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. - [Shop Online and Support IDEA](https://ideadeaf.org/shop-online-and-support-idea/) - Holiday shopping is easy with Amazon's Holiday Gift Guides. #StartWithaSmile at smile.amazon.com for your holiday gifts and Amazon donates to International Deaf Education Association. Click here. - [IDEA Christmas Shopping](https://ideadeaf.org/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 - [Christmas at IDEA](https://ideadeaf.org/christmas-at-idea/) - Christmas is a time to be merry. It’s a time when families and friends host parties to celebrate the season. This year, the IDEA family also gathered to celebrate all the people who keep our organization flourishing. The IDEA family kicked off the holiday season with a Christmas Party on December 17 at the Dao - [Boholini Pizza, Now Open](https://ideadeaf.org/boholini-pizza-now-open/) - IDEA is producing an always-increasing number of deaf graduates, and job placement for them continues to be a great challenge for IDEA. Unfortunately, IDEA’s Employment and Income Generating Projects (EIGP) cannot accommodate all its graduates so we are always seeking other ways to help our graduates become self-supporting. IDEA’s founder, Dennis, has long dreamt of - [Leo: Garden Café’s Longest-Serving Employee](https://ideadeaf.org/leo-garden-cafes-longest-serving-employee/) - Selling fish with his mother and helping people carry their goods at the market was all Leo knew when he was young. Leonardo, or Leo as his family and friends called him, was born Deaf. He is the third child of 11. His father provided for the family by farming while his mother worked as - [Annual IDEA Banquet](https://ideadeaf.org/annual-idea-banquet/) - Come and hear the great story of IDEA with founders Dennis and Marilou Drake on Tuesday, March 28, 2017 at the Red Lion Hotel and Convention Center, Billings, Montana. Ticket cost $50 and available online at www.ideaphilippines.com. You can also mail a check to IDEA, PO Box 20715, Billings MT 59104. We will mail the ticket to - [Feeding Faith](https://ideadeaf.org/feeding-faith/) - Have you ever wondered how a Deaf child sings praises to God? How do they hear and understand God’s words? How do they share their faith? Many of the Deaf students at IDEA have attended church with their families and have a basic church upbringing. Unfortunately, most churches lack deaf interpreters. As a result, some - [March 2017 Newsletter](https://ideadeaf.org/march-2017-newsletter/) - Here is our March 2017 Newsletter. - [Hard Work Pays Off](https://ideadeaf.org/hard-work-pays-off/) - The students were beaming with self-fulfillment as they received their graduation diplomas and achievement awards. Their parents couldn’t keep their eyes dry as they recalled the countless sacrifices that gave the moment special meaning. Their teachers’ faces lit up to see their students achieving a great milestone in their lives. The Commencement, or Moving - [Support IDEA When You Shop at Amazon on Prime Day](https://ideadeaf.org/support-idea-when-you-shop-at-amazon-on-prime-day/) - When you #StartWithaSmile on #PrimeDay, Amazon donates to International Deaf Education Association. Shop for great deals at smile.amazon.com/ch/77-0091952 - [Changing the Fate of a Deaf “House help”](https://ideadeaf.org/changing-the-fate-of-a-deaf-house-help/) - An IDEA documentary, named “Amang,” follows the story of a nine-year-old Deaf named Aires. Like so many Deaf children growing up in the Philippines, she did not attend school. Instead, she stayed home to do chores like washing clothes and taking care of her younger siblings. Education for a Deaf child was simply out of - [July 2017 Newsletter](https://ideadeaf.org/july-2017-newsletter/) - Here is IDEA's July 2017 Newsletter. - [BDA Culminates Buwan ng Wika](https://ideadeaf.org/bda-culminates-buwan-ng-wika/) - Joross and Glenda have been very excited for August to come. Both of them spent their weekends searching for the best traditional Filipino attire to wear for their school culmination activity during the National Language Month celebration. Joross and Glenda are both in the 7th grade and this was their first opportunity to participate in - [BDA Intramural Games 2017](https://ideadeaf.org/bda-intramural-games-2017/) - It had been a tense few weeks, and the pressure was building at Bohol Deaf Academy (BDA) as students pushed through challenging projects and exams. One sunny day on September 26, 2017, the atmosphere suddenly changed from one of intense pressure to excitement. Maricel leapt into the sunshine with eager eyes and a wide grin. - [Christmas 2017 Newsletter](https://ideadeaf.org/christmas-2017-newsletter/) - Here is IDEA's Christmas 2017 Newsletter. - [Parents Sign Language Class](https://ideadeaf.org/parents-sign-language-class/) - Claudio thought that all he needed to communicate with his Deaf son were basic gestures and body language. When his son enrolled in school and learned sign language, Claudio soon realized how much he was missing. Claudio’s son, Dayjhay, actually had a lot to say, and Claudio could now see how limited their communication really - [Sign Language Class for the Local Government in Jagna](https://ideadeaf.org/sign-language-class-for-the-local-government-in-jagna/) - Visiting a local government office is often challenging for the Deaf. Some Deaf are courageous enough to overcome the communication barrier with basic gestures while many decide to avoid the difficulties of public communication altogether. The unfortunate reality is that the communication gap isolates many Deaf from the public. As advocates for our Deaf brothers - [New Jagna Dormitory for the Deaf](https://ideadeaf.org/new-jagna-dormitory-for-the-deaf/) - Among the five IDEA dormitories in Bohol, the dorm in the town of Jagna is the only one not situated on the school premises. Students in Jagna walk back and forth between their dorm to get to meals and classes. While the distance to the dorm is not more than 600 meters from the school - [BDA Graduates 2018: Ready to Take on the World](https://ideadeaf.org/bda-graduates-2018-ready-to-take-on-the-world/) - Graduation day brought joy and gratefulness to the students of Bohol Deaf Academy (BDA). On March 28, 2018 sixteen young men and women and their parents celebrated the long-anticipated day with a graduate procession, Moving Up Ceremony, and Recognition Rites. A roller coaster of emotions flooded the graduates, their families, and teachers as they remembered - [Spring 2018 Newsletter](https://ideadeaf.org/spring-2018-newsletter/) - [Help Us Buy A New Bus](https://ideadeaf.org/help-us-buy-a-new-bus/) - Two days a week our high school students travel to IDEA's manufacturing shop, Hammer and Nails, for vocational training. The trip is only about 15 minutes, but our current 20-year old bus only has seats for 20 and we have almost 40 students. It's not ideal, but we work around this by taking two trips and - [International Deaf Education Association](https://ideadeaf.org/international-deaf-education-association/) - In 1985, IDEA US was established by Dennis Drake. - [Summer 2018 Newsletter](https://ideadeaf.org/summer-2018-newsletter/) - [IDEA-DEPED Forum](https://ideadeaf.org/idea-deped-forum/) - IDEA continues to strengthen its partnership with other organizations and agencies in order to serve more deaf children. This time, IDEA goes national with its invitation to the Department of Education Central Office to come visit its programs and services in Bohol. Five representatives from DEPED Central office representing the different bureaus (Bureau of Learning - [Fall 2018 Newsletter](https://ideadeaf.org/fall-2018-newsletter/) - Check out our Newsletter Fall 2018 Issue! - [Spring 2019 Fundraiser with Mandy