Saturday, December 10, 2011

Journey to Break the Wall of Silence

by Mackie Calbay

Many travel by walking, riding a bus and all kinds of transportation or tour in different places. Whether beaches for your leisure, visiting a family, meeting new people and learning different cultures, biking can be another option. Bicycle makes you happy traveling, exercise as well and something discover a new world.



One of the Deaf who loves the bike by gifted of his father. He tended to travel with bicycle in different countries and He met three hearing friends. They travel together around the world and meet with Deaf people in Education and different country cultures until they visited the Philippines.


The School of Deaf Education and Applied Studies invited the Benildean Deaf Association and First year students of Deaf Identity Course with Ms. Jessel Arriola and Mary Joy Reyes to a short talk with a theme: “Journey on the breaking the wall of Silence” with Inspirational Speaker: Jose Luis Garcia Ginard (Deaf Spanish) and Raphy Domingo as International Sign Language Interpreter, held last December 9, 2011 at 1:00 - 2:30pm, PEN-MLC, DLS-CSB Taft Campus, Manila.











The next day, Mr. Ginard also appeared in Instituto Cervantes and shared about his travels, visits, and experiences in Deaf education in different parts of the world entitled “Inspiring Journey around in the Philippines.”

Monday, December 5, 2011

IDPP 2-Week Residency Program


Asia-Pacific Development Center on Disability
EMPOWERMENT
APCD Newsletter
Volume 37: October 2011





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Sunday, December 4, 2011

Children's Christmas Party

The Human Resource Department of De La Salle-College of Saint Benilde organized this year's Children's Christmas Party. It was held las December 3, 2011 (Saturday) at 8:30am to 12:00nn, at the Open Court and Plaza Villaroza, Taft Campus. Invited were the children of different Administrators, Faculty and Staff members who enjoyed the activities such as: cosplay, playground with balloons, Jolibee hosted kiddie games and a magical clown show.

This is how the parents show their love by spending time with their children with smiling faces and joyful laughter.


























Friday, December 2, 2011

Walk for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Part of the series of activities of the celebration of International Day of Persons with Disabilities is a “Walk for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities” with a specific theme “Make the Right Real Together for a Better Asia and the Pacific for All” headed by the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG), Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), National Council on Disability Affairs (NCDA), United Nations Economic and Social Commission in Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP), Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA), SM Supermalls and Autism Society Philippines (ASP). Held at 7:30am, at the Music Hall, SM Mall of Asia, Pasay City.