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August 30, 2010
Help the flood victms of Balochistan-Pakistan
Dear jicafriends,
As we know flood has effected major part of the country, Balochistan was also effected very much.
Still there are thousands of people without roofs and food, however there are govt. agencess and NGOs working to help them but it is not enough.
New Life is a DPO working for the the rehabilitation of PWDs in district Balochistan.
We, with the help of other local NGOs orgonized a survay of the victms in Loralai district.
We decided to provide them food and clothes in the holy month of Ramadan with the help of our friend DPOs and NGOs.
In this regard we srongly appeal to all of our friend DPOs and NGOs to help us in any shape.
You can send us all basic things for the victms before Eid, so we will be able to provide these to effected areas of Loralai.
Hopping to hear from you soon,
Masood Khan
President NEW LIFE
Saif dry cleaners Ghazi Arsla Khan Road
Loralai Balochistan.
masoodmtn@yahoo.com
newlife_lri@hotmial.com
Posted by jicafriends at 09:50 AM | Comments (0)
August 26, 2010
Report on flood in Pakistan-Milestone
Dear friend of disability movement.
We Milestone started a nation wide collective work with all DPO,s. We are sharing apromoting their work so they can learn and also lead disability movement and safe disabled perosns from disaster.
There is report of on very strong DPO fro karachi.
Regard
PDF (602KB)
Shafiq-ur-Rehman
President
M I L E S T O N E
Lets Move to Change the Society
Society for the Special Persons
Posted by jicafriends at 09:31 PM | Comments (0)
August 24, 2010
Monitoring the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities-UN Human Rights
Dear jicafriends,
For your information, please refer to the following pages on "Monitoring the Convention on the Rights of Persons
with Disabilities," Guidance for human rights monitors-Professional training series No. 17-New York.
http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Publications/Disabilities_training_17EN.pdf
The secretariat of jicafriends
Posted by jicafriends at 11:52 AM | Comments (0)
August 22, 2010
Training Report : July 1, 2010 PM: Hello Work Omori (Public Employment Security Office)
After Yaguchi School for Special Needs Education eight participants visited Hello Work Omori, which is located in Ota-ward, Tokyo.
They first learned the following services at the Public Employment Security Office.
Services for recruiters: Acceptance of requests for recruitment and development of needs for human resources, supporting for securing human resources
Services for job-seekers: Vocational consultation and job placement, job placement for persons with disabilities
Services of employment insurance: Application of employment insurance, affairs concerning provision of employment insurance
Services of employment measures: Guidance for corporations employing persons with disabilities
Participants could understand that the role of Hello Work is not only to support persons with disabilities in looking for their jobs but also to create new job opportunities in open labor market.
They also learned about the relation between Hello Work and other related organizations including Special Needs Education Schools, Employment Support Center for Persons with Disabilities, welfare facilities and private companies.
And then, each participant tried the search for job on computers. They were very surprised to know that they could find a job of any place in Japan at Hello Work Omori.
Some of the participants tried the search of job opportunities on computers and participant from Myanmar was very happy to find a good job with an excellent salary.
http://jicafriends.jp/vocational/gi2010/training/v0701pm.html
Posted by jicafriends at 07:53 PM | Comments (0)
August 19, 2010
Report on flood in Pakistan-Milestone
Dear Friends of Disability movement
there is a small activity by the disabled persons of Pakistan for the flood effected human being
I really appericiat if you could share with other cluster members.
PDF (557KB)
Regard
Shafiq-ur-Rehman
President
M I L E S T O N E
Lets Move to Change the Society
Society for the Special Persons
Posted by jicafriends at 08:02 PM | Comments (0)
Report on flood in Pakistan-Milestone
Dear jicafriends,
There are some short reports with some pictures of today activities... Very difficult for disabled persons to survive in Flood i found it after the experience... Lets think how to make strong plan to start new culture , not help but care.. and promote IL movement for Peace..
