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NCDA – Australian Development Scholarship Awardee Returns Home

January 12, 2012

NCDA – Australian Development Scholarship Awardee Returns Home
NCDA – Australian Development Scholarship Awardee Returns Home

Fatima A. Garon, Project Evaluation Officer I of NCDA has successfully completed her post-graduate program under the Australian Development Scholarship (ADS) for year 2011.  Ms. Garon studied Master of Social Science with Specialization on Human Service Management at University of Newcastle, Australia.  As part of the program a Re-Entry Action Plan (REAP) on Good Governance for Educational and Economic Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities will be implemented upon her return to the country.

 

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Written by jericomyzell · Filed Under Announcements, Photo Releases, Sub-committee on International Disability Network 

Training on the Provision of Appropriate Wheelchairs

January 5, 2012

Training on the Provision of Appropriate Wheelchairs
Training on the Provision of Appropriate Wheelchairs

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To equip service-providers in effective provision of appropriate wheelchairs to  beneficiaries, the Latter-Day Saints  Charities (LDSC) held a 2-day workshop for  17 GO/NGO/PO participants from Quezon City , Caloocan City, NCR and San Mateo, Region IV-A  last October 24-25, 2011 at the NCDA Atrium.  It included demos on wheelchair-fitting, handling and securing, always in consultation with/consideration of the wheelchair-users.
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NCDA Leads the Philippine Delegation to the UN

October 20, 2011

DSWD Undersecretary Alicia R. Bala and concurrent NCDA Officer-in-Charge/Executive Director raises Philippine position on the urgency of employment , international cooperation and participation in public and political life, based on the “UN-Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities”. Taken at the “4th Session of Conference of States Parties to the CRPD, last September 7-9, 2011.
DSWD Undersecretary Alicia R. Bala and concurrent NCDA Officer-in-Charge/Executive Director raises Philippine position on the urgency of employment , international cooperation and participation in public and political life, based on the “UN-Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities”. Taken at the “4th Session of Conference of States Parties to the CRPD, last September 7-9, 2011.


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Written by jericomyzell · Filed Under National News, Photo Releases 

Successful Inaugural IDPP Residency Period Comes to a Close

August 12, 2011


The Institute on Disability and Public Policy (IDPP)’s first residency period welcoming the incoming student cohort who will earn a Master’s of International Affairs in Comparative and International Disability Policy (CIDP) at American University’s School of International Service (AU SIS) ended on a high note last Friday, July 29. “This has been a fantastic two weeks,” stated Ambassador Luis Gallegos, Chairman of the Global UN Partnership for Inclusive Information and Communication Technologies; Chairman of the Global Universal Design Commission; former Ambassador of Ecuador to the United States; and an IDPP adjunct faculty member at AU SIS’ International Communication Program, who will teach a fall CIDP course on the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. “I have very much enjoyed learning from and with you during this residency period, and I look forward to our journey together,” the Ambassador told CIDP students during his closing ceremony address.

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Canon Donates Camera for Philippine Photography Bet in the 8th Global Work Skills Contest

July 28, 2011

Canon President and CEO Alan Chng hands over camera to Raph Torralba, hard of hearing member of “Visual Shot Club”, a group of deaf photographers, who recently teamed up with Canon and SM Supermalls on the “Photography with a Difference”. Mr. Torralba, Resource Coordinator of the Institute of Health and Wellness Philippines, will compete in the “8th International Abilympics” Photography Contest, Seoul, Korea on September 25-30, 2011. Canon shared willingness to provide the official camera for future International Abilympics Photography competitors. Leading the Philippine team to Korea is Abilympics Philippines Chairperson Mons T. Romulo. NCDA-TCD Chief Nelia R. de Jesus (extreme left) and Canon’s Corporate Communications Manager Margie Escueta, (extreme right), witnessed the July 6 turnover.

Ms. Escueta shows President Chng the     NCDA Magazine “Journey Beyond disABILITY” featuring Cebu deaf lensman Alnoe Paler,   another “Abilympics national champion” – recipient  of a Canon camera,  who she personally assisted way back 2007.

