IDEA envisions a society in which the Deaf in the Philippines enjoy social and economic equality, exchanging isolation for community, servitude for self-reliance. Our mission is to foster self-reliance by providing academic, vocational, physical, spiritual, and economic opportunities for deaf children, adults, and families. 

IDEA is funded through donations, contributions, and grants. Its ability to expand is limited only by  funding and personnel. 

IDEA is a nonprofit foundation that is working to educate impoverished and neglected deaf children in the Philippines. Thousands of deaf children are able to attend IDEA supported special education classes on the islands of Bohol and Leyte. This is mainly made possible through a sponsorship program by which American or European families and individuals financially support the schooling of a student assigned to them.