Harvey](https://ideadeaf.org/spring-2019-fundraiser-with-mandy-harvey/) - Learn about IDEA's work with deaf children in the Philippines and enjoy an evening of stories and music with Mandy Harvey, an America's Got Talent Golden Buzzer musician, who is also Deaf. - [Winter 2019 Newsletter](https://ideadeaf.org/winter-2019-newsletter/) - Check out our Newsletter Winter 2019 issue. - [Summer 2019 Newsletter](https://ideadeaf.org/summer-2019-newsletter/) - [Buwan ng Wika Commemoration at Bohol Deaf Academy](https://ideadeaf.org/buwan-ng-wika-commemoration-at-bohol-deaf-academy/) - A myriad of colors filled the Angelo King Hall at Bohol Deaf Academy (BDA) that eventful Friday. The female students were wearing their colorful Filipinianas, Baro’t Saya and Kimonas. The men looked dashing in their Barongs. Some students even opted to wear ethnic costumes that portrayed what indigenous people used to wear and which - [Christmas 2019 Newsletter](https://ideadeaf.org/christmas-2019-newsletter/) - [Donate Your Old Tablets to IDEA](https://ideadeaf.org/donate-your-old-tablets-to-idea/) - Please consider donating your tablet to IDEA today and join us in bringing hope to thousands of impoverished deaf children and their families! Watch this video to know how your donated tablet will be used to change the future of the Deaf in the Philippines. Tablets can be dropped off at Faith Chapel in Billings, Montana - [Summer 2020 Newsletter](https://ideadeaf.org/summer-2020-newsletter/) - [IDEA Founder, Dennis Drake's Memorial Service](https://ideadeaf.org/idea-founder-dennis-drakes-memorial-service/) - [Kinabuhi Farm](https://ideadeaf.org/kinabuhi-farm/) - Kinabuhi Farm is an organic, non-profit agricultural project operated by IDEA Philippines focused on developing sustainable food systems on Bohol. Our farm is largely funded by a number of generous donors from the United States. Kinabuhi Farm was started in May of 2020 by Aaron 'Tuki' Drake and his team of hardworking, dedicated farmers with - [Summer 2021 Newsletter](https://ideadeaf.org/summer-2021-newsletter/) - Check out our Newsletter Summer 2021 Issue! - [Restoring Hope... Rebuilding Lives](https://ideadeaf.org/restoring-hope-rebuilding-lives/) - Super Typhoon Odette slammed into the Philippines a week before Christmas, leaving a path of destruction on the islands of Bohol and Leyte, provinces where IDEA is serving. Many have lost their homes, livelihood, and properties. Many of our deaf students had very little and now seem to have nothing. But BIG THANKS to our - [Core House for Typhoon Odette Victims](https://ideadeaf.org/core-house-for-typhoon-odette-victims/) - Through the generosity of NORFIL Foundation, IDEA was able to provide core houses to five families of our deaf students that lost their homes during the onslaught of category 5 Super Typhoon Odette in December 2021. The core houses were prefabricated at Hammer and Nails Livelihood Center, one of IDEA's Employment & Income Generating Projects. - [June 2022 Newsletter](https://ideadeaf.org/june-2022-newsletter/) - [December 2022 Newsletter](https://ideadeaf.org/december-2022-newsletter/) - Our prayers have been answered and our hearts are overjoyed! Our students have finally returned to in-person classes at school after missing two years due to the pandemic. - [Thank You for the Christmas Blessings](https://ideadeaf.org/thank-you-and-merry-christmas/) - We sincerely appreciate your assistance in spreading Christmas cheer to the deaf children we serve in the Philippines. Because of your generosity, our deaf students received Christmas gifts, new blankets, mosquito nets, and food baskets to share with their families this holiday season. - [BDA's New Dorm Site](https://ideadeaf.org/bdas-new-dorm-site/) - We will soon build an additional dormitory at Bohol Deaf Academy! Thank you so much to our kind donors! Check out this video of our IDEA US President, James Movius, showing the future site of BDA's duplex dormitory, which will house 16 more students. - [James Movius' Visit to IDEA Philippines](https://ideadeaf.org/james-movius-visit-to-idea-philippines/) - Hello, IDEA friends and family! Here's James Movius, IDEA US President, giving you an update on their trip from last month, as well as an update on how IDEA is doing. Check out this video! - [Summer 2023 Newsletter](https://ideadeaf.org/summer-2023-newsletter/) - It is a great honor and joy for us to have a new set of students graduate this school year 2022-2023. Fifteen students graduated from senior high school and 23 students completed junior high at Bohol Deaf Academy (BDA). - [Reymart's Testimony](https://ideadeaf.org/reymarts-testimony/) - IDEA has been making significant impacts on the lives of deaf children in the Philippines for 40 years. Reymart is just one of many thankful deaf people who have been saved from a life of ignorance and solitude. Learn more about his journey by listening to the speech he gave during the Bohol Deaf Academy - [Christmas 2023 Newsletter](https://ideadeaf.org/christmas-2023-newsletter/) - IDEA welcomed new students in August, and we were surprised to learn that four deaf adults between the ages of 30 and 39 became enrolled in one of our supported schools for the first time. - [Christmas Shopping 2023](https://ideadeaf.org/christmas-shopping-2023/) - The magic of Christmas is all around us, and we're making wishes come true! IDEA organized another shopping trip for all of our deaf children. Our IDEA staff and teachers in Bohol shopped for the elementary kids' Christmas wish lists, while our high school students at Bohol Deaf Academy shopped for their own with the - [29th IDEA Deaf Festival](https://ideadeaf.org/29th-idea-deaf-festival/) - It was a tremendous blessing and opportunity for the IDEA family to be able to celebrate its 29th Deaf Festival on January 26–27, 2024, at Bohol Deaf Academy (BDA)! Deaf students from IDEA-supported Special Education (SPED) centers in Bohol, as well as alumni, teachers, and workers gathered to honor the remarkable achievements and resilience of - [A Heartwarming Visit to Leyte](https://ideadeaf.org/a-heartwarming-visit-to-leyte/) - James, our IDEA US President, and Pastor Glen from Faith Chapel, a long-time IDEA supporter and donor, paid a visit to our deaf students in Leyte, Philippines, on February 5-7, 2024. They had the opportunity to connect with the children, teachers, and parents at the schools and dorms of the Macrohon, Maasin, and Ormoc City - [An Answered Prayer](https://ideadeaf.org/an-answered-prayer/) - For so long, it has only been an ambitious dream and prayer for the Leyte Island Association for the Deaf (LIAD), IDEA's spin-off project on the island of Leyte, Philippines, to have its own multi-purpose covered court that will serve our supported elementary and high school deaf students. - [Spring 2024 Newsletter](https://ideadeaf.org/spring-2024-newsletter/) - [Mother's Pride](https://ideadeaf.org/mothers-pride/) - Nicanora, a mother of a deaf student who graduated senior high school from Bohol Deaf Academy (BDA) on May 31, 2024, had the opportunity to share their story during the graduation ceremony. As a mother of three deaf children, she used to worry about their future. Other people used to mock them because they were - [Fall 2024 Newsletter](https://ideadeaf.org/fall-2024-newsletter/) - [Christmas Shopping 2024](https://ideadeaf.org/christmas-shopping-2024/) - The holidays are a time for joy, and finding the perfect gift for our deaf children can make their season even brighter! We had the joy of organizing another Christmas shopping trip for our deaf children. New clothes, shoes, school supplies, and hygiene essentials are on their Christmas wish list. Our IDEA staff and teachers - [Winter 2025 Newsletter](https://ideadeaf.org/winter-2025-newsletter/) - [Class