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33rd NDPR Week Schedule of Activities

ANNOUNCEMENT The general public is hereby informed of the commemoration of the  33rd National Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation (NDPR) Week  on July 17 – 23, 2011 with the theme “Making...
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Comelec launches PWD Registration for NDPR Week Celebration

Comelec launches PWD Registration for NDPR Week Celebration

ANNOUNCEMENT The Commission on Elections (Comelec) announces A PWD National Registration Week where persons with disabilities (PWD) will be given priority during voter registration from July 18 to 23, 2011...
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LA-based “Joy Missions for the Disabled” Team Meets with NCDA  and Holds Field Visits to Local SPED Centers

LA-based “Joy Missions for the Disabled” Team Meets with NCDA and Holds Field Visits to Local SPED Centers

A 10-man group from the ”Joy Missions for the Disabled” (JMD)met with NCDA Team of TCD Chief Nelia R. De Jesus,  RPCs Flerida  Labanon and Ruth Tacujan, for a briefing...
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CALL FOR EXHIBITORS FOR THE 2ND ASIA PACIFIC COMMUNITY-BASED REHABILITATION (CBR) CONGRESS

CALL FOR EXHIBITORS FOR THE 2ND ASIA PACIFIC COMMUNITY-BASED REHABILITATION (CBR) CONGRESS

Inviting all interested exhibitors and sponsors to the 2nd Asia Pacific CBR Congress to be held on November 29, 2011 to December 1, 2011 at the Lobby of the Grand...
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NCDA Philippine Wataboshi Music Festival for Persons with Disabilities – EXTENDED!

The National Council on Disability Affairs in partnership with Ambassadors of Light, Inc. would like to announce that the submission of entries for the   “”NCDA Philippine Wataboshi Music Festival for...
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AFS International President Cites Impact of NCDA-AFS-IPP Partnership

AFS International President Cites Impact of NCDA-AFS-IPP Partnership

American Field Service International President  Francisco “Tachi” Cazal, shows off AFS-KL-YES poster produced by NCDA,  in sync with AFS-IPP and DepEd last June 15 AFS Intercultural Evening at the Manila...
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Cebu Province declares JULY as “Persons with Disabilities Month”.

The Cebu Province has passed Ordinance NO.2011-02 declaring the month of July of every year as “Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) Month” in Cebu. Authored by Board Member Arleigh Sitoy, the...
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Seeing through Fatima’s Eyes

Seeing through Fatima’s Eyes

“Hello father”, a girl’s voice was heard over ZNN Radio Veritas’ broadcast of Fr. Jerry Orbos’s radio show one July 2003 night. The voice, nervy but resolute, talked about trusting...
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Prince Salman Awards

Prince Salman Awards

The General Secretariat of the “Prince Salman Award for Disability Research” has extended the nomination for noted researchers who have accumulated an exceptional record in advancing the field of disabilities...
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NCDA Philippine Wataboshi Music Festival for Persons with Disabilities

The National Council on Disability Affairs in partnership with Ambassadors of Light, Inc. the Department of Social Welfare and Development-National Vocational and Rehabilitation Center, Department of Education, National Commission for...
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Number of Poor Households (HHs) by Type of Disability

DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND DEVELOPMENT National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction DATA RELEASE FORM Date : 13 May 2011 Data Description : Number of Poor Households (HHs) by...
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