Report on August 9, 2010
http://www.jicafriends.net/archives/pdf2010080901.pdf
Shafiq-ur-Rehman
President
Posted by jicafriends at 07:57 PM | Comments (0)
August 18, 2010
Plea to educate visually-impaired children-Fiji
The following information was downloaded from the mailing list of "Disability and Development" with a cooperation of the publisher, Mr. Soya Mori.
Samantha Rina
Sunday, August 15, 2010
Fiji Times
PARENTS of visually-impaired children in rural areas have been urged to enrol their children at the Fiji School for the Blind.
The call from the Fiji Parents Support Group for the Blind and Visually Impaired was made during the first-ever open day celebrations for the Fiji Society for the Blind yesterday.
The President, Ratu Epeli Nailatikau, was chief guest at yesterday's celebrations.
Parents Support Group national secretary Vishwa Mudaliar said their mission as parents was to ensure better education and rehabilitation for children who were blind or visually impaired.
"We have a lot of children around the country that need special education at the Fiji School for the Blind but because of financial difficulties, parents are unable to send their children to Suva from the Northern or Western divisions although the hostel accommodation is free at the Fiji Society for the Blind," he said.
He said financial support would help them achieve their goals in sending their children to school for a better education. Free medical and dental checks were provided for visitors at the open day.
"There are a lot of parents and guardians in the rural areas who don't know of the services available for their child and we want to create and promote as much awareness as we can on this issue," Mr Mudaliar said.
Posted by jicafriends at 09:19 AM | Comments (0)
August 17, 2010
Committee Studying Suggestions on the Draft Legislation on Disability-India
The following information was downloaded from the mailing list of "Disability and Development" with a cooperation of the publisher, Mr. Soya Mori.
A Committee consisting of representatives of various stakeholders including State Governments and Central Ministries, experts in various disabilities and representatives of Civil Society Organizations etc., has been set up in April this year to study the suggestions and comments received on the proposed amendments and to prepare a new draft Legislation. The Committee is presently deliberating on various issues relating to the terms of reference.
After wide consultation draft amendments to “The Persons with Disabilities (Equal opportunities, Protection of rights and full participation) Act, 1995” were formulated. The proposed amendments were circulated to all State Governments and concerned Central Ministries and were also posted on the website of the Ministry seeking suggestions.
Comments have been received from several State Governments, Central Ministries, Non-Government Organizations and individuals.
As per the provision in the present Act, “Disability” means-Blindness; Low Vision; Leprosy-cured; Hearing impairment; Loco motor disability; Mental retardation; Mental illness;
This information was given by Shri D. Napoleon, the Minister of State for Social Justice & Empowerment, in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha.
http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=64850
Posted by jicafriends at 01:20 PM | Comments (0)
August 10, 2010
YPSA’s digital contents awarded nationally. DAISY and Shipbreaking Website
The following news from YPSA, the organization which Ms. Sadia Tajin, a former participant of Vocational Rehab. Course 2008 belongs to and it is downloaded from mailing list of "accessbangla."
It’s a matter of great cheery, surprising and achievement that YPSA’s digital contents ware awarded nationally. Ministry of Science and ICT, Government of Bangladesh is the host of the contest “National e-Content and ICT4D Award 2010” and D.Net is the organizer”.
We submitted concept paper on both project to the organizers in order to join the contest. At last YPSA’s content production on ICT4D was introduced and recognized as the best digital content and project countrywide.
“DAISY on E-inclusion & Participation” got champion award and Website of Shipbreaking got special award. The award giving ceremony held at auditorium of National Museum, Dhaka yesterday evening. Honorable Finance Minister Mr. Abul Maal Abdul Muhith was the Chief Guest while Honorable State Minister for Science and ICT Architect Yeafesh Osman was the Special Guest on the occasion. On behalf of YPSA Mr. Vashkar Vhattacharjee, Senior Program Officer and Focal person of DAISY Bangladesh have received the champion Award 2010 for DAISY and Md. Nazmul Haider, Senior program officer of YPSA have received the Special Mention award For Ship Breaking in Bangladesh web portal.
