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The many years even decades of struggle, participated in by the PWD leaders for the sector collectively produced comprehensive programs and projects for advocacy. The lessons from the past, the perception of the realities of today merged by the positive outlook of the future, encouraged the leadership and allies of the Filipinos with disabilities to respond to the challenges confronting them. With the irreversible momentum towards unity among the leaders of 35 major PWD organizations of the different disability groups, the imperative to develop a long-term sustainable advocacy movement has been formulated-hence the Alyansa ng may Kapansanang Pinoy (AKAP-PINOY), Inc. was organized.
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| To All our Benefactors, Friends, and Colleagues in the Sector | |
We (NOVA-CBM) are pleased to provide you with an update --- not just on the numbers of persons with disability (PWDs) who have passed through our doors at the NOVA-CBM Foundation ICT Training Center, but more relevantly, with specific success stories about PWDs who we have trained and are now gainfully employed. On our staff, we have people like Cromwell Taduran, who has Cerebral Palsy (CP) and started out with us as a Technical Staff Trainee. After a short stint, we had him train and undergo the Medical Transcription Training Program with Total Transcriptions Solutions, Inc. After qualifying, under the tutelage of the Foundation, he pioneered its Work-At-Home Program. He is now Training Manager of the NOVA-CBM ICT Training Center. Significantly, the Training Center is now completely managed by PWDs except for the interpreter who happens to be the mother of a hearing impaired child. There is also the story of Gimar Aguillon, our hearing impaired web-master who had learned the ropes and started out as an Encoder. He left the Foundation for a while to finish a course in website designing at the Manila Christian Computer Institute for the Deaf (MCCD). He is now back with us and does website development for several clients. Read more |
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