Projects

2024 saw the start of a collaboration between Kentalis International Foundation and RIP-EPT, an organization from Côte d'Ivoire dedicated to make education accessible to all. Together, we started a train-the-trainer project focused on teaching deaf children how to read.

In September 2024, we started an applied research project as partners in a consortium with Busara Center for Behavioral Economics and eKitabu, Kenya. The project focuses on early childhood care and education and aims to research and strenghten language development and school readiness among young deaf children.

In 2024, Kentalis International Foundation first started working in Cameroon in collaboration with local partner organization Cameroon Baptist Convention Health Services (CBCHS). CBCHS had reached out to us regarding their concern around literacy skills in learners with hearing loss. Together, we work on building capacity among professionals in the field of deaf education.

Kentalis International Foundation continues its efforts to support deaf education in Zambia, building on previous projects to enhance teaching practices. In 2024, we introduced the Video Interaction Guidance (VIG) method, which focuses on improving teachers' communication skills by providing a feedback tool that uses video analysis.

In Uganda, deaf secondary-level students have two options: attend a school for the Deaf or be included in mainstream schools. However, there has been a gap in specialized teacher training for deaf education at the secondary school level. To address this, Kentalis International Foundation is supporting the development of a Bachelor's and postgraduate course on inclusive deaf education.

This section features several of our completed projects in the past. It shows the broad range of experience Kentalis International Foundation has built when it comes to knowledge exchange in the field of deaf education, diagnostics, and care.