Now the winning projects are accomplished to join the global contest because the winners of the award will be eligible for contesting in World Summit Award 2011. This contest is endorsed by World Summit Award.
Regarding DAISY,
http://www.daisy.org/
http://www.ypsa.org/
Posted by jicafriends at 01:22 PM | Comments (0)
August 09, 2010
MILESTONE
Dear jicafriends,
From yesterday we started our work in limited resources i would like to share your some of the reports of flood. The good work is going on but disabled persons ignored badly. 12 Lakh disabled persons are supposed to be misplace in flood.
Time is passing very fast and in the next step there will be huge diseases... We need urgent support so we can organize some camp to save the disabled persons..
Its very difficult time.
PDF(907KB)
Regard
Shafiq-ur-Rehman
President
M I L E S T O N E
Lets Move to Change the Society
Society for the Special Persons
Posted by jicafriends at 07:01 PM | Comments (0)
Peace memorial ceremonies-Japan
Dear jicafriends,
The day, August 6, the city of Hiroshima held a Peace Memorial Ceremony to pray for the peaceful
repose of the victims, for the abolition of nuclear weapons, and for lasting world peace.
During that ceremony, Mr. Tadatoshi Akiba, the Mayor of City of Hiroshima issued a Peace Declaration directed toward the world at large.
http://www.city.hiroshima.lg.jp/shimin/heiwa/pd2010e.html
And at 11.02 a.m. on August 9, 1945, the sky above Nagasaki was filled by a white flash, and all the clocks stopped. The peace memorial ceremony will be held today in Nagasaki.
Let us work together to avoid creating victims of the wars and conflicts.
Let us think about the importance of world peace.
The secretariat of jicafriends
Posted by jicafriends at 09:30 AM | Comments (2)
August 06, 2010
News from APDF
This is the announcement of the APDF General Assembly and Conference to be held on October 17 and 18, 2010 in Bangkok. APCD( Asia -Pacific Development Center on Disability) kindly offers the room in APCD for the meeting/conference and serve as the Conference secretariat.
The next meeting and Conference will be very important for discussig the plan of action until 2012, the end of the 2nd Asian Pacific Decade of Disabled Persons and thinking of the future framework of the regional cooperation in Asia and Pacific beyond 2012. We hope to see you all in October!
With best regards.
Ryosuke Matsui, Secretary General of APDF
Program : download:PDF(61KB) | download:WORD(39KB)
Registration form : download:PDF(34KB) | download:WORD(39KB)
Posted by jicafriends at 03:54 PM | Comments (0)
Report from Mr. Miiro Michael
Greetings from Social Rehabilitation Department, Masaka District
The Department has been able to achieve a lot through your support and for
this purpose, please allow me share with you the annual report 2009/2010.
The report is high lightening the following;
The Achievements, the contribution of our Development partners in disability
challenges Conclusion.
Thank you for your kind attention,
Miiro Michael
Senior Rehabilitation Officer-Masaka
Leadership Development Course 2008
http://jicafriends.jp/projects/africa/uganda/001miiro/img/miiro003.pdf
Posted by jicafriends at 03:24 PM | Comments (1)
Information from Fabio-Colombia
Dear jicafriends,
I just found this interesting paper in the World Economic Forum's web site, it's an study from the ILO International Labor Organization,
Maybe some of you already know it but I'm sending the link in case you don't. There are also some asian countries included.
The price of exclusion : the economic consequences of excluding people with disabilities from the world of work
http://www.ilo.org/skills/what/pubs/lang--en/docName--WCMS_119305/index.htm
Warm Regars,
Fabio
Leadership Development 2006
Posted by jicafriends at 01:45 PM | Comments (0)