There are around 1 million deaf people in Europe, facing a much lower employment rate and participation rate in higher education than non-disabled people. The main reason is the lack of quality and continuous education available in sign language. Therefore, deaf people earn a significantly lower income, and suffer from social exclusion and isolation.
The integration of deaf people in society is one of the principles of the UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities and the objective of the EC’s 2010-2020 Disability Strategy.
The objective of the project is to replicate via franchise all over Europe our successful business model, so that more people can benefit from our 13 years of experience and innovation in sign language education, deaf people empowerment through better access to qualified work, and deafness issues awareness among employers and in society.
The work done during Phase 1 has proven the feasibility of the project, so we will continue with Phase 2.