of 2025 Graduation](https://ideadeaf.org/bohol-deaf-academy-class-of-2025-breaking-barriers-shaping-the-future/) - Congratulations to the Junior High School Completers and Senior High School Graduates of Bohol Deaf Academy, Batch 2024-2025! Their success is a testament to the power of accessible education and the importance of supportive organizations. It demonstrates that Deaf individuals can break down barriers and achieve their goals. As they step into their futures, these - [Spring 2025 Newsletter](https://ideadeaf.org/spring-2025-newsletter/) - [Bohol, Philippines – IDEA Joins in the Earthquake Relief Efforts](https://ideadeaf.org/bohol-philippines-quake-relief/) - In less than one minutes on October 15th, the quaint tropical island of Bohol was set back 20 years in development by a 7.2 magnitude earthquake and the subsequent 1000 plus aftershocks. - [Christmas at BDA](https://ideadeaf.org/christmas-at-bda/) - The kids up at our Bohol Deaf Academy had a great time yesterday during their Christmas party. The earthquake did not dampen their spirits and only managed to increase their need to celebrate the season. All their presentations pointed to giving thanks to God for sending his Son and remembering His goodness in sparing them - [Meeting Needs In Leyte](https://ideadeaf.org/meeting-needs-in-leyte/) - As you can imagine, after the homes of our teachers and deaf student’s families were destroyed by Typhoon Hiayan, their Christmas Wish List is now very specific. Because of the continued generosity of donors, IDEA is happy to be able to help meet the needs of these families so they can move back into homes - [Don’t Forget Christmas!!!](https://ideadeaf.org/dont-forget-christmas/) - So here is just one of the ways IDEA has responded to the earthquake and typhoon on Bohol. Here are some shots of our IDEA Philippines staff Christmas Party. Not only did we have the families of our teachers, dorm parents, office workers, and construction workers, but also all of our EIGP (employment/income generating project) - [“New” Roofs for Leyte School](https://ideadeaf.org/new-roofs-for-leyte-school/) - Our first repair team just returned from the city of Ormoc in Leyte. It was hit with the same wind intensity as Tocloban City minus the storm surge and is the location for one of IDEA’s deaf schools. The team spent a week there putting roofs back on our dormitory and classrooms. Below is a - [Helping People – Not as Easy As It Looks!](https://ideadeaf.org/helping-people-not-as-easy-as-it-looks/) - Living under tarps Days turn into weeks and weeks into months and families are still living under tarps trying to make life work. Living out in the elements, cooking outside, no electricity, no running water no bathroom facilities huddled together with extended family members they are finding ways to make life work in the - [LIAD’s Response to the Grief-Stricken IDEA/Bohol](https://ideadeaf.org/liads-response-to-the-grief-stricken-ideabohol/) - Leyte Island Association for the Deaf would not have been born and cared for without the support of IDEA. Through the partnership, IDEA is supporting about 149 deaf children through four elementary schools and one high school. It is because of IDEA that the deaf children in its funded programs have the chance for a - [Is There a Doctor in the House?](https://ideadeaf.org/is-there-a-doctor-in-the-house/) - IDEA Philippines is so blessed to have visitors come from all over the world to share their gifts and talents with our deaf students. Atena with students at Loon Recently we had a group of young adults come from America for a visit. Two of the individuals, Kristi Trickett and Peter Nguyen had - [NEW IDEA SHOP RISES](https://ideadeaf.org/new-idea-shop-rises/) - It has been a long time dream to move the IDEA shop work out from the shacks and tents that currently house it. The raising of the trusses on the new shop building is finally happening but in a way that is pretty amazing to those from developed nations like the U.S. In the States - [Back to School](https://ideadeaf.org/back-to-school/) - Back to School As summer comes and graduations commence it’s hard to imagine that on this side of the globe the children are just getting settled into a new year of school. Here in the Philippines summer break is during the hottest months, April and May. Searching for the Deaf Throughout these past two - [BACK TO BACK CALAMITIES HIT THE PHILIPPINES](https://ideadeaf.org/back-to-back-calamities-hit-the-philippines/) - Less than ONE month after the devastating earthquake that shattered Bohol, typhoon Haiyan slammed into Leyte in the central Philippines. - [Bohol Deaf Academy Graduation 2013](https://ideadeaf.org/bohol-deaf-academy-graduation-2013/) - BDA Dancers Graduation BDA Dancers Graduation With all the usual pomp and circumstance the graduation ceremony began for the graduates of 2013 at the Bohol Deaf Academy. The students dawned in their white cap and gowns marched in escorted by parents or siblings to a room full of proud teachers, families, visitors and flashing cameras. - [Birth of a Dream](https://ideadeaf.org/birth-of-a-dream/) - Trusses for the New Building Like elves working in Santa’s workshop the skilled craftsmen of IDEA tinker away making magic happen. Truckloads of steel and wood pass by the IDEA office windows and past the entrance to the Dao Diamond hotel to a forgotten hideaway at the back of the property. At first glance the - [A Grandmother’s Love](https://ideadeaf.org/a-grandmothers-love/) - “Forgiving does not erase the bitter past. A healed memory is not a deleted memory. Instead, forgiving what we cannot forget creates a new way to remember. We change the memory of our past into a hope for our futures. – Lewis B. Smedes Watching eleven year old Lea as she plays happily with the - [Building a Life](https://ideadeaf.org/building-a-life/) - The walls of the classroom echo with excitement as the children scurry around dreaming of what’s possible in their new space. They’ve taken turns seeing how high up they can leave their footprints on the cement walls. In the town of Sagbayan, Bohol there isn’t enough funding through the public schools to provide adequate classroom - [Hip Hop Chicken](https://ideadeaf.org/hip-hop-chicken/) - As the heat rises from the glowing charcoal the spice infused chicken rotating on skewers begin to fill the air with a tantalizing aroma. Hip Hop music grabs the attention of passers by and beckons them to try the First Drive-Thru Chicken Stand in Tagbilaran! The lights that line the driveway and canopy rival Las Vegas in the amount of watts being used. - [Dancing from the Heart](https://ideadeaf.org/dancing-from-the-heart/) - Dao Diamond Staff of Actors By special request the employees of the Dao Diamond held an encore performance of their Christmas Production for our special visitors from Billings, MT and the students at the Bohol Deaf Academy. Without words the audience was drawn into the drama as scene by scene the group depicted the birth, - [Another Look At Garden Cafe](https://ideadeaf.org/another-look-at-garden-cafe/) - After 30 years, Garden Cafe located in the heart of Tagbilaran City on the island of Bohol in the Philippines is still going strong. It continues to employ many deaf adults and support the education program for hundreds of deaf children on both Bohol and Leyte islands. Here is a short YouTube video about Garden - [Imported Teacher](https://ideadeaf.org/imported-teacher/) - IDEA Philippines would like to welcome Scotti Hilbert from Billings, Montana to the island of Bohol. Scotti has come to volunteer with IDEA for six months and comes with substantial skills in sign language. IDEA employes nearly 200 deaf and hearing persons in its assisted schools