Less than two per cent of the world’s 34 million deaf children have access to learning in sign language, and 95% of these children encounter sign language for the first time only when they begin school.
Addressing this critical inequity, a 33-month project multi-country initiative was launched in Kenya this April. The initiative operates on dual tracks: researching the impact of sign language-rich learning environments while simultaneously investigating the complex factors that enable or impede scaling this impact across Kenya, Malawi, and Rwanda.