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Training on the Provision of Appropriate Wheelchairs

Training on the Provision of Appropriate Wheelchairs

To equip service-providers in effective provision of appropriate wheelchairs to  beneficiaries, the Latter-Day Saints  Charities (LDSC) held a 2-day workshop for  17 GO/NGO/PO participants from Quezon City , Caloocan City...
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DAISY Consortium consults NCDA on a ‘PWD-Friendly Disaster Plan’ Tie Up

DAISY Consortium consults NCDA on a ‘PWD-Friendly Disaster Plan’ Tie Up

                          Daisy Consortium President Hiroshi Kawamura (left), on courtesy call to NCDA last November 18, 2011, raised the...
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SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: Court of Appeals denies TRO filed by Southern Luzon Drug Corporation

The Special Fifth Division of the Court of Appeals, in its decision dated June 17, 2011 (CA-G.R. SP NO. 102486), denied the petition for a temporary restraining order and/or writ...
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Duskin Leadership Training for Promising PWD youth

The Japan Society for Rehabilitation of Persons with Disabilities (JSPRD) is calling for applications to a 10-month training opportunity for young people with disabilities in the Asia Pacific Region for...
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Announcement of Qualified Applicants Applying for the AFS KL-YES Scholarship

The National Council on Disability Affairs is pleased to announce the qualified applicants who will be invited to the Final Screening for the American Field Service KL-YES Scholarship Program on...
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Successful Inaugural IDPP Residency Period Comes to a Close

Successful Inaugural IDPP Residency Period Comes to a Close

The Institute on Disability and Public Policy (IDPP)’s first residency period welcoming the incoming student cohort who will earn a Master’s of International Affairs in Comparative and International Disability Policy...
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WINNERS OF 26th APOLINARIO MABINI AWARDS ANNOUNCED

          Amb. Cristina C. Ponce-Enrile, Committee Chairperson of the 2011 Mabini Awards, a biennial program of the Philippine Foundation for the Rehabilitation of the Disabled (PFRD)...
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Canon Donates Camera for Philippine Photography Bet in the 8th Global Work Skills Contest

Canon Donates Camera for Philippine Photography Bet in the 8th Global Work Skills Contest

Canon President and CEO Alan Chng hands over camera to Raph Torralba, hard of hearing member of “Visual Shot Club”, a group of deaf photographers, who recently teamed up with...
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AFS-KL-YES APPLICATION DEADLINE EXTENDED!

The deadline for the submission of American Field Service-Kennedy Lugar-Youth Exchange Scholarship (AFS-KL-YES) application was extended from July 15, 2011 to Friday, August 12, 2011. This is to give applicants...
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Accessibility Audit in Butuan City

Accessibility Audit in Butuan City

Accessibility Audit in Butuan City June 13, 2011. The National Council for Disability Affairs (NCDA) Regional Program Coordinator Flerida Labanon, together with focal persons from The Regional Council for Disability...
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CBR and Research: Pre-Congress Workshop

On the occasion of second Asia Pacific CBR Congress that will be held in Manila (Philippines) from 29 November to 1 December 2011,  (AIFO/Italy in collaboration with WHO/DAR and CBM)...
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