and employment/income generating business. All the hearing staff are - [Emergency Houses Role Out](https://ideadeaf.org/emergency-houses-role-out/) - I saw the government damage statisics yesterday for Bohol from the quake and it reported 78,000 damaged structures and 6,800 homes totally destroyed. Many of the people who lost their home to the quake are living in tents so the time is NOW to get emergency housing to them. That is EXACTLY what IDEA is - [Classroom Tent](https://ideadeaf.org/classroom-tent/) - The Department of Education engineers have declared the concrete classrooms formerly occupied by our deaf children to be unsafe to occupy in Loon. There was little choice but to set up an IDEA provided classroom tent. Luck for us, we had a large two pole, circus type tent that worked out perfectly. The kids and - [Volunteers Needed!](https://ideadeaf.org/volunteers-needed/) - Housing Site needing cleared Housing panels are stacked up in the back and covered with tarps waiting for their final destination. We are now in the process of assessing the sites where they will be set up. Each site poses its own set of difficulties. Some need a wall or two other need complete demolition - [Christmas Gifts](https://ideadeaf.org/christmas-gifts/) - Most of the gifts that the team delivered were purchased with money given by the individual sponsors of the students and were specifically shopped for from wish lists sent in by the kids. Gifts for Bohol and Leyte in 2011. - [Micro House](https://ideadeaf.org/micro-house/) - Built by the Deaf on Bohol island. The homes are then either built in knockdown form or totally assembled and delivered to the building site on a trailer. - [Polynesian Theme at Dao Diamond](https://ideadeaf.org/polynesian-theme-at-dao-diamond/) - A New Hotel Theme We recently discovered that one of IDEA's deaf carpentry employees has an amazing ability at sculpting. Because our Dao Diamond Hotel has changed its motif to Polynesian it was thought that we needed a Tiki or two around to add to the atmosphere so Arnold the carpenter was given a small - [What's Cooking in Bohol](https://ideadeaf.org/whats-cooking-in-bohol/) - Visiting Canadian Chefs CESO (Canadian Executive Service Organization)teamed up with IDEA this February to help improve the food and service of IDEA's various restaurant businesses. Altogether the two Garden Cafes and Dao Diamond Hotel employ 14 deaf cooks and bakers. Some of these cooks have been working with us for almost 30 years and although - [A Evening At BDA](https://ideadeaf.org/a-evening-at-bda/) - Like One Big Happy Family This scene up at Bohol Deaf Academy one evening last week was not staged for the camera. Dennis Drake just dropped in and found the deaf kids sitting around on the stage and at a couple of tables doing random projects and chatting. The atmosphere was so very peaceful and - [New Beginnings](https://ideadeaf.org/new-beginnings/) - A House Raising Philippine Style IDEA's deaf families have been waiting a long time to finally see this day arrive. The first four houses are finally being erected on the IDEA purchased one half acre property on the out-skits of Tagbilaran City on the island of Bohol. The government red tape has been deep. These - [Visiting Audiologist](https://ideadeaf.org/visiting-audiologist/) - FOLLOW-UP ON HEARING AIDS Dr. Gene Bukowski is a member of IDEA’s board of directors back in Montana. For many years he has worked closely with Dennis Drake to further the cause of providing hearing aids to IDEA’s deaf children. It was because of Dr. Gene that Starkey Hearing Foundation was introduced to the work - [A New Concept](https://ideadeaf.org/a-new-concept/) - Jim has built many of these types of tilt-bed trailers back in Montana but he found it quite a challenge trying to find the right kind of metal on the island of Bohol. - [Bohol Deaf Academy Van](https://ideadeaf.org/bda-van/) - Bohol Deaf Academy gets a new van - [More Classrooms for the Deaf](https://ideadeaf.org/more-classrooms-for-the-deaf/) - IDEA begins construction on a classroom building for the Deaf in Sagbayan, Bohol, Philippines - [Maasin, Southern Leyte Home for Deaf Children](https://ideadeaf.org/maasin-southern-leyte-home-for-deaf-children/) - IDEA established dormitory for the Deaf in the town of Maasin, Southern Leyte is operational. - [Silent Warrior](https://ideadeaf.org/silent-warrior/) - Young deaf man wins mixed martial arts tournament in Bohol, Philippines. - [Blue Eyes](https://ideadeaf.org/blue-eyes/) - Waardenburg Syndrome in Bohol - [Making a Living](https://ideadeaf.org/making-a-living/) - Sure Catch Fishing Products is an “Employment / Income Generating Project” (EIGP) of IDEA that was started eight years ago. This small business is providing jobs for 45 deaf women and one deaf man and is located in the IDEA Livelihood Center in Tagbilaran City, Bohol. Mostly the group tie fishing flies that are sold - [A Very Bright Future](https://ideadeaf.org/a-very-bright-future/) - At 9 years old, Bryan watched his dad climb trees and get honey from the bees. He thought how brave his father was to face these vicious little creatures that hurt so much when they stung and yet he loved the taste of honey. But the problem was, Bryan didn’t know the words for father, honey, - [Coming for a visit](https://ideadeaf.org/coming-for-a-visit/) - After fifteen hours of flight time, hours sitting on the tarmac, sleeping on benches in the Manila airport our latest set of visitors arrived at the Dao Diamond. These adventurous women, Marianne Rongholt a long time IDEA Board Member, Deb Canan a past IDEA Board Member, Dona Kabeary, and Scotti Hilbert made the long trek - [Reymart’s Letter](https://ideadeaf.org/reymarts-letter/) - This a letter Dennis Drake received from Reymart this Christmas. He is the deaf boy who was told by two doctors that he would soon be blind but with the right kind of help and special contact lenses is now able to see well. - [The Joy of Christmas](https://ideadeaf.org/the-joy-of-christmas/) - Marilou Drake and her team of Christmas elves spread a lot of joy to all the deaf children on Bohol. The last stop of the day for the IDEA Christmas bus was at the deaf dormitory in the town on Loon, Bohol where 38 deaf children live. The deaf children at the other three deaf - [Christmas Bus](https://ideadeaf.org/christmas-bus/) - IDEA Philippines Christmas Bus headed out from Tagbilaran early in the morning of December 11. 2012 - [IDEA’s Shopping Team](https://ideadeaf.org/ideas-shopping-team/) - IDEA Philippines began preparing for Christmas months ago but the week of December 3rd to the 7th is shopping week. - [First of Four Classrooms](https://ideadeaf.org/first-of-four-classrooms/) - The deaf students at the IDEA supported Sagbayan, Bohol school are all anxiously awaiting the opening of their new classroom building. - [What’s Cooking in Bohol](https://ideadeaf.org/whats-cooking-in-bohol-2/) - CESO (Canadian Executive Service Organization)teamed up with IDEA this February to help improve the food and service of IDEA’s various restaurant businesses. - [Peanut Butter and Business](https://ideadeaf.org/peanut-butter-at-bda/) - Celine, Bohol Deaf Academy’s entrepreneur teacher, recently helped the students come up with a truly home made product. - [Quiet Road to Success](https://ideadeaf.org/quiet-road-to-success/) - 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. - [BDA Basketball Tournament](https://ideadeaf.org/bda-basketball-tournament/) - Bohol Deaf Academy (BDA) sponsored a second annual basketball tournament this November. - [A Matter of the Spirit](https://ideadeaf.org/a-matter-of-the-spirit/) - Veronica Dunnington and daughter Tiffany completed their stay in Bohol about on December 9th. - [Santa Fe