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	This song is called "We're Going To Be Friends" and it is sung by the group named White Stripes. The video was produced by D-PAN, the Deaf Professional Arts Network. To see more D-PAN videos, please visit: www.d-pan.org Here are the words to the song: Fall is here, hear the yell, back to school, ring the bell, brand new shoes, walking blues, climb the fence, books and pens I can tell that we're going to be friends Walk with me, Suzy Lee, through the park and by the tree. we will rest upon the ground and look at all the bugs we found then safely walk to school without a sound. Well here we are, no one else, we walked to school all by ourselves there's dirt on our uniforms from chasing all the ants and worms we clean up and now its time to learn Numbers, letters, learn to spell nouns, and books, and show and tell at playtime we will throw the ball back to class, through the hall teacher marks our height against the wall And we don't notice any time pass we don't notice anything we sit side by side in every class teacher thinks that I sound funny but she likes the way you sing Tonight I'll dream while I'm in bed when silly thoughts go through my head about the bugs and alphabet and when I wake tomorrow I'll bet that you and I will walk together again cause I can tell that we're going to be friends
	Yerko Difonis is a high school student who is partially deaf and legally blind. He was born in the country of Chile. He and his family moved to the U. S, and he attended school for many years in the state of New York. He moved back to Chile and is living there now. Yerko has a talent for playing music. He is a gifted pianist. He started playing the piano when he was only six years old. Recently, he was in a television talent contest in Chile. It is called, "Talento Chileno". He played a piece of music that he wrote himself. It is called, "Flying High". In this video, you can watch Yerko’s performance on "Talento Chileno".
	This video comes from the city of Hong Kong. Hong Kong is a very large city on the eastern side of China. In the video, a girl named Kylie Lee shows us how to count to 10 in Hong Kong Sign Language.
;	Rohana Special School SRI LANKA Rohana Special School was founded in 1963 by Venerable Naradde Vedananda Thero, a Buddhist monk who had a vision of providing society’s outcasts with formal education. He wanted them to have education equal to the standards that more-privileged students had. Today, the school has more than 120 pupils, ages 6-20, who are enrolled in Grades 1 through 11 and O-Level. More than 70 of them live in newly refurbished hostel buildings. The school is located in Matara on Sri Lanka’s southern coast. The school’s web site is: http://www.rohanaspecialschool.org

Holy Land Institute for the Deaf Salt, Jordan This video from Explore.org shows a visit to the school located in Salt, Jordan. The man in the video is Brother Andrew de Carpentier. He gives a tour of the school and discusses the high rate of genetic deafness in the country of Jordan. He introduces us to 2 sisters who are both deaf. One sister is studying to take her entrance exams to university. Brother Andrew talks about the school’s vocational training program. The school feels that it is good for the students to study to go to university, but it is also good to know a skill or trade to use to get a job. The school has 7 or 8 different vocational program. He shows us the beautiful woodwork made by the students at the school. The woodwork made at the school is sold. It is good for the students to see that their work has value. The school teaches its students that they all have a mission in the world. They were put here on Earth by God for a purpose.
	Deaf Association of the State of Tamaulipas School for Deaf Children in Rio Bravo The school is called: Mexico, Centros Cristianos para Sordosmudos. A.C. (Mexico, Christian Centers for Deaf Persons, Civil Association). Alonso, Carlos Manuel and Marcelo are teaching Mexican sign language both to deaf people and teachers. They were using American Sign Language. Currently they are improving and learning Mexican sign language. The school is called: Mexico, Centros Cristianos para Sordosmudos. A.C. (Mexico, Christian Centers for Deaf People, Civil Association). Translated into English by Heidi Rauch
	This video comes from the country of Nepal. A charity in the UK works closely with the Bhairahawa School for the Deaf. The charity, The Esther Benjamins Trust, has helped this school build new classrooms, pays for scholarships for the students in need, and provides volunteers to work with the children. In this video, two volunteers from the UK teach the students how to make mosaics. The volunteers’ names are Camille Kinchin and Holly Wheaton. Holly and Camille want to teach the students a new skill that will help them earn money in the future.
	This video was made by students at the Kentucky School for the Deaf (KSD) in Danville, Kentucky, USA. The students tell the history of the school. KSD was founded in 1823, and it was the first state-supported school for the deaf in the United States. Danville is located in central Kentucky in the "Bluegrass" area that is famous for horseracing
	Khmer Sign Language Online Dictionary Krousar Thmey CAMBODIA Krousar Thmey was the first Cambodian foundation to assisting disabled children. They provide disabled Cambodian children with educational materials that are in harmony with their beliefs. The materials are respectful of the Cambodian traditions and beliefs. Their purpose is to help children develop and blossom into responsible adults. Krousar Thmey takes great care that its aid neither creates disharmony between a child and his relatives and friends, nor creates privileged or dependent children. Krousar Thmey was the first NGO to propose education for deaf children. They had to develop the tools necessary for good communication, so teams worked on adapting American Sign Language for use in the Khmer language.
	In Medellin, Colombia, a group of deaf children is gathered to take part in an orchestra. The group “Manos Blancas” (White Hands) plays with mastery the music that none of its members can hear. It is hard to understand how deaf children can play music. However, this orchestra demonstrates that music is the universal language, both for hearing and deaf persons. (Heidi Rauch)
	From Brazil, Journal do Surdo This video shows the Deaf News. Deaf children present a news program about environmental matters. They give us information about ecological facts in our planet. Recycling is also a subject they discuss. They teach us how to recycle. They also teach us how to reduce, reuse and recycle. (Translated by Walter and Patricia Castro)
	This is a video from Jehanne McCullough about her visit to a Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant in Cairo, Egypt. Jehanne meets the manager and workers of the restaurant. They discuss that she is from the USA. The manager has been in the USA in the past. He has worked at the restaurant for 13 years. Jehanne asks how many deaf people work at KFC. He said there are 12. The manager shows some Egyptian signs for chicken, French fries, Deaf KFC, soft drinks, ketchup, ILY-- I love you, Cairo and Aswan (cities in Egypt), and Abu Simbel (a historical site near Aswan).