What happened in 2017
Leo: Garden Café’s 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
what happened in 2016
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
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
what happened in 2015
Blown Away x 2
Here we are a year and a half later, blown away again by the generosity of CBM (Christian Blind Mission) who provided us a grant to rebuild each of the damaged classrooms for the elementary, high school classrooms and dormitory.
what happened in 2014
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
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Build Us Back
Who would of thought that an earthquake and a typhoon could have been one of the best things that could happen? There have been some amazing silver linings in the midst of all this destruction.
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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.