Hall](https://ideadeaf.org/santa-fe-hall/) - After almost a year of work, Dao Diamond Hotel’s new Santa Fe Hall is now fully functional and open for business. - [Montana Trout and Bohol Deaf](https://ideadeaf.org/great-friend-great-assistance/) - Dennis and wife Marilou have set up a new Non-profit foundation in the Philippines call Visayas Deaf Livelihood Projects with the aim of giving work and income to deaf adults on the islands of Bohol and Leyte. - [AN IDEA STYLE CHRISTMAS 2010](https://ideadeaf.org/an-idea-style-christmas-2010/) - 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](https://ideadeaf.org/dennis-drake-shining-at-sixty/) - The 60th birthday of our dear founder George Dennis Drake, our own hero! - [The lights are on in Bohol](https://ideadeaf.org/the-lights-are-on-in-bohol/) - Power Problem Solved As IDEA strives to provide employment for more and more deaf men and women on the island of Bohol, it runs into some unexpected problems. We are approaching the end of the second phase expansion of IDEA's livelihood and income project known as Dao Diamond Hotel in Tagbilaran City. Through this effort - [HEARING AIDS FOR BOHOL](https://ideadeaf.org/hearing-aids-for-bohol/) - On going training of IDEA Philippines staff in the art and science of fitting hearing aids. - [Great Start in Southern Leyte](https://ideadeaf.org/great-start-in-southern-leyte/) - ON OUR WAY Recently, Dennis Drake, Founder of IDEA, and three staff members from IDEA Philippine's main office took a 3 hour road trip and 4 hour ferry boat trip from Bohol to visit the one year old IDEA program in Southern Leyte. IDEA began working with the Department of Education in 2010 and there - [2011 BDA GRADUATES: VISIONS OF TOMORROW](https://ideadeaf.org/2011-bda-graduates-visions-of-tomorrow/) - For the school year 2010-2011, the Bohol Deaf Academy, Bohol’s only special education institution that offers secondary education for the Deaf, is proud to present to the community its 19 graduates. - [Christmas in June](https://ideadeaf.org/christmas-in-june/) - Samaritan's Purse gifts giving to the deaf students at Bohol Deaf Academy in Bohol, Philippines during the 2nd week of June, 2010. - [New School Year](https://ideadeaf.org/new-school-year/) - June Sixth Marks The Beginning of a New School Year Each May we survey the mountains on the islands of Bohol and Leyte for deaf children who have never been in school. The survey only lasts a week and is carried out by the teachers. This means they spend many hours riding on the back - [Computer Dream](https://ideadeaf.org/computer-dream/) - New computer lab donated by the Consuelo Foundation opens at Bohol Deaf Acadeny, Tagbilaran City, Bohol, Philippines - [New Low Cost Cooking Stoves](https://ideadeaf.org/new-cooking-stoves/) - MAYON STOVES. New Low Cost Cooking Stoves made by the Deaf of Bohol, Philippines. Order your Low Cost Cooking Stoves today! - [New Dorm - Maasin](https://ideadeaf.org/new-dorm-maasin/) - Faith Chapel Team help rehab an old building in Maasin, Southern Leyte to be use as a dormitory for deaf children. - [Getting Ready For Christmas](https://ideadeaf.org/getting-ready-for-christmas/) - Getting Ready for Christmas There are no evergreen trees on the island of Bohol in the Philippines so having a traditional Christmas tree is out of the question. This means that every year the kids up at IDEA's Bohol Deaf Academy "build"a Christmas. This year they decided to use a native grass and bamboo as - ["So The Whole World Will Hear"](https://ideadeaf.org/so-the-whole-world-will-hear/) - "So The Whole World Will Hear" Idea Deaf Gives Away Hearing Aids FREE thanks to Starkey Hearing Foundation! tarkey Hearing Foundation Gives away 1,900 Hearing aids in Bohol Philippines. - [Bohol Deaf Festival](https://ideadeaf.org/bohol-deaf-festival/) - DEAF FESTIVAL BOHOL, PHILIPPINES It has been three years since the last Bohol Deaf Festival. On December 6 & 7 deaf children and adults from all over the island made their way to the Bohol Deaf Academy for the two days of fun, games, presentations and fellowship. For many of the youngsters this was the - [Hearing Aids Anyone?](https://ideadeaf.org/hearing-aids-anyone/) - We are so happy to welcome Dr. Gene Bukowski to Bohol. As a doctor of audiology and a board member of IDEA, Dr. Gene has taken a keen interest in helping us set up a complete audiology clinic. - [Adventure in Bohol](https://ideadeaf.org/adventure-in-bohol/) - ADVENTURE IN BOHOL Adventure Church team with teachers and students at Loon Central Elementary School, Bohol Philippines The youth from Adventure Community Church in Duvall Washington came to Bohol this past July. Shortly after the team arrived in Tagbilaran, they were asked what their expectations for the trip were. They responded that they only wanted - [Silent Sunday in Bohol](https://ideadeaf.org/silent-sunday-in-bohol/) - Silent Sunday in Bohol Tagbilaran City, Bohol has a pretty large Deaf community. By far, the majority of these deaf attend the Catholic Church as do about 90 % of all Filipinos outside of Southern and Central Mindanao. The other 10% of the population attend various Protestant churches. The Tiptip Deaf Church in Tagbilaran represents - [Deaf Labor Force](https://ideadeaf.org/deaf-labor-force/) - IDEA Philippines is able to employ more than 100 deaf men and women in its various EIGPs (Employment / Income Generating Projects), schools, and office. - [About BDA | Bohol Deaf Academy](https://ideadeaf.org/about-bda-bohol-deaf-academy/) - About BDA, Bohol Deaf Academy. It is a special place; a city on a hill with roads stretching and connecting people to education and opportunities. - [Academics](https://ideadeaf.org/academics/) - Olive Jane and Stephen are very proud of their “Rube Golberg Machine” they developed in physics class. - [New Editors / Contributors](https://ideadeaf.org/new-editors-contributors/) - New Editors / Contributors - [INTERPRETER’S TRAINING](https://ideadeaf.org/interpreters-training/) - 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. - [10th Anniversary at Tiptip Deaf Church](https://ideadeaf.org/10th-anniversary-at-tiptip-deaf-church/) - In 1991, missionaries Johnny and Veronica Dunnington opened the doors to the Tiptip Deaf Church. - [Waiting for his Turn...](https://ideadeaf.org/waiting-for-his-turn/) - 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. - [Idea Deaf Photo Gallery](https://ideadeaf.org/idea-deaf-photo-gallery/) - Idea Deaf Photo Gallery Bohol Philippines. photos of deaf children and idea deaf. - [Taking the Show on the Road](https://ideadeaf.org/taking-the-show-on-the-road/) - This year's vocational training at the Bohol Deaf Academy has gone to a whole new level. Every Wednesday and Friday our High School students are getting the opportunity to learn job skills that will help them to find employment for summer jobs and hopefully long term employment after they graduate. Part of the training for - [2014 Was A Year of Recovery, Rebuilding and Rejoicing](https://ideadeaf.org/2014-a-year-of-recovery-rebuilding-and-rejoicing/) - IDEA - A year in review - [Sagbayan Hope Village is Born](https://ideadeaf.org/sagbayan-hope-village-is-born/) - In December 2013 we received an email from members of the Major League Baseball Players Trust. They had heard about the earthquake on Bohol and wanted to help. Their generosity included money to repair four schools and to build 50 homes for victims who had lost their homes during the earthquake. - [YWAM Visitors Blessed With A New Perspective](https://ideadeaf.org/ywam-visitors-blessed-with-a-new-perspective/) - Here at IDEA we often have the opportunity to host visiting mission teams. On January 2, 2015, seven wide eyed visitors bounced down the runway at the Tagbilaran airport and right