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June 28, 2006
Carlos is back
It has been a long time since my lat post. I have been bussy fulfilling
my duties as the National Director of the National Foundation for
Disabilities (Fonadis) a governmental agency. I have visited almost the
whole country, working hard with every regional government and with
every governmental agency.
I had meetings with more than 5,000 people with disabilities. I am
working on modernizing Fonadis, meeting PwD's needs, building a barrier
free society.
Now we are getting ready for the first latin american decade of PwD.
I will send pictures soon.
Carlos
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June 22, 2006
TRAINING REPORT : June 14 & 15, 2006 : Workshop on Facilitator Skills
This is the second session on Facilitator Skills by Mr. Ikezumi. This time each participant was given half an hour to facilitate on free topic.
Interestingly each facilitation was very different from each other and all facilitators could evoke participation of everyone. After each session we exchanged frank comments to each facilitator, from which many lessons could be learnt.
Before finishing for the day, Ms. Nakatani, JSRPD staff, held an orientation session on Individual Training and also on Akita Prefecture regional training.
Happy Birthday, Mr. Ikezumi!
To our great pleasure, we had an honour to celebrate Mr. Ikezumi’s birthday on the last day of his workshop. We enjoyed singing Happy Birthday in choras and we all wish him the very best.
TRAINING REPORT in Vocational Rehabilitation Course 2006
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TRAINING REPORT : June 08 - Project Proposal Writing by Ms. Sarajean Rossitto
Today is the first one day workshop on proposal writing. To be able to write a project proposal is a very important skill not only for fundraising but also for planning of any projects.
Action Plan which all participants are expected to submit to JICA at the end of the course is similar to a project proposal, stating their vision, objectives, time frame etc. We are already getting started to work little by little on Action Plan, so that there is no panic in the last minutes.
At the end of the course we will have another half day session on this topic. The participants are expected to submit their draft action plan before making their presentation next day.
TRAINING REPORT in Vocational Rehabilitation Course 2006
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TRAINING REPORT : June 07 - Community Visit to Atsugi City, Kanagawa Prefecture
Today we made a community visit to Atsugi City, organized by Prof. Ogawa, one of our committee members. We had a great opportunity to meet with an assembly member who is an electronic wheelchair user.
Because of his presence, more voice with persons with disabilities in this community is now heard and also there have seen many changes in accessibility in the city hall buidling. The height of speech table is ajustable and the spacious parking area with a roof is arranged for persons with disabilities, to name a few.
We visited a small scale workshop “Asunaro” where persons with different disabilities come to work together. They prepared delicious lunch for us and we enjoyed talking with the members. Later we visited two homes of persons with physical disabilities, both of which are reformed to meet the needs for their independent living. A participant from Sri Lanka experienced for the first time the lift transporting him from a bed to a toilet.
We were given much courage and happiness by both couples, hearing their stories and seeing their happy faces of walking a life together.
TRAINING REPORT in Vocational Rehabilitation Course 2006
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June 12, 2006
TRAINING REPORT : June 06 -Inception Report Presentation
We left TIC early in the morning and visited Saitama Prefectural University for presenting Inception Report.
Our course leader, Mr. Ichiro Maruyama and committee member, Mr. Masaya Asahi are teaching at this university.
Before the presentation Mr. Maruyama showed us around the university.
Saitama Prefecture established the barrier-free ordinance, so all the rest rooms are designed for wheelchair users and space for wheelchairs is made in each classroom. And also all signboards are written both in Japanese and English. We were all very impressed by the modern equipments and facilities.
Inception Report Presentation started from 11:00. JICA Program Officer, Mr. Nonaka, committee member, the students and professors of the university came to listen participants' presentation.
TRAINING REPORT in Vocational Rehabilitation Course 2006
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June 08, 2006
TRAINING REPORT : June 05 -Project Cycle Management Workshop
Today we had a workshop on PCM by Ms. Noguchi from FASID.
Project Cycle Management -planning- (PCM) is a well known participatory method in the development field to manage cycles of a project i.e. planning, implementation and evaluation. JICA also applies this method in many projects.
"Do you really know about your organization and stakeholders?"
First, participants worked individually to write a summary of their organizational information and also listed up other related organizations and their roles. This aimed to analyse stakeholders related to the employment of persons with disabilities in each country.
"Cause and effect logics"
Then we divided into two groups and analysed the given common problem "the employement of persons with disabilities is limited" using the cause and effect logics.
"Flash cards are very useful!"
As you see in the photos, we always used flash cards. They are a usuful tool to visualize the ideas and also they are fun to work with. Although we only had one day, we could start analysing a situation related to the emplyment of persons with disabilities and tried to understand the foundamental causes of the issue.
