Asia & the Pacific

A tactile lesson felt from Perkins to Vietnam
A teacher and student sit at a table, communicating with tactile sign language.
March 6, 2020
Through the Perkins International Educational Leadership Program, one educator from the southeast Asian nation is becoming part of #ThePerkinsEffect
Japanese school enlists Perkins to help transform deafblind education across country
A teacher works with a young student while a group of visiting educators from Japan look on.
August 5, 2019
Yokohama Christian School for the Blind has been working with Perkins International as part of a research project around deafblind education.
The right to learn
Head shot of Michael Delaney in front of the Perkins globe.
April 30, 2018
Perkins International is partnering with governments to ensure more children with disabilities receive the education they deserve.
ELP graduate honored for transformative leadership
Xiaguang Peng, holding flowers and the award, poses with Lisa Jacobs and Michael Delaney.
January 29, 2018
Xiaguang Peng, who helped expand multiple disability education in China, receives Howe-Fisher Founders Award.
Perkins International trains special educators in Indonesia to better reach students
Lina Kurniati, a teacher from Indonesia, poses against a railing on the Perkins campus.
January 10, 2018
Teachers in Southeast Asia gain new perspective on all that children with multiple disabilities are capable of.
Perkins International wins web award
Five members of the ELP Class of 2017.
October 27, 2017
ELP Community earns praise for connecting hundreds of teachers around globe.
Global Goal
Four educators from around the world collaborate in front of a laptop computer.
October 6, 2017
Inside Perkins International’s bold new plan to reach 6 million children around the world.
5 fun facts about the ELP Class of 2018
Members of the ELP Class of 2018 don blindfolds during an orientation and mobility exercise.
September 28, 2017
One is a musician, another commutes by boat – all share a passion for educating children with multiple disabilities.
Global training team visits Perkins
Educators from China, Egypt and Bulgaria work together using a laptop computer.
July 14, 2017
Experts from 16 countries to teach Perkins International Academy courses around the world.
Perkins launches global teacher training program
Perkins President and CEO Dave Power and Perkins International Executive Director Michael Delaney outside the United Nations before the launch of Perkins International Academy.
June 14, 2017
Perkins International Academy unveiled at United Nations in effort to train 1 million special educators by 2030.

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