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July 31, 2007
The 3rd APDF General Assembly and Conference
APDF, the Asia and Pacific Disability Forum, has been promoting the UNESCAP Asian and Pacific Decade of Disabled Persons (2003-2012) . APDF is the network among organizations of/for persons with disabilities in the region.
http://www.normanet.ne.jp/~apdf/index.html
The innaugurating conference was held in Singapore in 2003 and the second one was held in Bangkok in 2006. The 3rd conferenc will be held in Dhaka, Bangladesh from February 27 to 29,
2008. The first announcement of the is available from the website of the National Forum of Organizations Working with the Disabled, the local orgazer of the Conference.
http://www.nfowd.com/
Let us meet in Dhaka in February in 2008!
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The ESCAP High Level Intergovernmental Meeting from September 19 to 21
This will be held immediately after the Topon's Memorial Seminar on
September 18.
For more information, please visit the following website.
http://www.worldenable.net/bmf5/
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APDF/ESCAP Joint Seminar for commemorating Topong on September 18, 2007
On the occasin of the UNESAP High Level Intergovernmental Meeting for the
Asian and Pacific Decade of Disabled Persons to be held from September 19 to
21, 2007 in Bangkok. APDF, in cooperation with UNESCSAP will organize the
Topong's Memorial Seminar as follows. This will be held for the memory of
late Mr. Topong Kulkhanchit who was an executive member of APDF, a great
leader in the disability movement, worked hard for the success of the 2nd
APDF Conference 2006 and unexpectedly passed away in June this year.
We hope many friens and colleagues, APDF members will gather at this semnar.
Outline of the Topong's Memorial Seminar
Date : 13:00-16:30 on September 18, 2007
Venue: UNESCAP International Conference Room
Program:
13:00-13:30 Opening ceremony
Addresses by Ms. Judy Wee, Chair of APDF
Representative of UNESCAP
Memorial Speech of Topong
13:30-15:00 Panel Discussion "What had been aimed at by Topong through his
major activities"
Panelists : 1. Disability Movement
2. Support activities in the Tsunami affected
area
3. Accessible Tourism
4. South to South Cooperation activity
15:00-15:20 Coffee Break
15:20-16:00 QA and Discussion
16:00-16:45 ESCAP High Level Intergovernmental Meeting and BMF plus five
by Ms. Aiko Akiyama, UNESCAP
16:45-17:00 The 3rd APDF Conference
For those who would like to participate in the semianr, please contact APDF
Secretariat.
We look forward to seeing many people in Bangkok in September!
With regards.
Ryosuke Matsui, APDF Secretary General
(Etsuko Ueno, APDF Secretariat)
URL for APDF: http://www.normanet.ne.jp/~apdf/
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July 27, 2007
From Veronica-Mexico
Hello friends,
I hope you are all well and that these resent earthquakes didn´t cause too much damage.
Though I don't write much, I always remember you. Receive a big, big hug.
Love,
Verónica
(Leaders' Course 2004)
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From Lyazzat-Kazakhstan
My dear friends,
It was very sad for me to hear about the terrible earthquake in your country. So many injured people... I hope that you and your families are safely in your homes.
The same time I feel proud of Japanese people which can build so resistant and safety houses and recover so quick!
Takhir asks to say you that he took hard the news about earthquake, too.
We are with you. And we wish our lovely country Japan will over come this hard time.
Love, love,
Lyazzat.
(Vocational Rehab. Course 2007)
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From the Secretariat of jicafriends-Japan
Dear JICA friends,
Ten participants finished seven-weeks training program of Vocational Rehab. Course 2007 and left Japan on June 30.
As you may know a powerful earthquake hit Niigata and Nagano Prefectures in Central Japan at 10:13 am, July 16, 2007. The Meteorological Agency says the focus of the quake, with an estimated magnitude of 6.8. This news reminded us of quite big earthquakes occurred at midnight during local visit to Oita prefecture, and participants could not sleep well on that night. Earthquakes lasted till the last day of their visit. Fortunately they all could complete the training course and returned to their home countries.
The Secretariat of jicafriends
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July 26, 2007
WFD General Assembly - Madrid, Spain - July 15, 2007
On Sunday, July 15th, The World Federation of the Deaf, WFD, at its 17th Genaral Assembly in Madrid, Spain, unanimously re-elected Mr Markku Jokinen of Finland as President of the federation for the next four years.