into our lives. This team of young adults is the first ASL (American Sign Language) team to be dispatched to the Philippines by YWAM (Youth With A Mission). - [Sure Catch Fishing Products Continues to Grow](https://ideadeaf.org/sure-catch-fishing-products-continues-to-grow/) - Deaf workforce in the Philippines group together into a very effective cooperative. The 55 member group is soon to grow to around 100. - [Budding Artists](https://ideadeaf.org/budding-artists/) - Sign Language is only one of the ways our students find their voice. Through art, dance, sports and vocational training our students constantly amaze us with their talents and abilities, displaying their hopes and dreams for all the world to see. - [Blown Away x 2](https://ideadeaf.org/blown-away-x-2/) - The rehabilitation of a deaf school in Ormoc a year and a half after typhoon Haiyan devastated the island of Leyte. - [Happy Smiles!](https://ideadeaf.org/happy-smiles/) - So many of our students would never have the opportunity to receive this quality of dental care. Through the generosity of these dentists and the sponsors who so graciously pay for them to be at IDEA's schools, they are able to receive not just an education, but care for their physical needs as well. - [Sweet Rewards](https://ideadeaf.org/sweet-rewards/) - One of sweetest rewards we can ever have here at IDEA is to know that we have trained our students well enough for them to be able to go out into mainstream business and secure employment! - [For Such A Time As This](https://ideadeaf.org/for-such-a-time-as-this/) - Everyone who comes through our clinic is impressed with what they see, including the level of training for all of the staff. It was on one of these visits from a group from CBM (Christian Blind Mission) a long time supporter, that we were given a grant to provide even more help to people in need. - [Loon’s New Dorm](https://ideadeaf.org/loons-new-dorm/) - Excitement is in the air! IDEA’s students living in Loon have had quite a few challenges over the last few years. They have been through the trauma of an earthquake, attended school in a tent for a year because their classrooms were unstable, had their tent classroom blown down by a helicopter and lived with - [Experiencing IDEA](https://ideadeaf.org/experiencing-idea/) - Jarred into a new consciousness visitors arrive here in Tagbilaran, Bohol feeling like they just got off a plane that dropped from the sky, our very short runway makes for some very dramatic endings! Full of shock and awe they work their way through the throng of overly helpful attendants trying to assist them with - [Rescued From Poverty](https://ideadeaf.org/rescued-from-poverty/) - When IDEA teachers and staff scout the island for deaf children, it’s not unusual for them to find kids living in very impoverished and remote areas. This year, Ethel Sacro’s situation was particularly heart wrenching. Many of our students live in some sort of dilapidated shack but Ethel’s family had only a damaged jeepney for shelter. They’d been living there for approximately 8 years. Her parents - [The Call of God](https://ideadeaf.org/the-call-of-god/) - The Dunningtons Inspiring Story Did you ever wonder when Jesus called the disciples to drop what they were doing and come follow Him what happened to all their stuff? Did they just leave their nets, boats, bait and every other thing they owned and walk away from it? It is a courageous few who are willing to heed the call of God and give up - [Changing Lives](https://ideadeaf.org/changing-lives/) - The Philippines is a land of stark contrasts, there are those that live in homes the size of resorts with servants and all the comforts one could dream of while right outside their gate are families living in bamboo shacks without electricity, running water, or food for each meal. At first sight it would be easy - [New Dormitory for the Deaf in Loon](https://ideadeaf.org/new-dormitory-for-the-deaf-in-loon/) - Three years after a 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck Bohol and damaged the dormitories housing our deaf students, the Loon Special Education (SPED) students have been provided with a fully furnished, two-story dormitory designed to withstand earthquakes. The memory of that traumatic earthquake is still fresh to all who lived through it, but we also remember - [BDA Intramurals](https://ideadeaf.org/bda-intramurals/) - Darkness faded away and the golden rays of the sun started to break out. The students jumped out of their beds in excitement as the days they have been preparing for had finally come – the Bohol Deaf Academy Intramurals. The beating of the snare drums and large plastic water tank (the students’ improvised drum) - [Incredible John](https://ideadeaf.org/incredible-john/) - In the midst of a busy morning in July, all of us stopped what we were doing as we saw John enter our IDEA office with his teacher. He looked very weak and pale. He was coughing and could barely get his feet moving. Our greeting, “How are you John,” went unanswered which was unusual - [Great Gathering In Montana](https://ideadeaf.org/great-gathering-in-montana/) - On March 7th, around 400 friends of IDEA gathered at the Billings Hotel in Billings, Montana for an evening of renewing old relationships and showing their support for the ministry of IDEA. Around 100 people in attendance had actually been to the islands of Bohol and Leyte as volunteers for IDEA over the years. Along - [Team Work – School Repairs](https://ideadeaf.org/team-work-school-repairs/) - On October 15 when the 7.2 earthquake hit the island of Bohol IDEA’s classrooms in Loon and Sagbayan took a beating. Walls and ceilings cracked, columns that held the walls cracked and made each of these rooms unsafe to occupy. Since that time our students have been meeting in tent classrooms. Up until now our - [Happily, “The Show Must Go On”](https://ideadeaf.org/happily-the-show-must-go-on/) - The school year in the Philippines is coming to an end and soon the students head home for a short summer vacation. It has been a very rough year with the earthquake and typhoon but spirits are high and the kids and IDEA staff are bouncing back. To prove this fact, our Bohol Deaf Academy - [Day After Christmas](https://ideadeaf.org/day-after-christmas/) - While most everyone was looking to take a holiday break the day after Christmas, nine selfless volunteers from Faith Academy ( a Christian international school located in Manila) decided to come down to Bohol to help out some of the earthquake victims. One of IDEA’s dorm mom’s home was totally destroyed during the earthquake on - [Carbon Footprint :-)](https://ideadeaf.org/carbon-footprint/) - we came up behind a form of public transportation known in the Philippines as a tricycle. Of course it is doubtful anyone on this joy ride was thinking about their CARBON FOOTPRINT. Looks like fun, doesn't it? - [God Bless This Home](https://ideadeaf.org/god-bless-this-home/) - You have to love these two photos. Do you remember the old song, “No Matter How Humble, There Is No Place Like Home”? These photos really hit the mark. A family of six live in this simple structure. Not only has this woman placed the beautiful sign on her tent home that she and her - [Bohol Deaf Academy Graduation 2014](https://ideadeaf.org/bohol-deaf-academy-graduation-2014/) - Nothing encapsulates the vision and mission of IDEA more than the graduation ceremonies at the Bohol Deaf Academy. This year we had one young man and 7 young women graduating. As is the custom here in the Philippines the ceremony included all of the necessary pomp and circumstance and attention to detail. What an honor - [Answered Prayer](https://ideadeaf.org/answered-prayer/) - Story of how IDEA helped another family left