20 Individuals, 10 destinations, 16 projects

The 2009 IISE course was completed on the 13th of December 2009.
The 20 graduates from the following countries China, Germany, Ghana, India, Japan, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Nepal, Norway, Saudi Arabia and Sierra Leone returned home and started to work on the following planned projects:

1. Always Reading Caravan (ARC) - Thailand - Yoshimi Horiuchi
2. kiki's Kindergarten - Tibet/China - Kyila
3. Tibetan Unlimited Library and Production (TULIP) - Tibet/China - Gyentsen
4. New Horizon - Preparatory school for the blind - Ghana - Eric Ofori
5. Training of Uniquely Caring Hands (TOUCH) - Saudi Arabia - Hossni Bugis
6. Educate a Blind Child Foundation (EBC)- Liberia - James Patrick Johnson, Victor Ngaigai and Johnson Kortu
7. New Light Resource Center - Kenya - Jayne (A centre for awareness to stop killing of albinos)
8. Center for Adaptive Technology (CAT) - Kenya - Robert Sabwami
9. Mountain View Center - Kenya - Lucy Warimi
10. Reach Out - India - Jessica Schroeder
11. Mawbynna Early Intervention Center - India - Pynhoi Tang
12. Resource Centre for Adaptive Technology (RECAT) - Ghana - Julius Braimah
13. Skill Development Center for the Visually Impaired (SDCVI) - Nepal - Khom Raj Sharma
14. The Madagascar Education and Resource Centre for the Visually Impaired (MERCI) - Madagascar - Holiainina, Karin Broeske and Martin Niry
15. Supporting Entrepreneurship and Economic Development (SEED) - Sierra Leone - Mohamed Salia
16. Child Rescue Mission (CRM) - Sierra Leone - Sahr Yilia

At present, 29 participants from 18 different countries are being trained at the IISE.