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APT, Apt for Carmona PWDs
November 27, 2012dandeePhoto Releases,Southern Luzon and Western Visayas,Sub-committee on Training, Employment and LivelihoodAdaptive Paper Technology,LGU Carmona
Appropriate Paper-based Technology (APT) cheered. Carmona trainees above, show off finished items and take to heart APT, by author Bevill Parker, British Environmentalist, which ‘’makes something out of nothing’’. Turning...
Continue ReadingYOUNG VOICES’ SHOUT- OUT “ May PWD ID Kami, Kasali Kami!!
Leonard Cheshire Disability Philippines Foundation, Inc. (LCDPFI) gathered over 60 young people with disabilities and partners, to launch these “Young Voices” (YVs) as a powerhouse cast of disability advocates in...
Continue ReadingLady Mayor Adopts “Bags for Life” in Carmona, Cavite
November 22, 2012dandeePhoto Releases,Southern Luzon and Western Visayas,Sub-committee on Training, Employment and Livelihood,Technical Cooperation DivisionBags for Life,LGU Carmona,Mayor Dahlia Loyola
After an exciting exhibit and sale of fashionable “Bags for Life” crafted by persons with disabilities and their kins at the Municipal Hall last November 7, 2012, Mayor Dahlia Loyola...
Continue ReadingRP Joins UN-ESCAP’s Intergovernmental Meeting to Assess AP Decade of Persons with Disabilities
November 21, 2012dandeePhoto Releases,Sub-committee on International Disability NetworkIncheon Strategy to Make the Right Real
‘’MAKE THE RIGHT REAL-PHilippine Delegation – Standing left to right: DSWD Undersecretary & In-Charge of NCDA/Head of the Delegation Parisya L. Taradji, NCDA-Programs Management Division Assistant Chief/Planning Officer IV Marlu...
Continue ReadingRP TEAM Bags 2 “Global IT Challenge Grand Prizes and 1 Special Award in Korea
November 16, 2012dandeeNational News,Sub-committee on Information, Communications and Technology,Sub-committee on International Disability Network,Technical Cooperation DivisionGlobal IT Challenge for Youth with Disabilities,Incheon,South Korea
Our 6-man “Make the Right Real Team Philippines” brought home 3 awards, 2 grand champion and a special award in e-Life, e-Tools and slogan making contests in ‘Global IT Challenge...
Continue ReadingNCDA Cheers Delegates to Korea’s “ Global Challenge for Youth with Disabilities”
October 19, 2012dandeeNCR, Davao, SOCCSKSARGEN, CARAGA and ARMM,Photo Releases,Sub-committee on Information, Communications and Technology,Technical Cooperation DivisionGlobal IT Challenge for Youth with Disabilities
Pinch-hitting for ED Carmen Reyes-Zubiaga, DED Matt Lee Jr., met the 5-man team for this world event on October 29-November 2, 2012 in Incheon, Korea. He helped find the team’s...
Continue ReadingNCDA Marks Appointment of COMELEC Commissioner Grace Padaca
In her GMA7 “Unang Hirit “Interview on October 5, 2012, woman advocate Grace Padaca, spoke of her appointment as new COMELEC Commissioner. Accompanied no less by DILG Secretary Mar Roxas...
Continue ReadingPersons with disabilities may now avail of free legal assistance
October 9, 2012dandeeNational News,Sub-committee Access to JusticeAccess to Justice,Department of Justice
In recognition of the need to assist persons with disabilities in their legal concerns, the National Council on Disability Affairs (NCDA), an attached agency of the Department of Social Welfare...
Continue ReadingRONEL DEL RIO, One of UN-ESCAP’s 7 “Promoters” of the New Decade in AP
October 9, 2012dandeePhoto Releases,Sub-committee on Information, Communications and Technology,Technical Cooperation DivisionGov. Vilma Santos,Provincial Government of Batangas,Ronel del Rio,Web Accessibility
Batangas Governor’s Advocate Mr. Ronel del Rio, the only Filipino chosen by the United Nations-Economic and Social Commission in the Asia Pacific (UN-ESCAP), joins six others from other AP countries, ...
Continue ReadingMusashi University Professor Shares Disability Insights with NCDA
September 12, 2012dandeePhoto Releases,Sub-committee on International Disability Network,Technical Cooperation Division,Visiting Experts
Last minute, but productive chat. Prior to her flight back home, Sociology Professor Naoko Takeda, Ph.D. from Musashi University, Tokyo Japan, traded notes with NCDA ED Carmen Reyes-Zubiaga (above right...
Continue ReadingQueensland University of Technology (QUT) Launches Inclusive Education Training Program
The conduct of the 4-day kickoff component of “Strengthening the Capacity to Implement Inclusive Development in the Philippines” a partnership program between the National Council on Disability Affairs, the Department...
Continue Reading“e-PDAO Network” Launched
September 4, 2012dandeeCentral and Eastern Visayas, Zamboanga Peninsula and Northern Mindanao,NCR, Davao, SOCCSKSARGEN, CARAGA and ARMM,Northern Luzon,Photo Releases,Regional Cluster News,Southern Luzon and Western Visayase-PDAO
To seal the recently concluded ‘’Philippine Disability Affairs Office (PDAO) Congress”, held in Bayview Plaza Hotel on August 15-17, 2012, PDAO Officers/focal persons signed the Manifesto of Commitment/”e-PDAO Network”, to...
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