homeless by the earthquake on Bohol. - [Changing Lives in the Community](https://ideadeaf.org/changing-lives-in-the-community/) - IDEA works with the Municipality of Sagbayan to facilitate the construction of a subdivision for persons displaced by the October 15th earthquake. - [Back In the IDEA Shop](https://ideadeaf.org/back-in-the-idea-shop/) - IDEA's shop staff repair or make new furniture for the quake damaged classrooms - [Build Us Back](https://ideadeaf.org/build-us-back/) - Description of what the "build back" work that IDEA is carrying out on the islands of Bohol and Leyte. - [New Recruits](https://ideadeaf.org/new-recruits/) - The 2014 - 2015 school year begins for IDEA Philippines - [IDEA Honored as a Modern-Day Hero!](https://ideadeaf.org/idea-honored-as-a-modern-day-hero/) - IDEA PHILIPPINES WON THE NATIONAL MODERN-DAY HERO AWARD FOR THE INSTITUTIONAL CATEGORY! - [Vocational Training Takes on a New Look](https://ideadeaf.org/vocational-training-takes-on-a-new-look/) - Through the help of our skilled workers and BDA teachers each student is able to learn how to use the tools needed to do the job and actually work on projects that need done for IDEA. - [Determination At Its Finest](https://ideadeaf.org/determination-at-its-finest/) - Having a disability, lack of tools or even a typhoon are not about to stop these young men! Typhoon Haiyan left devastation to IDEA’s dormitory for the Deaf in Ormoc City. The boy’s room suffered the worst damage with the roof blown off and bringing the electrical wiring along with it. IDEA brought in a - [What is True Love?](https://ideadeaf.org/what-is-true-love/) - For the past eight weeks 30 of our deaf couples and many singles attended a weekly Marriage Class taught by Don and Marie Hewett, missionaries who have lived here in the Philippines for 15 years and have taught marriage seminars for years. - [The Fight Against Silence](https://ideadeaf.org/the-fight-against-silence/) - The rain is thundering down on the metal roof with a never ending throng of noise, and the air conditioner whirs away in the background making it next to impossible for the loud clanging of the alarm clock to seep into my consciousness. Once again I am late for an appointment because I didn’t hear - [IDEA’s Littlest Students](https://ideadeaf.org/ideas-littlest-students/) - This summer our teachers once again searched the hills on the Island of Bohol and identified 106 new deaf children. We held four orientation camps of which 57 of those children attended. To date we have 50 new students with 32 of them only 5 years old. This is the first year we’ve had so many this young, much to our delight. The - [IDEA Project Update 2016](https://ideadeaf.org/idea-project-update/) - Hello friends of IDEA, I have to apologize for not updating the website for the past five months. The fault really falls on my shoulders as we have been very busy plus some health issues that distracted me. 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Sponsor a ChildSupport the education of deaf children in - [Who We Are](https://ideadeaf.org/who-we-are/) - Who We AreReaching the Deaffor Christ by providing education, vocational training, & employment opportunities, and access to the Gospel to break cycles of isolation and poverty. Why IDEAOnly a small percent of Deaf children have access to signed education in the Philippines, as most are either unaware that education is possible for them or unable - [What We Do](https://ideadeaf.org/what-we-do/) - What We DoEducate, Employ, and EmpowerEnsuring that every individual has the opportunityto become all God has created them to be. EducateEvery Deaf child is born with God-given potential and dreams waiting to unfold. 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Provide NutritionEnsure our students have access to healthy meals by supplementing the food budget to meet rising costs. Give to this 21k need Empower Financial GrowthSupport our solar panel project, which will - [IDEA Founder and History](https://ideadeaf.org/who-we-are/idea-founder-and-history/) - Dennis Drake became interested in sign language while attending Montana State University where he received his Bachelor of Science degree in Film and Television Production, cinematographer. During one semester Dennis had what he deemed to be a particularly heavy academic load so decided to take a “light” elective course. He chose pottery and attended the - [Where IDEA is Serving](https://ideadeaf.org/who-we-are/where-idea-is-serving/) - Where IDEA is Serving - [How IDEA is Funded](https://ideadeaf.org/who-we-are/how-idea-is-funded/) - How IDEA is Funded. IDEA depends on the generosity of individuals. It is only through your kindness that we are able to reach out to the impoverished deaf children in the Philippines. - [About IDEA](https://ideadeaf.org/who-we-are/about-idea/) - About Idea Deaf Philippines - [Why IDEA](https://ideadeaf.org/who-we-are/why-idea/) - Why IDEA - [Deaf Education](https://ideadeaf.org/education/) - EDUCATION - In 1982, IDEA began its partnership with the Philippine Department of Education (DepEd) to establish special education classes for deaf students. - [Support a Deaf Teacher](https://ideadeaf.org/support-a-deaf-teacher/) - In the many years that IDEA has worked to help our deaf children have a bright future, we are honored to have produced deaf professionals with a passion for teaching. The majority of our deaf teachers were formerly IDEA-supported students and went through the same experiences as our deaf kids. They share a special connection - [About Child Sponsorship](https://ideadeaf.org/idea-deaf-sponsorship/) - DEAF SPONSORSHIP - IDEA offers you the opportunity to help a deaf child in the Philippines go to school and give them a hopeful and bright future. - [Community Development](https://ideadeaf.org/community-development/) - Community Development - [IDEA Deaf Festival](https://ideadeaf.org/idea-deaf-festival/) - Before IDEA was established, there was no deaf community in Bohol at all. Now, it is vibrant, thriving, and very much alive.IDEA hosts the Deaf Festival to celebrate the diversity, beauty, and strength of the deaf community. Deaf students, alumni, and workers from the islands of Bohol and Leyte, Philippines, gather to honor the incredible - [Sharing Jesus](https://ideadeaf.org/sharing-jesus/) - Sharing Jesus - [IDEA Philippines Spiritual Policy](https://ideadeaf.org/idea-philippines-spiritual-policy/) - IDEA Philippines Spiritual Policy - [Deaf Employment](https://ideadeaf.org/deaf-employment/) - Deaf Employment and Jobs for the deaf in the Philippines. Employment and Income Generating Projects or EIGPs - [Vocational Training](https://ideadeaf.org/vocational/) - Vocational - Kids need exposure to many different possibilities of livelihood before they find something that clicks for them. This is the approach we take at our private high school, Bohol Deaf Academy on the island of Bohol. - [Documentary and Other IDEA Related Videos](https://ideadeaf.org/documentary/) - Documentary - [Weathering the Storm](https://ideadeaf.org/weathering-the-storm/) - Like many organizations and businesses, IDEA and its Employment and Income Generating Projects have been severely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic but are doing their absolute best to weather this storm. Everyone at IDEA is being impacted in some way with many employees now working part-time or being temporarily furloughed along with most of the - [Sponsor A Child](https://ideadeaf.org/sponsor-a-child/) - [Sample](https://ideadeaf.org/sample/) - [Fly Tying](https://ideadeaf.org/fly-tying/) - This industry produces artificial fishing bait. Mart Lerma, also Deaf, leads this very industrious group of female workers in producing fishing flies and lures. 