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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 President Hiroshi Kawamura (left), on courtesy call to NCDA last November 18, 2011, raised the use of DAISY (Digital Access Information System) as a communications tool for inclusive...
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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...
Continue ReadingDuskin 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...
Continue ReadingAnnouncement 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...
Continue ReadingSuccessful 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...
Continue ReadingWINNERS 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) that seeks to honor persons...
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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...
Continue ReadingAFS-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...
Continue ReadingAccessibility 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...
Continue ReadingCBR 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...
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