81 members states were represented at the WFD General Assembly, which was the largest GA ever. The General Assembly approved changes to the WFD Statutes, and voted for the WFD’s legal seat to be in Helsinki, Finland. It also decided that the next WFD General Assembly and World Congress will be held in Durban, South Africa in July 2011.
http://www.wfdeaf.org/news.aspx#45
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July 24, 2007
First out-patient clinic for the deaf-Japan
Showa University Hospital (Shinagawa, Tokyo) started the "Out-patient clinic for the Deaf" from March 3, 2007. This initiative was the first of its kind in Japan to be undertaken by a university hospital.
The concept of this clinic is to offer "out-patient clinic services with special consideration for persons with hearing disabilities". It starts with any disorder within the department of internal medicine. At the moment, the clinic opens every Saturday mornings of odd weeks with appointments. Patients can choose means of information access such as sign language interpretation and written communication at the time of making appointments.
Varied assistive devices, which were developed by Dr. Eikoh Takahashi, Assistant Professor of Department of Public Health, Showa University, are available at the clinic. Dr. Takahashi is the writer of the "Let’s Go to Hospital" column and the respondent of the Q&A Section of the Japanese Deaf News.
Moreover, Ms Atuko Kurakata, President of the Tokyo Federation of the Deaf, and the first Deaf pharmacist in Japan, Ms Kumi Hayase are included on the external advisory board.
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July 18, 2007
Report from Laos-Singxay Lor
Dear jicafriends,
This week and next week, we IT workshop members are organising an ICT Training for Blind People. We have Bee Songkran the IT instructor from Thailand assist us.
This time We have 6 blind participants. They are very happy to learn Computer and Enjoy internet. They said Internet make them feel reducing their visual impairment. We are happy to hear that.
I will send you the training pictures later.
Best regards,
Singxay Lor
(Vocational Rehab. Course 2006)
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July 15, 2007
TRAINING REPORT: Local Visit (Day 3)
June 6, 2007:
"Local Visit (Day 3)"
Lecture Material:
http://jicafriends.jp/vocational/pdf/v2007lecture060601.pdf
http://jicafriends.jp/vocational/pdf/v2007lecture060602.pdf
Today's first visit was Oita Vocational Center for Persons with Disabilities. The center offers a series of support from consultation on employment to follow-up after being employed in close linkage with the public employment security office and various organizations in the fields of welfare, medicine and education to persons with disabilities and their employers.
JICA participants had already visited Chiba Vocational Center with Mr. Nonaka on May 24. The participants were surprised to observe the quality of services provided in Oita was just as the same as and as good as in Chiba.
In the afternoon they visited "Oita Plaza", Employment and Living Support Center for Persons with Disabilities.
Participants were very impressed to see ten national flags on the wall.
Oita Plaza provides not only information related to employment for persons with disabilities but also place to work at its attached workshop.
Participants were divided into three groups and exchanged the opinions with users of the workshop.
http://www.jicafriends.jp/vocational/gi2007/training/v0606.html
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July 13, 2007
TRAINING REPORT: Visit to Workshop and Home of Persons with Disabilities in Atsugi City
May 28, 2007:
Visit to Workshop and Home of Persons with Disabilities in Atsugi City
Ten participants visited the community of Atsugi city in Kanagawa Pref.
Prof. Ogawa, one of our planning committee members organized today's program.
In the morning, JICA participants called on a person with cervical injury.
She lives on the first floor of the public housing and her house is remodeled to meet her needs to live independently. She uses personal assistant services everyday so that she does not have to depend on her family all the time. In most of the participants' countries, family members are the care givers and it becomes a big burden to them. Before the JICA participants left her house, she explained them how many times she had to visit City Hall to convince government officers to provide her present services.
The participants had lunch at "Donguri (Acorn)", a coffee shop in Atsugi City Hall, where many persons with intellectual disabilities are working.
After lunch they had a wrap-up session there. Today's facilitator was the participant from Cambodia.
They had an opportunity to visit Consultation Room which was located in the same building. It was divided into three sections for physical, intellectual and mental disability each. Counselors for each type of disabilities are stationed there and citizens with disabilities living in Atsugi city can visit and get information related to welfare services for free.
In the afternoon, the participants visited a home of a couple with disabilities. They built their dream house in Atsugi city. They remodeled their house to meet their needs and use many different types of assistive devices and equipments. They also use personal assistant services for bathing. A participant form Indonesia tried the lift and was transferred from the bed to the bathroom. It is not easy for the couple to pay back their debts, however they decided to leave the institution and live independently in the community.
http://www.jicafriends.jp/vocational/gi2007/training/v0528.html
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July 12, 2007
UN CONVENTION ON DISABILITY RIGHTS REACHES MILESTONE IN SIGNATORIES
The following information was downloaded from the mailing list of "Disability and Development" with a cooperation of the publisher, Mr. Soya Mori.
