Liliane Foundation does not help these students directly, but through projects that they help guide with appropriate funding and best practices.  In Bohol, one of these projects is managed by the International Deaf Education Association (IDEA), a residential school program for 360 deaf students ages 6 through 25, kindergarten through High School.  Liliane Foundation sponsors over 20 of these children—support which their parents and the government are unable to provide.  This sponsorship provides necessities such as food, dormitory care, books, transportation, and basic medical and dental care.  And of course—education.   Education for these children, not only means a way to access a wider world, but also a way to interact and become part of it too.   Without Liliane Foundation, these children would spend their life in mental isolation.

IDEA is grateful to Lilliane Foundation for the many years of cooperation and guidance they have shared with us and the deaf students of Bohol.  Without this partnership, many bright, capable children would have no access to their full potential.