TRAINING REPORT in Vocational Rehabilitation Course 2006
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TRAINING REPORT : June 02 -Visit to Yokogawa Electric Corporation and Yokogawa Foundry Corporation
Today we visited Yokogawa Electric Corporation and its exceptional subsidiary Yokogawa Foundry Corporation to learn about the employement of persons with disabilities in both open labour market and the special affiliated company.
Ms. Y. Hirata, one of the planning comittee members, works in the human resource department and showed us around the company. We had opportunities to talk with some employees with disabilities. Also all participants tried some of Yokogawa's original vocational aptitude tests which are actually conducted to persons with intellectual disabilities.
Today's visit was concluded with reflection by Prof. Terashima.
We'd like to express our gratitude to Yokogawa Corporation for today's insightful visit.
TRAINING REPORT in Vocational Rehabilitation Course 2006
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TRAINING REPORT : May 29 -Annual Bank Conference on Development Economics (ABCDE) Tokyo 2006
We attended the Annual Bank Conference on Development Economics which is one of well-known international forums on development.
The overall theme of the conference was “Rethinking Infrastructure for Development” and addressed several major topics related to infrastructure and growth, climate change, energy efficiency, rural development, agriculture and the implications for regional cooperation.
We are a bit late for opening session because of the jammed trains, but we actively participated sessions whole day.
TRAINING REPORT in Vocational Rehabilitation Course 2006
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Training Course -Seevanh XAYKIA
Dear
It's a very good course for people with disabilities.
I wish they a good time in Tokyo and successful in their training.
It is my dream also that i can go to training in Japan.
I am a disabilities people from Laos.
Best Regards,
Ms. Seevanh XAYKIA
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June 05, 2006
TRAINING REPORT -Workshop on Facilitator Skills(May 31-June 01, 2006)-
We had an exciting two days' workshop on Facilitator Skills by Mr. Yoshinori Ikezumi.
The formar participants may recall your experiences in his workshop.
Today let us share some photos from the workshop here, but we'd like to leave the details of the workshop contents secret for the coming participants to discover.
TRAINING REPORT in Vocational Rehabilitation Course 2006
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TRAINING REPORT - Visits Tokyo Information Technology Support Center for Persons with Disabilities and Tokyo Colony Nakano(May 30, 2006)-
Today’s morning visit was to Tokyo Information Technology Support Center for Persons with Disabilities. We saw various assisting IT devices.
A participant from Lao experienced how a person with severe physical disabilities can communicate just by eye movement.
Before the next visit, we had a nice walk around Takadanobaba where many institutions and organizations for social welfare are. Prof. Maruyama accompanied us all day long and explained us about the regional level policies on the persons with disabilities. We had an opportunity to visit the Japan Braille Library briefly.
In the afternoon, we visited Tokyo Colony Nakano. As is explained by Director General Mr. Musho, Tokyo Colony is one of the oldest workshops for persons with disabilities in Japan. They have been challenging to provide employment and jobs which are closer to open labour market employment as much as possible.
TRAINING REPORT in Vocational Rehabilitation Course 2006
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TRAINING REPORT - Visit JHC Itabashi - employment of persons with psychiatric disabilities(May 26, 2006)-
Today we visited Sun Marina and JHC Shimura.
These are two of many JHC Itabashi group organizations which all work with and for the persons with psychiatric disabilities at very community level.
Mr. Toshiyuki Munakata, one of our committee members, is the chief director of Sun Marina.
We enjoyed such a delicious lunch prepared by members of Sun Marina and in the afternoon some participants experienced making a small bag by using an industrial sawing machine.
TRAINING REPORT in Vocational Rehabilitation Course 2006
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TRAINING REPORT - Visit NRCD & NVRCD (May 24, 2006)-
Today's visit was to the National Rehabilitation Center for Persons with Disbilities (NRCD) and the National Vocational Rehabilitation Center for Persons with Disabilities (NVRCD) in Tokorozawa City, Saitama Prefecture.
The participant from Pakistan had recovered, so we were happy that all seven participants got together again. Also we enjoyed a luxurious trip on a comfortable JICA bus which is as big as a sightseeing bus with its capacity of 30 passengers.
National Rehabilitation Center welcomed us and kindly prepared national flags of each paticipant's country.
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June 03, 2006
HOME STAY -Singxay LOR (Vocational Course 2006)
I am very sorry that I can not go for home stay,
Because my brace is broken and it makes my foot got pain.
I can not walk far.
I want to repair the brace today by glue. So, I can not go and joy with.
Regards,
Singxay Lor
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June 02, 2006
Dear, all friends -Singxay LOR (Vocational Course 2006)
Dear, all friends.
I feel now more confidend than before.
I will try do the best to get knowlge from this country to help the PWDs in my country my conleage.
You know I am not talkactive but I am not "NATO".
NATO means = NO Active Talk Only.
Singxay LOR, A Participant from Laos.
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