New York, Jul 11 2007 7:00PM
United Nations officials say the global treaty to protect the rights of the world’s estimated 650 million people with disabilities could take effect by early next year after Qatar this week became the 100th country to sign the landmark pact.
The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities will enter into force 30 days after the 20th country ratifies the treaty, but so far only Jamaica has taken the step of ratification.
The UN Secretariat for the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities estimates that the next 19 ratifications could be reached by as early as the end of this year.
UN disability expert Thomas Schindlmayr said today that the pact is designed to maintain human rights “standards that the international community has agreed upon for all.”
He said as many as two-thirds of UN Member States do not have any legal protection for people with disabilities, even though they comprise one in 10 of the global population.
The Convention is supposed to “ensure that people with disabilities enjoy the same human rights that everyone else does in their respective societies… It is not granting any ‘new’ human rights.”
Since opening for signature on 30 March, the Convention has quickly garnered support from member States. The 100 signatories to the treaty so far include 55 countries that have also signed the Optional Protocol. That protocol allows for individuals and groups to petition the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities once all national recourse and procedures have been exhausted.
“We are pleased by the commitment shown by so many Member States,” Mr. Schindlmayr said.
Adopted by the General Assembly last December, the Convention was one of the fastest treaties ever negotiated at the UN. The pact provides that States which ratify it should enact laws and other measures to improve disability rights, and also abolish legislation, customs and practices that
discriminate against persons with disabilities.
2007-07-11 00:00:00.000
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Report form Laos-Kemphone san
Dear JICA friends
I hope that you are remember me (I’m khemphone Sengkongdala Leadership development of Person with disabilities 2006)
After I got new job at HIB, I’m follow looking JICA web all the time.
My position is Assistant CBR project; I’m responsibility for Vocational training at Lao COCO and Lao Korea.
I’m continued to help and find person with disabilities come to training and get a job.
I saw all of you I knew in Japan and it is make me think back I learned a lot from all of you in Japan and it is make me think of all of you very much, I remember one thing teaches me to break the box, Tell Ikezumi san I break the box already but it is not strong enough right now. I need support to be make me strong in the future.
O.K sees you by JICA web
Kemphone sengkongdala
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July 10, 2007
TRAINING REPORT: Closing Ceremony and Farewell party
June 29, 2007:
Closing Ceremony and Farewell party
Training Report - Vocational Rehabilitation Course 2007
Mr. Fuminari HASHIMOTO, Team Director of Human Development Team JICA gave the closing speech. Then the congratulatory speech was given by Mr. Shuzo KATAISHI, executive director of JSRPD to the ten course participants.
Today is not the end! Although the training in Japan was concluded, this is a new starting point for the participants. Now they go back to their countries with new knowledge and experiences to share with their people. The participants are required to report the progress of their action plan after six months of their return and today Ms. Sadaie, JICA program officer, showed a certificate which the participants will receive upon the submission of their progress report.
The participant from Kazakhstan, on behalf of the ten participants, made a speech and expressed their gratitude for the golden opportunity to take training in Japan. She told us that this speech was made by all the course participants through a group discussion.
Speech by the Kazakhstan participant
Farewell party：
The encounter of friends and people with the same aspiration is precious.
So let's keep in touch with each other and work towards the same overarching goal to promote the employment of persons with disabilities in each country. This is not a farewell, but we look forward to seeing each other again!
http://www.jicafriends.jp/vocational/gi2007/training/v062901.html
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TRAINING REPORT: "One Village, One Product" Movement
June 7, 2007:
"One Village, One Product" Movement
Training Report - Vocational Rehabilitation Course 2007
"One Village, One Product (OVOP)" Movement is not directly related to persons with disabilities.
However the concept of this movement can be used for income generating projects which many former participants have set up for their action plans.
Ten participants visited Oita OVOP International Exchange Promotion Committee to have lecture on this movement. Secretary General of the committee explained about the activities of OVOP as well as its concept.
Dr. Morihiko HITAMATSU, former governor of Oita prefecture is the one who advocated the "One Village, One Product" Movement, aimed to create a hometown in which citizens can be very proud of.
