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Our mission, our values, our people

Our Members

WFD’s membership consists of the following categories:

Any recognised or registered national organisation of the deaf, with legal status, that has an established position in its country, its majority of members are deaf persons, and its vision and aims similar to those of the WFD, may apply for Ordinary Member status. Ordinary Membership is limited to one national organisation of the deaf in each country. The WFD Board has the authority to approve exceptions for extraordinary circumstances.

The list of the our 131 Ordinary Members

ALBANIA GERMANY NIGERIA
ALGERIA GHANA NORWAY
ARGENTINA GREECE PAKISTAN
ARMENIA GUATEMALA PALESTINE
AUSTRALIA GUINEA PANAMA
AUSTRIA HAITI PARAGUAY
AZERBAIJAN HONDRUAS PERÚ
BANGLADESH HONG KONG, ROC PHILIPPINES
BELARUS HUNGARY POLAND
BELGIUM ICELAND PORTUGAL
BENIN INDIA QATAR
BOLIVIA INDONESIA ROMANIA
BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA IRAN RUSSIAN FEDERATION
BOTSWANA IRELAND RWANDA
BRAZIL ITALY SAMOA
BULGARIA JAPAN SENEGAL
BURKINA FASO JORDAN SERBIA
BURUNDI KAZAKHSTAN SINGAPORE
REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON KENYA SLOVAK REPUBLIC
CANADA KOREA SLOVENIA
Republic of CHAD KOSOVO SOMALIA
CHILE KUWAIT SOUTH AFRICA
CHINA LAOS SPAIN
COLOMBIA LATVIA SRI LANKA
Democratic Republic of CONGO LEBANON SUDAN
Republic of CONGO LESOTHO SWEDEN
COSTA RICA LIBERIA SWITZERLAND
COTE D’IVOIRE LITHUANIA SYRIA
CROATIA MACAU TAJIKISTAN
CUBA MADAGASCAR TANZANIA
CZECH REPUBLIC MALAWI THAILAND
Democratic Peoples’ Republic of KOREA Republic of MALI TOGO
DENMARK MALTA TUNISIA
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC MAURITANIA TURKEY
ECUADOR MEXICO UGANDA
EL SALVADOR MOLDOVA UKRAINE
ERITREA MONGOLIA UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
ESWATINI (former Swaziland) MOROCCO UNITED KINGDOM
ETHIOPIA NAMIBIA USA
FIJI NEPAL URUGUAY
FINLAND THE NETHERLANDS UZBEKISTAN
FRANCE NEW ZEALAND VENEZUELA
GAMBIA NICARAGUA ZAMBIA
GEORGIA NIGER ZIMBABWE