Ways to Help Deaf People in Developing Countries

• Supporting the training of members of an association of the deaf in Uganda to become sign language trainers
• Helping deaf people in Jamaica who wish to teach deaf children, to develop the skills needed to enter teachers' college
• supporting a deaf Iraqi association in its teaching of sewing

Foundations Providing Assistance

Some foundations have programs to aid deaf students from other countries. One well-known foundation is the Nippon Foundation. This foundation supports deaf international students at both Gallaudet University and the National Technical Institute for the Deaf. For example, at Gallaudet the Nippon Foundation sponsors the Sasakawa International Scholarship. Another scholarship program at Gallaudet is the World Deaf Leadership Scholarship, which aids deaf students with the expectation that they will return to their countries to become leaders of the deaf community there. A similar scholarship, Ryoichi Sasakawa Scholarship, is sponsored at NTID.