The movement's aim is not simply to make souvenirs for tourists. It aims to create local specialty products which can pass muster not only in the Tokyo market but also in the international market. In other words, the goal of the "One Village, One Product" Movement is to create and market local products that can gain a global reputation.
http://nettv.gov-online.go.jp/prg/prg1147.html
Then the Secretary General took us to Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University (APU) for lunch.
It is located on the hill and you can enjoy the panoramic view of Beppu City. APU is also a part of the project for OVOP movement. , on the APU's multicultural campus, approximately 2,300 international students from 78 countries and regions from all over the world are currently studying together with around 3,000 Japanese students. President of the university, who is from Sri Lanka joined their lunch. The food menus there were full of variety and some participants who have restriction on foods were so happy to have their own foods. After lunch they had a chance to receive a lecture on the university from Vice President.
URL: http://www.apu.ac.jp/home/index.php?sel_lang=english
As the last program of the day, the Secretary General took us to the Bamboo Craft Center and showed us the first quality bamboo crafts, which is one of products of OVOP movement.
Ten participants were amazed to see the high quality bamboo crafts there and all of them could understand the real meaning of high quality.
http://www.jicafriends.jp/vocational/gi2007/training/v0607.html
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July 09, 2007
TRAINING REPORT : Presentation of Action Plan
June 27, 2007:
Presentation of Action Plan
Training Report - Vocational Rehabilitation Course 2007
Ten course participants presented their Action Plan at JICA Tokyo today. They described knowledge and experiences acquired in Japan and what they are planning to do in order to promote employment of persons with disabilities after returning to their countries.
30 minutes presentation (5 min preparation / 15 min presentation / 10 min Q&A)
1. Participant from Sri Lanka
Title: Income Generation Program – for people who have spinal cord injuries
Summary:
The number of people with spinal cord injuries in Sri Lanka is increasing due to road and worksite accidents, accidents related to Toddy and Palmyra honey making, drinking related problems, and lack of first aid knowledge. Digana Rehabilitation Hospital provides medical rehabilitation, physiotherapy, counseling/relaxation, and entertainment to people in Kandy area. However after medical treatment the patients are sent back to home. This project “Income Generation Program” aims at economic independence of persons with spinal cord injury and their family. The project targets 12 persons with spinal cord injury of 18 years of age and above who finished the treatment at the hospital and it consists of three programs; social rehabilitation, vocational rehabilitation, and job placement.
2. Participant from Philippines
Title: Garment Sheltered Workshop
Summary:
Setting up a sheltered workshop in garments production has been considered as an important innovation in Area I Vocational Rehabilitation Center located in Dagupan City. "Garment Sheltered Workshop" will be open for persons with physical disabilities, especially those who finished one year vocational training course in dressmaking and tailoring. This will provide the opportunities to enhance their vocational skills while at the same time earning an income. This project will also be their first step towards employment in a competitive open labor market which is necessary for their economic independence and also socially satisfying life.
3. Participant from Indonesia
Title: Work Together
Summary:
National Vocational Rehabilitation Center (NVRC) Cibinong Bogor provides vocational rehabilitation services to persons with physical disabilities, however, after the training persons with disabilities have limited job opportunities. Job Coach is an effective system to promote employment of persons with disabilities in open labor market but it is a new concept to the Indonesian society. This project "Work Together" plans a seminar to disseminate information on Job Coach so that job coaching system is to be established in local vocational centers, companies are to accept job coach, and as a result more persons with disabilities to get employed. The project starts in February 2008 and the seminar is to be held in May and June 2008.
4. Participant from Laos
Title: Job Promotion Center - for persons with physical disabilities
Summary:
Laos has no specific law or policies for persons with disabilities and the environment is not barrier free. After graduating from school or vocational training, persons with disabilities are unemployed, therefore feeling lonely and hopeless for independent life. This project "Job Promotion Center" explore potential workplaces and promote job placement of persons with disabilities at age of 18 to 40 in Capital City of Vientiane. The project consists of three phases, starting from August 2007. It aims to explore 50 workplaces and place 40 persons with disabilities in jobs within 18 months.
5. Participant from Nepal
Title: Challenger
Summary:
In Nepal, women faces triple discrimination for being women, for poverty and for disabilities, and therefore even educated and qualified women with disabilities are unemployed. This one year project "Challenger" aims at job placement of women with disabilities by providing the training in computer secretariat course to five women with disabilities and find at least two jobs.