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[Michelle](https://ideadeaf.org/tag/michelle/) - [Taking the road to a hopeful future](https://ideadeaf.org/tag/taking-the-road-to-a-hopeful-future/) - [Building the dream](https://ideadeaf.org/tag/building-the-dream/) - [renovated Maasin dorm and classrooms](https://ideadeaf.org/tag/renovated-maasin-dorm-and-classrooms/) - [Mariel](https://ideadeaf.org/tag/mariel/) - [Witch Doctor Potion](https://ideadeaf.org/tag/witch-doctor-potion/) - [Another Generation](https://ideadeaf.org/tag/another-generation/) - [Gretchen](https://ideadeaf.org/tag/gretchen/) - [Lest we forget](https://ideadeaf.org/tag/lest-we-forget/) - [Tiptip Church](https://ideadeaf.org/tag/tiptip-church/) - [Faith Chapel Billings Montana](https://ideadeaf.org/tag/faith-chapel-billings-montana/) - [Educating educators](https://ideadeaf.org/tag/educating-educators/) - [DepEd](https://ideadeaf.org/tag/deped/) - [water is life](https://ideadeaf.org/tag/water-is-life/) - [water filter](https://ideadeaf.org/tag/water-filter/) - [Rico and Martha Arguelles](https://ideadeaf.org/tag/rico-and-martha-arguelles/) - [Silent Dreamer](https://ideadeaf.org/tag/silent-dreamer/) - [Jenny Rose Gratula](https://ideadeaf.org/tag/jenny-rose-gratula/) - [Mandy Harvey](https://ideadeaf.org/tag/mandy-harvey/) - [Newsletter Winter 2019](https://ideadeaf.org/tag/newsletter-winter-2019/) - [Celebrating Togetherness](https://ideadeaf.org/tag/celebrating-togetherness/) - [Deaf Festival 2018](https://ideadeaf.org/tag/deaf-festival-2018/) - [New covered court](https://ideadeaf.org/tag/new-covered-court/) - [Chuck and Francie Scheel Sports and Events Center](https://ideadeaf.org/tag/chuck-and-francie-scheel-sports-and-events-center/) - [Nurturing Hope](https://ideadeaf.org/tag/nurturing-hope/) - [Nancy Batoy](https://ideadeaf.org/tag/nancy-batoy/) - [Spring 2019 Fundraiser](https://ideadeaf.org/tag/spring-2019-fundraiser/) - [Hope Beyond Ignorance and Solitude](https://ideadeaf.org/tag/hope-beyond-ignorance-and-solitude/) - [Daryl Jay](https://ideadeaf.org/tag/daryl-jay/) - [Cultivating the Faith](https://ideadeaf.org/tag/cultivating-the-faith/) - [New Classrooms at BDA](https://ideadeaf.org/tag/new-classrooms-at-bda/) - [Bag Drive](https://ideadeaf.org/tag/bag-drive/) - [school bags and supplies](https://ideadeaf.org/tag/school-bags-and-supplies/) - [School bag campaign](https://ideadeaf.org/tag/school-bag-campaign/) - [BDA terraced gardens](https://ideadeaf.org/tag/bda-terraced-gardens/) - [Filipino](https://ideadeaf.org/tag/filipino/) - [Hope that Flourishes](https://ideadeaf.org/tag/hope-that-flourishes/) - [Setting the Bar](https://ideadeaf.org/tag/setting-the-bar/) - [Garden Cafe](https://ideadeaf.org/tag/garden-cafe/) - [When Silence Calls](https://ideadeaf.org/tag/when-silence-calls/) - [Unheard Of](https://ideadeaf.org/tag/unheard-of/) - [autobiography](https://ideadeaf.org/tag/autobiography/) - [SIP House](https://ideadeaf.org/tag/sip-house/) - [IDEA Staff Homes](https://ideadeaf.org/tag/idea-staff-homes/) - [Expanding Horizons for the Deaf](https://ideadeaf.org/tag/expanding-horizons-for-the-deaf/) - [mainstream employment](https://ideadeaf.org/tag/mainstream-employment/) - [Christmas Fund](https://ideadeaf.org/tag/christmas-fund/) - [Donate Old Tablets](https://ideadeaf.org/tag/donate-old-tablets/) - [Old Tablets](https://ideadeaf.org/tag/old-tablets/) - [Tablet Campaign](https://ideadeaf.org/tag/tablet-campaign/) - [Hanselben](https://ideadeaf.org/tag/hanselben/) - [Weathering the Storm](https://ideadeaf.org/tag/weathering-the-storm/) - [On the Job Training](https://ideadeaf.org/tag/on-the-job-training/) - [Sew Amazing](https://ideadeaf.org/tag/sew-amazing/) - [Eco-blocks](https://ideadeaf.org/tag/eco-blocks/) - [Rice and Ripples](https://ideadeaf.org/tag/rice-and-ripples/) - [Aloha to New Old Faces](https://ideadeaf.org/tag/aloha-to-new-old-faces/) - [When God Closes a Door](https://ideadeaf.org/tag/when-god-closes-a-door/) - [COVID-19](https://ideadeaf.org/tag/covid-19/) - [Josh Wilson Fundraiser Concert](https://ideadeaf.org/tag/josh-wilson-fundraiser-concert/) - [Organic Farm](https://ideadeaf.org/tag/organic-farm/) - [Kinabuhi farm](https://ideadeaf.org/tag/kinabuhi-farm/) - [Kahiki Cafe](https://ideadeaf.org/tag/kahiki-cafe/) - [Honu Coffee Bar](https://ideadeaf.org/tag/honu-coffee-bar/) - [Karakoa Chocolate](https://ideadeaf.org/tag/karakoa-chocolate/) - [Winning His Dreams](https://ideadeaf.org/tag/winning-his-dreams/) - [Digital Learning](https://ideadeaf.org/tag/digital-learning/) - [Making Way for Digital Learning](https://ideadeaf.org/tag/making-way-for-digital-learning/) - [Typhoon Odette](https://ideadeaf.org/tag/typhoon-odette/) - [Relief Operation](https://ideadeaf.org/tag/relief-operation/) - [Odette response](https://ideadeaf.org/tag/odette-response/) - [odette recovery](https://ideadeaf.org/tag/odette-recovery/) - [typhoon response](https://ideadeaf.org/tag/typhoon-response/) - [emergency shelter](https://ideadeaf.org/tag/emergency-shelter/) - [transitional shelter](https://ideadeaf.org/tag/transitional-shelter/) - [typhoon recovery](https://ideadeaf.org/tag/typhoon-recovery/) - [typhoon odette response](https://ideadeaf.org/tag/typhoon-odette-response/) - [deaf graduates](https://ideadeaf.org/tag/deaf-graduates/) - [graduation 2022](https://ideadeaf.org/tag/graduation-2022/) - [A New Home for Rhejie](https://ideadeaf.org/tag/a-new-home-for-rhejie/) - [Christmas 2022](https://ideadeaf.org/tag/christmas-2022/) - [deaf students](https://ideadeaf.org/tag/deaf-students/) - [school for the deaf](https://ideadeaf.org/tag/school-for-the-deaf/) - [BDA dormitory](https://ideadeaf.org/tag/bda-dormitory/) - [IDEA Update](https://ideadeaf.org/tag/idea-update/) - [James Movius](https://ideadeaf.org/tag/james-movius/) - [James in Bohol](https://ideadeaf.org/tag/james-in-bohol/) - [James visit to IDEA](https://ideadeaf.org/tag/james-visit-to-idea/) - [Promising Future](https://ideadeaf.org/tag/promising-future/) - [BDA's New Dorm](https://ideadeaf.org/tag/bdas-new-dorm/) - [One Step Closer](https://ideadeaf.org/tag/one-step-closer/) - [Help us Build this Dream](https://ideadeaf.org/tag/help-us-build-this-dream/) - [testimony](https://ideadeaf.org/tag/testimony/) - [Back on Track](https://ideadeaf.org/tag/back-on-track/) - [The Heart of IDEA](https://ideadeaf.org/tag/the-heart-of-idea/) - [New Leader of Idea](https://ideadeaf.org/tag/new-leader-of-idea/) - [Share the Joy of Giving](https://ideadeaf.org/tag/share-the-joy-of-giving/) - [Christmas Shopping 2023](https://ideadeaf.org/tag/christmas-shopping-2023/) - [Christmas 2023](https://ideadeaf.org/tag/christmas-2023/) - [Deaf festival 2024](https://ideadeaf.org/tag/deaf-festival-2024/) - [deaf festival](https://ideadeaf.org/tag/deaf-festival/) - [Leyte visit](https://ideadeaf.org/tag/leyte-visit/) - [LIAD](https://ideadeaf.org/tag/liad/) - [multipurpose covered court](https://ideadeaf.org/tag/multipurpose-covered-court/) - [Leyte Island Association for the Deaf](https://ideadeaf.org/tag/leyte-island-association-for-the-deaf/) - [Spring 2024](https://ideadeaf.org/tag/spring-2024/) - [Strengthening bonds](https://ideadeaf.org/tag/strengthening-bonds/) - [Beyond Limits](https://ideadeaf.org/tag/beyond-limits/) - [Waves of Hope](https://ideadeaf.org/tag/waves-of-hope/) - [Thank you mBridgeGlobal](https://ideadeaf.org/tag/thank-you-mbridgeglobal/) - [Help Us Change Lives](https://ideadeaf.org/tag/help-us-change-lives/) - [Deaf graduate](https://ideadeaf.org/tag/deaf-graduate/) - [John Lee](https://ideadeaf.org/tag/john-lee/) - [Parent's Testimony](https://ideadeaf.org/tag/parents-testimony/) - [BDA Graduation 2024](https://ideadeaf.org/tag/bda-graduation-2024/) - [Success Story](https://ideadeaf.org/tag/success-story/)