Project OverviewProject Overview

Office of International Programs and Services -Center for Global Education

Gallaudet University‘Bunmi Aina, Director

International Deaf Leadership Training ProgramInternational Deaf Leadership Training Program

Project DescriptionProject Description

Training in leadership to promote leadership ability in Deaf communities in the developing world with a view to fostering effective advocacy for self-sustenance and empowerment.

Guiding PrinciplesGuiding Principles

Persons with disability understand their issues better than anyone.

To develop strategies for addressing issues, the acquisition of relevant skills is a sine qua non.

Project Goals IProject Goals I

Facilitate leadership development among Deaf Cameroonians, Ghanaians and Nigerians:

Maintaining functional and effective national, regional, and local deaf organizations with viable leadership;

Developing inter- and intra-organizational communications and networking strategies; Advocating for empowerment; and

Developing strategic action and follow-up implementation plans.

Direct Outcomes AnticipatedDirect Outcomes Anticipated

Acquisition of strategic planning knowledge

Development of strategic plans Inter-and intra-organizational

communication and networking Effective advocacy for self-sustenance

and empowerment Develop an action plan to improve

performance in the organization

Current StatusCurrent Status

100 Deaf Cameroonian, Ghanaian and Nigerian leaders identified and invited

– Leadership defined by official responsibility in Deaf organizations such as:

• National Associations of the Deaf• Deaf Women organizations• Deaf educational organizations• Deaf health organizations• Deaf sports organizations

SchedulesSchedules

Workshop Delivery Date December 18-23 2005

Follow-up periods of 6 months spread over 2-years, beginning in July 2006.

Annual follow-ups from July 2008 to July 2010 – end of a 5-year strategic plan

period.

Team/ResourcesTeam/Resources

3 African Gallaudet faculty and staff; 1 African, UK-based non-Gallaudet person.

All possess extensive backgrounds in:

– administration;– advocacy;– accounting;– community development;– Deaf women issues; and – international development.

Team/ResourcesTeam/Resources

1 remunerated administrative consultant based in Nigeria to complete:– Hotel reservations– Hotel registration formalities– Training site reservations and arrangements– In-country travel arrangements for Training

Team– Disposable training equipment purchase and

delivery– Miscellaneous administrative functions

Benefits of New ProceduresBenefits of New Procedures

Focus on the developing world addresses the needs of Deaf people where most felt.

Deaf communities in some Latin American countries have sent requests for similar programs to be delivered.

Current StatusCurrent Status

We are on track in terms of– Completing curriculum– Orienting the trainers to the culture – Notifying trainees regarding their

acceptance– Developing plans for sustainability– Developing a dissemination strategy

Further InformationFurther Information

Any questions or for further information, contact:

– ‘Bunmi Aina, Director Office of Internaitonal Programs and Services – Center for Global Education at Bunmi.Aina@gallaudet.edu

or(202) 651-5815 (V/TTY)

or via Sorenson Video Relay Service at 1-866-327-

8877 ext (202) 651-5816