Congratulations again to the recipients of the 2025 WHD Small Grants shown below. Thanks also to our co-sponsors of these grants.
| Name of Organization | Title of World Hearing Day Event | Primary country of Event |
| AME-GE | Cambiar mentalidades: empodérate para hacer que el cuidado del oído y la audición sea una realidad para todos”. | Guinée équatoriale |
| Archie Hinchcliffe Disability Intervention (AHDI) | Empowering Families: Raising Awareness for the Rights of Children with Hearing Impairments | Zambia |
| Bismarck | WHD Project 2025 | South Sudan |
| Chilambila Rural Health Post | Empowering Mothers and Caregivers for Early Hearing Health Intervention in Rural Areas. | Zambia |
| EDUCATE FOR HOPE AFRICA | Empowering Mindsets for Ear and Hearing Care in Butiama, Mara Region | Tanzania |
| FOUNDATION FOR REVIVE COMMUNITY HOPE (FRECHO) | Changing Mindsets: Empowering Communities to Make Ear and Hearing Care a Reality in Geita | Tanzania |
| Girls Agents of Change | Empowering Girls and Young Women with Hearing Impairments: Changing Mindsets for Inclusive Ear and Hearing Care in Nhamatanda. | Mozambique |
| Health Care Association of Nepal | Changing Mindsets : Empowering yourself to make Ear and Hearing Care a reality for all in Nepal. | Nepal |
| HEARING LOSS PREVENTION ASSOCIATION OF GHANA (HELPAG) | Encouraging early screening – World Hearing Day 2025 | Ghana |
| hearX Foundation | Empower yourself to HEAR for life! | South Africa |
| Indira Gandhi Medical College Shimla | Echoes of Change: Revolutionizing Hearing Health and Transforming Lives through Awareness, Action, and Inclusion | India |
| INTEGRATED COMMUNITY AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH INITIATIVE(ICRHI) | EMPOWERING SLUM COMMUNITIES IN MBARARA CITY: KIZUNGU AND KAJOGO SLUM AREAS FOR BETTER HEARING HEALTH – CHANGING MINDSETS FOR A HEALTHIER FUTURE | UGANDA |
| Kyenjojo hard of hearing association (KHoHA) | Breaking Barriers, Changing Mindsets: Empowering Communities for Better Hearing Care” | Uganda |
| Ladies on Heels | Creating an Inclusive Hearing Care Reality in Nigeria | Nigeria |
| LEEYO MULTIPURPOSE SOCIETY | Hearing Horizons: Expanding Access, Changing Lives | India |
| Marvi Samaji Tarqiati Tanzeem (MSTT) | Empowering Rural Communities in Hyderabad for Better Hearing Health | Pakistan |
| Matero Level One Hospital, Adolescent-Friendly Space | Hearing Care for a Healthier Tomorrow: Adolescent Empowerment | Zambia |
| Mongolia-Japan Hospital | Small mindset changes can positively impact future quality of life | Mongolia |
| MUMSA initiative | Empowering Youth for Hearing Health: World Hearing Day Celebration in Ningi, Nigeria | Nigeria |
| Nepal Non Communicable Disease Alliance | Sound Beginnings: Empowering Communities and Safeguarding Children’s Hearing Health | Nepal |
| Nigerian Musicians Association | Hearing Health Concerts | Nigeria |
| Nigerian Universities Nursing Students’ Association (NUNSA) | Changing Mindset and Raising Awareness Through African Stories and Dialogue | Nigeria |
| NT Hearing Services | Strong Ears = Strong Life | Australia |
| OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY DEPARTMENT, JOS UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL, JOS, PLATEAU STATE | EMPOWER YOURSELF TO MAKE EAR AND HEARING CARE A REALITY FOR ALL | Nigeria |
| Public Health Research Society Nepal | Empowering Schools for Inclusive Hearing Care | Nepal |
| Rural women development trust | Healthy ears for women behind the spindles | India |
| SIG of Hearing Loss, Cyprus Association of Speech-Language Pathologists | Revolutionize Hearing-Make Care Accessible for All! | Cyprus |
| The Open University of Kenya | Empowering Techies to Make Ear and Hearing Care a Reality at Konza Technopolis – Kenya | Kenya |
| Women for Health Malawi | Empowering Women – Hearing Health in Rural Communities | Malawi |
| Zoota Initiative for Development | What Your Ears Want You to Know | Uganda |
We would like to thank our financial supporters World Health Organization, CGHH, AG Bell, Sue Archbold PhD Coordinator CIICA , and European Hearing Instrument Manufacturers Association
On behalf of the CGHH Board, thank you for all that you do and Happy World Hearing Day!
James E. Saunders, MD & Jackie Clark, PhD
Co-Chairs, Coalition for Global Hearing Health
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