IDEAL

Happy 97th Birthday to our Iconic civil rights advocate Dr. Martin Luther Kind Jr. May his work and legacy resonate from our founder Mr. Niyongabo and all those who have contributed to the past and future of this organization.

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Humphrey Fellowship Program 2023-2024 | Call for Applications | Closing: June 30, 2022 Humphrey Fellowship Program 2023-2024 Call for Applications U.S. Mission Uganda is now accepting applications for the 2023 Hubert H. Humphrey

New scholarship opportunity: If you are qualified, please let us know if you need support in applying to this prestigious program:

Download Program Brochure | Master of Arts in Peace and Justice - Joan B. Kroc School of Peace Studies - University of San Diego ​

We had fun in San Diego fundraising this weekend. With help from volunteers and friends, we were able to raise enough funds to extend two scholarship for Deaf Children in East Africa. We will be sharing more updates on success stories and impact made through our small scholarship program. Thank you for continuing to support our work.

To every donor and volunteer who contributed to the success of our IDEAL scholarship program, we thank you from the bottom of our heart. Please do take some time to read our end of the year newsletter with highlights some of our success stories. Thank you.

Big Year for IDEAL! | International Deaf Education, Advocacy & Leadership Big Year for IDEAL! Nov 29, 2018 | 0 comments Put your hands in the air for Francis and the GBCZ team! Incase you missed the buzz, Give Back to Community Zambia (GBCZ) and Zambia Deaf Youth & Women (ZDYW) hosted the first ever Zambia Deaf Leadership Summit to garner support for building a school for...

We would like to express our profound gratitude to those who donated to Isidore Niyongabo and Francis Refan Phiri' campaigns that will benefit our programs. We look forward to reaching the goals of $2,000 so we can give computers and additional support to several of our College students. If you would like to support us independently, you can do so by going to our website at

International Deaf Education, Advocacy & Leadership Empowering deaf youth around the world. Since 2011, we've supported and empowered deaf children and youth around the world through human rights advocacy and the promotion of education, empowerment and leadership. Our Causes Local Deaf Children Advocacy We support Deaf and Hearing parents who have ch...

We are excited for this year's campaign and we are grateful for all our sponsors past, current and present. Today our deepest gratitudes goes to Francis Refan Phiri, our partner who set up a fundraising campaign on behalf of IDEAL. With his support we are nearly reaching $500 and that is 1000 we have already reached with the matching from Facebook and PayPal. If you would like to set up a campaign for IDEAL, we will greatly appreciate that.

We are thankful to everyone who have selected IDEAL as their charity of choice through the Amazon.Smile program so that the 0.5% of your purchase can contribute to our programs, specifically our scholarship that is now supporting more than 10 children and youth since its establishment two years ago. We hope that many of you will add us whenever making your purchases through Amazon, especially as you shop for the holidays. Our link is:https://smile.amazon.com/ch/47-4306053. With love and gratitude from all of us at IDEAL.

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We wanted to share with you all our founder’s life journey that was featured by Convo at Southern California event:

SoCal Stories | With a Cause - Isidore Niyongabo - Convo These stories tell us of struggle, tears, joy, and triumph. Together, we can make a better future. Watch all 15 SoCal Stories at convorelay.com/socal.

As we celebrate the 28th anniversary of the signing of the American With Disability Act (ADA), we are grateful for all the pioneers who championed this cause and those who continue to fight to maintain it. Alongside many Deaf and Hard of Hearing people, we are grateful for the opportunity for the ability to navigate through this works with accessible communication under ADA’s protection of our rights.

Been wondering what we have been up to lately, check out our 2018 newsletter with some updates: http://realideal.org/newsletter-2018/. We are immeasurably grateful to all those of you who have supported us from day one and continue to support our causes.

IDEAL Newsletter – 2018 | International Deaf Education, Advocacy & Leadership