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March 09, 2010
Report from Nyunt Nyunt - Myanmar
On 22nd February we had an opportunity to visit Vocational Training School for the Adult Disabled, supervised by Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement.
Ms. Nyunt Nyunt Win, a former participant of Leaders’ Course 2000, and Deputy Principal of the school gave us a warm welcome at the guest room.
There are only two vocational training schools for persons with disabilities in Myanmar including this training school. Six training courses such as electronic engineering（TV, radio and DVD player repairing,）tailoring, silk screen printing, photography, hair dressing and basic computer skill are provided there for free.
Ms. Nyunt Nyunt takes responsibility for recruiting new trainees, reporting to the government, and supporting Principal. She also works as an instructor for the photograph course. She has been making her tireless efforts to improve the quality of lives of persons with disabilities in Myanmar. We could see her trainees are motivated and encouraged to learn new skills by her.
Two days later we visited JICA Myanmar Office with Ms. Nyunt Nyunt. We met Chief Representative and two Project Formulation Advisors. One of them was in charge of Health and the other person in charge of Human Development including disability issue. We exchanged opinions about the ongoing projects and current situation of persons with disabilities in Myanmar. We promised to keep in contact and work in closer cooperation with each other.
It’s also worth noting that Ms. Nyunt Nyunt belongs to Myanmar Alumni Association of JICA training course.http://www.jica.go.jp/myanmar/english/office/others/alumni.html
She has been working hard for persons with disabilities in Myanmar by cooperating with the other former participants and JICA Myanmar Office.
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Posted by jicafriends at March 9, 2010 05:23 PM