MNI Stories

A group of approximately 30 women stand in rows, posing with a large poster in Nepali.

MNI Works with Nawalparasi Association of the Deaf in Nepal, South Asia

MNI staff works with the Nawalparasi Association of the Deaf in Nepal, South Asia, to observe and assist with their empowerment training workshop.

Screen shot of video featuring Wadud, a Deaf Bangladesh leader. We see Wadud seated, facing the camera.

Wadud, Deaf Bangladesh leader and supervisor

Watch as Deaf Bangladesh leader, Wadud, explains his family business and his role in a local self-help organization, the Saidpur Deaf Club.

Power of Empowerment

Empowering deaf women in Africa – what happens?

Sign Language and Deaf Education in South Africa

Ayanda Ntukwana at Sign Language Education and Development (SLED) shares her experience in Deaf education in South Africa.

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Deaf International Development Professionals: Joshua Josa

Watch Joshua Josa, a Deaf man, explain how he started his career in the international development field. In ASL with English captions.

Photo of a woman making the "I love you" hand shape.

Dulamsuren Jigjid: Mongolian Deaf Leader

Mongolian Deaf leader Dulamsuren Jigjid shares her story of how she became an empowered Deaf woman leader. She is advancing disability rights in Mongolia.

At the left side, a man looks at the camera while signing "information". At the right side, a woman facing the camera is also signing. In the middle, the text says "Sign Your Name Challenge".

#SignYourName: Raising Deaf Awareness

Two organizations launched the #SignYourNameChallenge project to raise awareness about deafness and sign language rights in Rwanda.

Lessons learned through Travel – Thank you but no thank you?

Typically when you travel to another country with different norms than yours, you learn lessons the hard way.

Deaf Accessibility in India

Thusar and Babloo talks about accessibility for deaf people in India

Have you ever assumed wrong? I did…

I looked at the seven statues of St. John on the shelf and asked them all for help. I had made it clear earlier that this money was theirs to spend as they wanted, so I had to shut up and be disappointed seeing them buy paper goods that would be used once and tossed away…for what?

Screen shot from video on the Afro-Costa Rican community in Limón, Costa Rica.

Asociación Sordos Limón: Afro-Costa Rican Deaf

Asociación Sordos Limón describes the lives of Deaf Afro-Costa Ricans and compares them to the habitants of the capital city — San José.

Screenshot of a video in which a man is seated in front of a green background, signing to the camera. English captions are at the bottom of the screen.

Hearing and Deaf Kids Connecting

In one school in Zimbabwe, Africa, hearing students and deaf students didn’t interact. But one day, that changed–hearing and deaf kids connected.