The NCDA conducted series of Training on Gender, Disability, and Leadership Development for 2017. The training was participated in by persons with disabilities especially women with their respective PDAO/focal persons. The training’s objectives were as follows: (1) to increase the awareness of participants on the rights and responsibilities of persons/women with disabilities; (2) To increase continue reading : 2017 Training of Gender, Disability, and Leadership Development
NCDA PARTICIPATES IN PH HOSTED ASEAN EVENTS
The NCDA Officer-in-Charge, Ms. Carmen R. Zubiaga, discussed the benefits of accessible e-jeepney on the lives of Filipinos with Disabilities with DOTr Secretary Arturo Tugade and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during the soft-launching of the Accessible E-Jeepney at the Manila Peninsula Hotel in Makati City on November 13, 2017. This event was held during continue reading : NCDA PARTICIPATES IN PH HOSTED ASEAN EVENTS
Highlights on the “High-level Intergovernmental Meeting on the Midpoint Review of the Asian and Pacific Decade of Persons with Disabilities, 2013-2022”
High-level Intergovernmental Meeting on the Midpoint Review of the Asian and Pacific Decade of Persons with Disabilities, 2013-2022” held in Beijing, China on November 27 to December 1, 2017
PH Youth with Disabilities Made a Mark In This 2017 Global IT Challenge
Filipino youth with disabilities made a breakthrough and impressive record for this 2017 Global IT Challenge (GITC) for Youth with Disabilities by bagging several medals in their respective event categories. The event was held at the Grand Plaza Hanoi Hotel in Hanoi, Vietnam on September 18-21,2017 and participated in by sixteen (16) countries broken into continue reading : PH Youth with Disabilities Made a Mark In This 2017 Global IT Challenge
LOYALTY PLEDGE OF AN ADVOCATE
PANATA NG ISANG TAGAPAGTAGUYOD NG KARAPATAN AT PRIBILEHIYO NG MGA MAYKAPANSANAN Ako, (banggitin ang pangalan) ay naniniwala na ang mga taong may kapansanan ay may karapatan rin na katulad ng tinatamasa ng bawat mamamayan ; na dapat igalang, pangalagaan at tuparin ng lahat, lalo na ng bawat namumuno sa ating mga pamayanan at lahat ng continue reading : LOYALTY PLEDGE OF AN ADVOCATE
Mensahe ni Secretary Taguiwalo para sa ika-39 na taong pagdiriwang ng National Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation Week
KARAPATAN AT PRIBILEHIYO NG MGA MAY KAPANSANAN, ISAKATUPARAN AT IPAGLABAN Sa bisa ng Proklamasyon 361, idineklara ang ika-17 hanggang ika- 23 ng Hulyo ng bawat taon bilang National Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation Week. Ginugunita rin nito ang kapanganakan ni Gat Apolinario Mabini, ang “Dakilang Lumpo” at utak ng himagsikan. Sa kabila ng kanyang kapansanan, kinakatawan continue reading : Mensahe ni Secretary Taguiwalo para sa ika-39 na taong pagdiriwang ng National Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation Week
Call for Applications for the 20th Duskin Leadership Training Program in Japan (2018) has been made! The deadline is August 8, 2017.
This program aims to provide an opportunity for young people with disabilities who wish to become community leaders in Asian and the Pacific countries/regions. It was first initiated in 1999 as a project commemorating the United Nations Asian and Pacific Decade of Disabled Persons (1993-2002). The uniqueness of this invitation program is that the applicants continue reading : Call for Applications for the 20th Duskin Leadership Training Program in Japan (2018) has been made! The deadline is August 8, 2017.
