Stories

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.

Lionel Smith Interview by Broad Street Media in Barbados
Watch an interview with Lionel Smith, who was president of the New Life Deaf Club in Barbados from 2013 to 2018. Shows history of the club.

Establishing a Deaf School in Ethiopia: How it Was Done
First, his Deaf Center taught sign language to deaf people. Next, the government established a deaf school. Read how it was done.

I Was Laughed At For My Disability, Until I Became A UN Volunteer
Rupmani Chhetri is the first Deaf woman from India to become an international UN volunteer. Read her story about her work in Ukraine.

Power of Empowerment
Empowering deaf women in Africa – what happens?

Deaf Women Leaders in Ghana, Africa: Empowerment, Advancement
Deaf women leaders are active in Ghana. And they are helping other deaf women learn to be leaders too. Watch interview of two leaders.

Local University in Zambia to Accept Deaf Law Students
Frank Musukwa explains how Deaf organizations in Zambia advocated with local universities to ask them to enroll Deaf law students.

Don’t give “Nana Gifts”
Lesson learned? Ask people want they want and need. Imagine how excited your home community will be knowing that they are collecting goods which will be appreciated and used to make a real difference in people’s lives. Don’t send “Nana gifts.” Ask first.

Susana Stiglich: Finding Sign Language, Becoming an Educator
Susana Stiglich, who is now a university professor and consultant in Peru, shares her life story as a Deaf woman.

MNI Partner Organizations Celebrate the International Week of the Deaf 2018
Deaf organizations around the world including MNI partner organizations celebrate the International Week of the Deaf!

Letting deaf people be the leaders
Clarissa from Macau talks about a problem we see worldwide – deaf people not having the chance to lead.

Never Met Another Deaf Person: Deaf Children, Remote Villages
Deaf children and families living in remote villages in Ghana had never met another deaf person. Robert Sampana transformed their lives.