#SignYourName: Raising Deaf Awareness
Two organizations launched the #SignYourNameChallenge project to raise awareness about deafness and sign language rights in Rwanda.
What do we do
Outreach activities
Project Funding & Support
Resource Center
Capacity Building
Training of Trainers
Professional Development
Read our Stories
What a volunteer should not do
Watch a former President tell about his experience working with a volunteer that ended in a conflict.
Lessons learned through Travel – Thank you but no thank you?
Typically when you travel to another country with different norms than yours, you learn lessons the hard way.
Habel Ouma: Deaf Rights Advocacy in Kenya
Habel Ouma, Deaf rights advocate in Kenya, promotes deaf education & employment, justice for gender-based violence, & sign interpreting.
We partner with Deaf Communities internationally to mobilize their capabilities, skills and resources to achieve their human rights through accessible communication and education.
Find Resources
Raising Awareness for Deaf Workers
A series of public service announcements on U.S. media educate people about workers with disabilities and raising awareness for deaf workers.
Sign Language in Deaf Education
Colin Allen, president of the World Federation of the Deaf, speaks about the importance of sign language in Deaf education.
Hard of hearing youth: Organizing internationally for rights
The International Federation of Hard of Hearing Young People (IFHOHYP) promotes inclusion & rights for hard of hearing youth around the world.
Deaf and disability in the media: Representation and inclusion
Explains why deaf and disabled people rarely appear in the media and why that should change. Provides recommendations on how to change it.
Meet Our Partners
Watch Webcasts
International Volunteer Work: Considerations entering a community overseas as a Deaf woman
Norma discusses considerations entering a community overseas as a Deaf woman, as a Deaf person and then when there, how to work well with people you are there to assist.
International Missionary Work: How we are walking on holy ground when entering Deaf communities
Dr. Kirk VanGilder explains many points about how we are walking on holy ground when entering Deaf communities in another country.
Universal Design for Learning for Deaf Students
Dr. Christina Yuknis, an associate professor at Gallaudet University, discusses Universal Design for Learning in a hearing classroom for deaf children.