Creating an Enabling Environment for Empowerment and Self-Sufficiency of Persons with Disability
REGIONAL SUMMIT PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES IN REGION VII Montebello Villa Hotel * March 9, 2017 On March 9, 2017 the first Regional Summit for Persons with Disabilities was held at the Villa Montebello Hotel, Cebu City. It was spearheaded and organized by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Region VII in collaboration with continue reading : Creating an Enabling Environment for Empowerment and Self-Sufficiency of Persons with Disability
Australia Awards Scholarships Now Open for Best & Brightest Filipinos
The Philippine Australia Human Resource and Organisational Development Facility (PAHRODF) is pleased to announce that Australia Awards Scholarships in the Philippines is now accepting application for its 2018 intake. The Australia Awards are prestigious scholarships offered by the Australian Government to individuals in the Philippines who have the potential to contribute to the development of continue reading : Australia Awards Scholarships Now Open for Best & Brightest Filipinos
NCDA, TESDA Sign Agreement for Skills Training for PWDs
The National Council on Disability Affairs (NCDA) and Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) partners to give free skills training for persons with disabilities nationwide. Under the “Training for Work Scholarship Program (TWSP),” TESDA will provide skills training so that the persons with disabilities could receive the National Certificate which is necessary for job continue reading : NCDA, TESDA Sign Agreement for Skills Training for PWDs
NCDA Supports 9th VISTA Games
Now on its ninth year, the Visually Impaired Sports and Training Advocacy (VISTA) games being organized annually by Parent Advocates for Visually Impaired Children (PAVIC) and supported by the National Council on Disability Affairs (NCDA) including non-government organizations and cause-oriented groups. This sports event is being participated in by elementary and high school students who continue reading : NCDA Supports 9th VISTA Games
2017 Training of Gender, Disability, and Leadership Development
The NCDA conducted series of Training on Gender, Disability, and Leadership Development for 2017. From the top left: Fifty-four (54) participants from the Provinces and Cities of Region 6 attended the training held last March 14-16, 2017 at the Gov. Cabagnot Tourism and Training Center, Aklan; Sixty-three (63) participants from Zamboanga Peninsula (Region IX) attended continue reading : 2017 Training of Gender, Disability, and Leadership Development
Vehicle Pass for the Celebration of the Women with Disabilities Day
To all the members of the National Working Committee, NGAs, Local Government Units, CSOs, NGOs and other partner agencies, including those you have invited to attend the celebration of the Women with Disabilities Day on March 28, 2017, Philippine Arena, Bulacan. Kindly download the VEHICLE PASS attached below. vehicle pass DOWNLOAD VEHICLE PASS This VEHICLE continue reading : Vehicle Pass for the Celebration of the Women with Disabilities Day
GROUNDBREAKING OF THE MODEL DISABILITY RESOURCE AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER LAUNCHED
The National Council on Disability Affairs (NCDA) launched the groundbreaking ceremony of the model “Disability Resource and Development Center” or DRDC on February 24, 2017. This coincided with the 34th Anniversary of the Accessibility Law or Batas Pambansa Bilang 344 which seeks to enhance the mobility of persons with disabilities by requiring buildings, institutions, establishments continue reading : GROUNDBREAKING OF THE MODEL DISABILITY RESOURCE AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER LAUNCHED
Groundbreaking Ceremonies held for Disability Resource and Development Center
(From left to right) Director Carmen R. Zubiaga of the National Council on Disability together with DSWD Undersecretary Maria Lourdes Turalde-Jarabe, DPWH Assistant Secretary Eugenio Pipo, DOJ Undersecretary Deo Marco, DICT Director Nestor Bengato and Mr. Arnold De Guzman of Quezon City Persons with Disability Affairs Office leads the burying of the time capsule during continue reading : Groundbreaking Ceremonies held for Disability Resource and Development Center
UAP leads turnover of books on Accessibility Law and its IRR
Director Carmen R. Zubiaga (seated) of the National Council on Disability Affairs meets with Arch. Joselito Francisco (left), president of the United Architects of the Philippines-Quezon City Central Chapter during the turnover of reproduced copies on Accessibility Law (Batas Pambansa Blg 344) and its Implementing Rules and Regulations, held recently at the NCDA Office in continue reading : UAP leads turnover of books on Accessibility Law and its IRR
IRR OF RA NO. 10754 SIGNED
The Implementing Rules and Regulations of Republic Act No. 10754, also known as the “Act Expanding the Benefits and Privileges of Persons with Disability” was signed in a simple ceremony led by DSWD Secretary Judy M. Taguiwalo, with NCDA Acting Executive Director Carmen R. Zubiaga and DOH Undersecretary Gerardo Bayugo (representing Secretary Paulyn Jean B. continue reading : IRR OF RA NO. 10754 SIGNED
PH Youth with Disabilities Bag Medals in 2016 Global IT Challenge
Filipino youth with disabilities made a breakthrough and impressive record during the 2016 Global IT Challenge (GITC) for Youth with Disabilities by bagging several medals in their respective event categories. The event participated in by 16 countries was held in Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China on November 21-25, 2016. Both first placers in the e-lifemap category are continue reading : PH Youth with Disabilities Bag Medals in 2016 Global IT Challenge