The President Signs Proclamation No. 688 Declaring the Period of 2013-2022 as the Philippine Decade of “Make the Right Real” for Persons With Disabilities in Support of the 3rd Asian and Pacific Decade of Persons With Disabilities

MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

PROCLAMATION NO. 688

DECLARING THE PERIOD OF 2013-2022 AS THE PHILIPPINE DECADE OF “MAKE THE RIGHT REAL” FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES IN SUPPORT OF THE 3rd ASIAN AND PACIFIC DECADE OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES [...] 

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INDEX BRAILLE DONATES 2 BRAILE EMBOSSERS

Turn over ceremony of Braille Embossers

“Thank you” shake for blind Pinoys. Deaf Blind Support Philippines (DBSP) President Edgardo ‘’Bong” Garcia (in barong) thanks Mr. Bjorn Lofstedt, of the Sweden-based ‘’Index Braille’’, on behalf of would-be blind Pinoy users of the embossers. NCDA Acting Executive Carmen Reyes-Zubiaga (front right), inspects the top-of- the- line items for 2 NGOs – CALL Foundation for the Blind and DBSP. Others in photo are CALL Foundation President Lauro Purcil (leftmost), Emcee Batangas Provincial Governor’s Advocate Ronnel del Rio and TCD-NCDA Chief Nelia de Jesus, (rightmost). [...] 

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