This year’s 10th year national celebration of the Cerebral Palsy Awareness and Protection (CPAP) Week starts with Advocacy Motorcade on September 16, 2013, 7:00 AM at SM North EDSA, Quezon City. The Motorcade which will be participated in by constituents with cerebral palsy and officials and social welfare officers of local government units in Marikina, Antipolo, Rodriguez, Manila,Mandaluyong, Makati, Taguig, Valenzuela, Paranaque, Pateros, Las Pinas, Navotas, San Mateo, Caloocan, Pasay and Quezon Cities together with officials and representatives from the national government agencies, disabled people’s organizations and the civil society organizations will run towards Epifaniodelos Santos Avenue (EDSA). They will meet to converge in LTO (Land Transportation Office) Pasay City, and move towardSM Paranaque Citywhere the participants will celebrate the Thanksgiving Holy Mass, Musical and Family Fun Day. Congressman Eric L. Olivarez will be expected to give a keynote message. [...]
Mabini Awardee Receives NCDA Netbooks and Tablets for Blind Children in Zamboanga
Two awards in a row. NCDA Deputy Executive Director Matt Lee, Jr., turns over to Mr. Ted Kahil, the “2013 A. Mabini Disabled Filipino of the Year”, 6 netbooks and 4 tablets for blind children in Zamboanga. Straight from Malacañang where President Benigno Aquino III honoured him and other Mabini Awardees, he went to NCDA to receive more awards in the form of assistive technology gadgets for young blind college students in Zamboanga enrolled in different universities in Zamboanga. Mr. Kahil works as LGU Zamboanga Social Welfare Officer I. Also with him is his wife Marilyn Olasiman Kahil, Visually Impaired Instructor of Area Vocational Rehabilitation Center III. [...]
NCDA –DOT Team Wowed by TAW-KABUI’s Beads Production
TAW Kabui’s beads making potential, spotted. Three lady executives, charmed by the accessories made by Taw-Kabui for a Child Incorporated’s staff and parents of students with intellectual disabilities, agreed that the project deserves some push, to better take off. From left: TKCI Executive Director Pastor Ramon Rosario, Department of Tourism Director Maria Rica C. Bueno, Puerto Princesa City Tourism Officer Ms. Rebecca Labit and NCDA Acting Executive Director Carmen Reyes-Zubiaga and behind her, TKCI’s Program Manager. [...]
US Ambassador Bonds with NCDA
US Ambassador Harry Thomas joins NCDA Acting Executive Director Carmen Reyes-Zubiaga and TCD Chief Nelia R. de Jesus for a posterity shot at the IFTA Dinner tendered by the Ambassador for partners. NCDA works closely with the AFS-IPP on the reentry plan for returning scholars, many of them now strong advocates on the rights of persons with disabilities. [...]
Three AFS Scholars Thank NCDA
Big TY for NCDA. AFS officers join three AFS exchange students to thank program partner NCDA for the “maleta” (suitcase) send-off, prior to their U.S. flight to start their AFS year. From left, Ms. Tisha Lee Eduave, Programs Manager, AFS Intercultural Programs (IPP) Ms. Beth Eduave, Volunteer & Charter Development Manager, Nonie Lumbis of Camarines Sur National High School now in Winton Woods High School, Cincinnati Ohio, Jayson Peralta of Ramon National High School, Isabela now in John Glen High school, Michigan, and Nicole Linsangan of Isabela School for the Deaf, now in Marshal High School, San Antonio Texas, NCDA-TCD Chief Nelia de Jesus and AFS-IPP staff Danette “Dee”Rico. [...]