Deaf friendly textbooks in Philippines

I’ve been a bit quiet of late – but I should have lots to blog about in the future as I am very busy working with our colleagues in Kenya on plans for reaching families with deaf children across 5 different districts.

On a totally separate and very interesting note – one of our small projects in Philippines recently sent us a project update report. They have been working to produce new deaf-friendly versions of the elementary school textbooks – 2 on English, 1 on Science and 1 on Mathematics. The books are heavily illustrated and have simplified language to make them ultra accessible. The interesting response from the testing that has been done on these is that both hearing and deaf students found them more useful. So it just goes to show – education materials that are more accessible are more accessible for every one. Just another reason why, in continuation from my previous post, that education for all really does benefit all children!

You can find out more about the work we’re funding in Philippines by linking to our website.