Sound Seekers (The Commonwealth Society for the Deaf) delivers practical solutions to support people with hearing loss realise their rights by enabling access to healthcare and education.
Hearing loss can be both a cause and effect of poverty. To combat this, we work to secure the future of people with hearing loss in some of the poorest communities of the developing world.
We currently have partnership projects in Cameroon, Malawi, Sierra Leone, The Gambia and Zambia.
Watch 88 year old John hear again in Zambia
Who we help
Innocent from Blantyre in Malawi lost most of his hearing through malaria and was starting to withdraw and fail at school. We fitted him with hearing aids, and he started laughing and responding straight away. He’s now back at school and thriving.