6. Participant from Bhutan
Title: Weaving for All
Summary:
In Bhutan, the traditional weaving is disappearing nowadays due to the country's modernization. Persons with disabilities have not been given the opportunity to weave due to the lack of institutes and trainers. This project “Weaving for All” provides one year training in traditional Bhutanese weaving in Thimphu City. It targets 8 persons with physical disabilities from rural areas, aiming for them to get employed and be self-reliant. The project is expected to start in December 2007.
7. Participant from Pakistan
Title: Care & Hope
Summary:
Government institutions for intellectual disability are not existent in Gujrat City and people with intellectual disabilities stay in their homes and not exploit their potentials. Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment of the Disable Persons (VREDP) established one school last year with the help of an NGO but only daily living skills are being taught in this school. This 12 months project "Care & Hope" plans to provide vocational training based at this school to 2 to 5 people with intellectual disabilities in Gujrat City, aims that they get employment opportunities and live an independent and meaningful life.
8. Participant from Maldives
Title: Hope： A project for providing vocational rehabilitation for persons with disabilities in home for people with special needs, K. Guraidhoo, Maldives
Summary:
In the Maldives, no mechanism to provide vocational rehabilitation for persons with disabilities exists. Due to the stigma and the attitudinal barriers in the society, most of persons with intellectual and psychiatric disabilities are confined to their homes. Employment of persons with intellectual disabilities is unheard. Persons with psychiatric disabilities are not so difficult to get employment but continuity is a problem. This three year project "Hope" aims to reintegrate people with intellectual and psychiatric disabilities in Home for People with Special Needs (HPSN) into the society through vocational rehabilitation.
9. Participant from Cambodia
Title: Smile Handicrafts：To provide handicraft skill training and continue employment for persons with physical and intellectual disabilities
Summary:
Watthan Artisans - Cambodia run by persons with disabilities have already started handcraft training and production. With this two years project "Smile Handicrafts", the target of skill training will be expanded to persons with physical and intellectual disabilities of 18 years of age and above from rural areas. It also aims to achieve a sustainable income generation and capacity building of people with disabilities, ensuring the continuity of training programs and employment.
10. Participant from Kazakhstan
Title: Bridge： From low incomes towards high-quality life for woman with disability
Summary:
The rapidly growing economy of Kazakhstan demands computer related services. Many women with disabilities have basic computer skills but not in advanced programs and many of them wish to start their own enterprises but do not have know-how. This project plans to organize 3 trainings in computer programs and 3 in business management within a year for 24 women with disabilities, to establish a workshop on web design and computer accounting program and provide 10 trained women with disabilities with high-quality jobs, and to support other 14 trained women with disabilities in self-employment and employment in open labor market. Thus a bridge will be built between women with disabilities and their potential employers or self-employment.
Mr. Maruyama, Mr. Nonaka and Mr. Ogawa, three Planning Committee members were present. Ms. Sadaie, Mr. Saito and Mr. Toya were present from JICA, and Ms. Kosugi and Mr. Shimizu from JICE. Ms. Kato from AAR Japan, Mr. Agus Diono, former participant in Leadership Development Course from Indonesia, Ms. Ueno and Ms. Nomura from JSRPD participated and gave a lot of valuable comments.
http://www.jicafriends.jp/vocational/gi2007/training/v0627.html
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TRAINING REPORT : JICA-net Conference
June 22, 2007:
JICA-net Conference
There are many former JICA participants working actively in their own countries. Why not learn from them? JICA-net is a satellite and makes it possible. The participants can learn how former participants have applied what they learned in Japan to their work after returning to their home countries.
It was the first time to use JICA net in this course and this year we connected with two former participants in Malaysia, Ms. Cecilia Singoon (participant of the year 2005) and Ms. Yeo Swee Lan (participant of the year 2006). Both former participants work for the employment promotion of persons with intellectual disabilities in Malaysia.
Ms. Cecilia Singoon works in Seri Mengasih Center in Sabah and she started a new prevocational program applying the vocational assessment and transitional program learned in Japan.
Presentation Material (PDF file)
Ms. Yeo Swee Lan is a coordinator of United Voice. United Voice promotes self-advocacy of people with intellectual disabilities and being able to speak up for themselves is an important factor for employment issues. For many participants, it was first time to hear about Self-advocacy.
Presentation Material (PDF file) [01 , 02 , 03 , 04 , 05 ]
The participants raised many questions; "How to convince your superiors?" "What was the biggest difficulty when they try to implement their action plan?" "How is the society's attitude towards persons with intellectual disabilities in Malaysia?" etc. During the session, each participant also shared the employment situation of persons with intellectual disabilities in their own countries and Ms. Cecilia and Ms. Swee Lan gave comments.