Alnoe in action with his Canon camera at the “7th  International Abilympics” in Shizuoka, Japan

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Written by jericomyzell · Filed Under Abilympics, Photo Releases 

LA-based “Joy Missions for the Disabled” Team Meets with NCDA and Holds Field Visits to Local SPED Centers

July 11, 2011


A 10-man group from the ”Joy Missions for the Disabled” (JMD)met with NCDA Team of TCD Chief Nelia R. De Jesus,  RPCs Flerida  Labanon and Ruth Tacujan, for a briefing on the Council’s mandates and programs.

The meeting kicked off the visitors’’ field visits to Gen. Pio del Pilar SPED Center in Makati and Hospicio de San Jose in Manila, joined by Ms/ Labanon, TCD Project Evaluation Officer- Reginaldo Tolentino and  TCD Staff Precious Horvidalla.  The visits greatly inspired the JMD officials on their plan to set up 2 similar centers in Quezon City and Tagaytay for children with intellectual disabilities and orphans.

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AFS International President Cites Impact of NCDA-AFS-IPP Partnership

June 22, 2011



American Field Service International President  Francisco “Tachi” Cazal, shows off AFS-KL-YES poster produced by NCDA,  in sync with AFS-IPP and DepEd last June 15 AFS Intercultural Evening at the Manila Polo Club.  Posters aim to upscale participation of students with disabilities, and promote a ‘disability-inclusive education’’ called for in the ‘’UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities”. DepEd Director and AFSer Joey Pelaez (3rd from left on the below right photo) will help distribute copies in selected regions during his DepEd official trips.

AFS 15th batcher and  AFS-IPP Partner Chair Bonnie Guerra (lower left photo), whose term opened up AFS-KL-YES program to students with disabilities in 2004, honored by AFS-IPP and AFS Int’l. President Casal for being the 2nd President of AFS Asia –Pacific Initiatives (AAI). To date, there  are now 14 scholars with disabilities who were young goodwill ambassadors who lived with foster parents and studied in America for 1 year, and two new scholars for schoolyear 2011-2012, sponsored by the United States Government, and private support groups.

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Filipino ‘Fellows’ of QUT-ALAF complete Training in Australia.

May 28, 2011

Filipino ‘Fellows’ (scholars) of  AusAID’s Australian Leadership Awards Fellowship had just completed their training program on Policy Development, Implementation, Advocacy, Monitoring and Evaluation of Disability-Inclusive Programs and Legislations in the Philippines” in Brisbane, Australia last May 6,  2011. This is a collaborative learning partnership between Queensland University of Technology (QUT) and the Philippines’ National Council on Disability Affairs (NCDA).

A 13-man delegation composed of 6 NCDA Employees, 4 representatives from its member-agencies and 3 from PWD organizations in the Philippines were sent to Australia to undergo a 7-week training program from March 21 to May 6, 2011.  The program focused on 7 areas namely: (1)Introductory Leadership Program, (2)Training of Trainers, (3)Disability in Development, (4)Disabled People’s Organizations and Government-Led Bodies in Disability,(5) Advocacy and Networking,(6) Policy Development, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation, and (7)Re-entry Action Planning and Presentation of Output, where each was required to submit and present an Action Plan on specific measures for implementation on the first year after the course.

The Filipino ‘Fellows’ are currently preparing their action plans in preparation for a post-fellowship monitoring to be conducted by QUT in Manila, to assess its progress and impact.

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NCDA Joins Forum on “Mainstreaming Disability in Development Cooperation”.

April 29, 2011

NCDA OIC Mateo A. Lee, Jr. took part in this global exchange forum in Oslo, Norway last March 28-29, 2011, which tackled barriers and solutions to mainstream disability agenda in Government Programs.  As Rapporteur of “The Attitudes and Awareness Parallel Session”, he shared with his counterparts sound advocacy insights from his standpoint as a Visually Impaired Leader and a Government Officer.

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BIR-WEST – PWD Friendly Branch

April 28, 2011

In a random visit to the BIR-West filing center last April 15, 2011, the NCDA      team of Precious Horvidalla and Jennifer Garcia (Shown in the photos) enjoyed the lounge designated by the center for senior citizens and persons with disabilities. This is part of the Council’s monitoring of the implementation of the “UN-Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities” (RA 9442) ratified by the country last April 15, 2008.

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