Deaf Defy provides direct services to Deaf and hard of hearing children living in refugee camps and areas of conflict. We define “areas of conflict” as any region suffering from man-made conflict. We work with kids aged 3yrs to 19yrs and provide sign language services to entire families. And yes, our language services are always provided in the local sign language of the region!

Young patient in Baqa'a Refugee Camp practices changing the battery in his new hearing aid.
Unable to benefit from hearing aids due to her severe microtia, this little girl spent her appointment working with our language specialist instead.
A young Deafblind patient in Sulaymaniyah, Iraq waits for his appointment to begin.
Palestinian refugee in Tripoli, Lebanon works with language specialist Gregory Perez. Her brand new hearing aid with pink molds is visible in the foreground.
A young patient in Erbil, Iraq receives care from Dr. Sarah Sparks and Richard Bicbic.
Participants in our Camp Deaf Defy program pose for a picture while working on their STEM project!
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Deaf children wait for their appointments in a Jordanian refugee camp.
In Sour, Lebanon, a refugee in active transit clutches her new sign language coloring book.
Richard Bicbic adjusts the hearing aids of a teen patient
Gregory Perez works with a Syrian refugee at our makeshift clinic in Lebanon.
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Zaineb Abdulla works on literacy and language with a pair of Deaf siblings in a Tripoli, Lebanon refugee camp.
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A young Palestinian refugee in Lebanon receives hearing aids with bright green ear molds!
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Dr. Tasnim Hamza examines a patient in a refugee camp just outside Beirut.
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An internally displaced Iraqi child is treated by Dr. Olivia Dion.
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Kurdish participants in our Camp Deaf Defy program work on their "I Have a Future" art projects.