by Paige Stringer | Jun 7, 2012 | audiology, deaf education, developing countries, early intervention, global foundation, Guatemala, hearing loss, teacher training
Last Saturday, I sat in a small room in Xela, Guatemala with the principals of five different schools for the deaf. The purpose of the meeting was to introduce the model of professional development and training that the Global Foundation For...
by Paige Stringer | May 30, 2012 | audiology, developing countries, global foundation, hearing loss, teacher training, Vietnam, World Health Organization
The famous adage “Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day…teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime” suggests that it is more worthwhile to teach someone to do something, than to do something for them. Our Vietnam Deaf...
by Paige Stringer | May 15, 2012 | audiology, deaf education, developing countries, early intervention, global foundation, hearing loss, inclusive education, speech pathology, teacher training, Vietnam
We’re two months away from the first day of our third summer training program in Vietnam. Our volunteer team of 18 speech and hearing and deaf education professionals have brought such creativity, commitment, and synergy to the process over...
by Paige Stringer | Jul 3, 2010 | deaf education, developing countries, global foundation, teacher training, Vietnam
I arrived in Vietnam full of anticipation. As we snaked our way from the airport through Ho Chi Minh City and out to the countryside of Binh Duong province, I just had to slide open the windows of the van despite the sweltering temperature. I needed to soak up the...
