Our work focuses on ensuring that people with deafblindness are able to access education, healthcare and the means to earn a living, so that they can thrive and live life to their full potential.
Early intervention
Helping early identification of infants with deafblindness
Inclusive education
Supporting children with deafblindness to receive a quality education
Vocational training
Enabling young people with deafblindness to establish a livelihood
Advocacy & research
Ensuring lasting change for people with deafblindness
Early intervention
84,000 children
around the world were screened for sight and hearing impairments last year.
Inclusive education
5,500 children
with deafblindness received specialist educational support at home or at school last year.
Vocational training
945 young people
with deafblindness gained vocational skills to find work or establish a livelihood last year.
Advocacy & research
304 decision-makers
were trained on deafblindness last year, including government officials and community leaders.
Our work
We work to identify children with deafblindness as early as possible in life so that, with the right support, they are able to thrive.
We also improve access to quality education and vocational training so that children and young people with deafblindness can become independent, establish a livelihood, and meet their full potential.
Our work takes a rights-based approach. We support people with deafblindness and their families to challenge stigma, discrimination and other barriers that exist within society so that their rights are recognised and realised – now and in the future.