The participants were encouraged by getting to know the former participants' activities. Before closing, the participant from Pakistan made a brief speech on behalf of ten participants. Thank you
http://www.jicafriends.jp/vocational/gi2007/training/v0622.html
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Report from MIchael-Ghana
Dear JICAfriends,
The Volunteer is doing well.
We presented the proposal to the JICA office in Ghana but they said that JICA can not support the poultry project because of the bird flu in Africa,
We have decided to rear pigs which is also an income generating venture.
Please you can contact the Volunteer to know more of his work.
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July 06, 2007
Thank you speech for Vocational Rehab. Course 2007
On the occasion of closing ceremony the participant from Kazakhstan made the following "Thank you speech" on be half of ten participants.
On behalf of the group I would like to thank you JICA and the government of Japan for providing us this wonderful opportunity. And I would also like to note that this wouldn’t have been possible without the contribution of the Japanese people. It is through their valuable contribution we get to dream and work to realize these dreams for PWDs in our countries.
So thank you once again JICA. For we have learned many things about your society, culture, the services and provision for PWDs and the PWDs contributions, the life of PWDs. We must also tell you that this experience has broadened our vision and shown us the realms of possibilities that are available for the PWDs in our respective countries.
And so we would like to assure you that the knowledge we gained from this training will be shared many times over and over again and that the experience we had would be cherished for the rest of our lives.
This training wouldn’t have been real without the dedication and assistance of all the people who worked in front and behind the scenes to organize this training to go flawlessly. So thank you JSRPD. Thank you JICE. Thank you JICA Tokyo International.
We would also like to give a special thanks to the Committee members, Sadie-San, Keiko-San, Baba-San, Kosugi-San, Yuki-San, Kumai-San for creating a very special and friendly environment for us to get the best out of this course. Your time and effort is much appreciated.
Lastly I would like to thank you all the participants for giving your valuable contribution to this course. Each of your uniqueness and originality made this training so much more interesting and memorable. I learned much from each of you. Please keep in communication and live up to your dreams. Make each of your plans real for the PWDs in your countries. And please never give up.
With this I conclude.
Thank you
29 June 2007
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July 03, 2007
DU unable to cater to special students-India
The following information was downloaded from the mailing list of "Disability and Development" with a cooperation of the publisher, Mr. Soya Mori.
With 106 rooms in a lone hostel and zero facilities for disabled, varsity hard pressed to fill even a third of 1,000 reserved seats, say officials
Tenzing Lamsang
New Delhi, July 02: DELHI University has 1,000 seats reserved for disabled students. But it has received only 284 applications for admission till date this academic session.
The reason is not hard to fathom: the university’s sole hostel for the disabled — ‘Blind Hostel’ in Outram Lines — can accommodate only 106 students. And 90 per cent of the seats are occupied even this early in the admission season.
Among the best varsities in the country it may be, but DU still has miles to go in way of providing facilities for its special students. And even Vice Chancellor Deepak Pental admits as much: “They have a difficult time because most of our colleges do not have hostels and disabled-friendly facilities.”
Continue: http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=243918
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TRAINING REPORT: Action Plan Ⅲ
June 25, 2007:
Action Plan Ⅲ
by Ms. Sarajean Rossitto
Today was the last session with Ms. Rossitto. All participants were given an opportunity to make a trial presentation of their action plan in front of other course participants. They could all finish their presentation within the given time of 15 minutes and the contents were also good. Using a check sheet, the rest of participants check if all necessary topics are covered in the presentation and gave feedbacks on good points and things to be improved.
In the afternoon, the participants had time to work on their Action Plan paper and on presentation material.
http://www.jicafriends.jp/vocational/gi2007/training/v0625.html
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July 02, 2007
TRAINING REPORT: Action Plan Ⅱ
June 21, 2007:
Action Plan Ⅱ
by Ms. Sarajean Rossitto
Today was the second session with Ms. Rossitto. All participants had worked very hard and prepared the first draft of their action plan. The participants studied how to structure their presentation and how to write presentation outline. The participants started writing their presentation outline based on their drafts. Ms. Rossitto demonstrated a good example of a very bad presentation and the participants learned the key factors to make an effective presentation.
http://www.jicafriends.jp/vocational/gi2007/training/v0621.html
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