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Guardian Angels Support Center for Children with Orthopedic Disabilities Note: Ms. Christine "Tynee" Ruedas, a VOICE-mate from Best Buddies Philippines, VOICE Central Visayas Cluster.From: best buddies <bestbuddies_ph@yahoo.com>
To: VOICE Ntwrk <voicenational@yahoo.com>
Sent: Monday, May 19, 2008 11:57:00 PM
Subject: Fwd: [upcchs89] Guardian Angels Support Center for Children with Orthopedic Disabilities (Mobility Impairments)
Let this email serve as an inquiry for possible referrals and partnership as well as an introduction of sorts about our UPDATED line of work for children with mobility impairments.
The Cebu Society for Children with Mobility Impairments runs a small tutorial school within Southwestern University - Guardian Angels Support Center for Children with Orthopedic Disabilities (Mobility Impairments) .

The school has around 15 children with a variety of mobility impairments from Cerebal Palsy to Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, which means that as well as some of them needing assistance with walking, they also might need help writing, and extra support in adapted wheelchairs.

We are now in a transition phase of mainstreaming them into the regular school that has so kindly hosted Guardian Angels School - aiming for integration into their academic grade level as far as possible!

This will follow a community based rehabilitation approach which is general community development for the rehabilitation, equalization of opportunities and social inclusion of all people with disabilities.

We will be changing the Guardian Angels School into more of a support service, so each child will get 'sponsored' thoughout their education to help them achieve their full potential academically as well as a becoming a fully developed young person.

This will involve services like: physical rehabilitation, medical & surgical assistance, educational assistance and tutoring, counselling, speech therapy, assistive devices, loans to parents in extreme hardship, parent training, pupil internships

This means customising and adapting their wheelchairs and mobility devices regularly, getting a good SPED teacher that is up to date with learning methods for children with physical disabilities, technical learning supports (keyboards, interactive lessons), rehabilitation equipment, funding for training and tutoring, etc etc. Often the barriers to a good education are not simply the physical ones like needing a wheelchair-friendly van, but attitudes and behaviour of other children and teachers that we will need to address with sensitivity training.

We will be linking up with other NGOS and partners such as Liliane Fonds, Avila Foundation, Global School Partnership and hopefully - The Rotary Club of Cebu and USAID! As well as maintain and improve relations with existing sponsors like SWU.

We have set ourselves the target of trying to mainstream as many children as possible for the new school year 08-09. To initiate simulation and sensitivity training, we will do visitations of the children in a chosen SWU classroom setting starting this June.We hope you can be involved in the future development of these children, as well as involved in an educational initiative to reduce the 97% of disabled children who don't go to school.

Again, many many thanks for your kindness. Best regards, Christine "Tynee" C. RuedasProgram DirectorGuardian Angels School

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Christine C. Ruedas, MM-IHSM
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Cebu Velez College of OTPT Invite: Betcha My Gulay! (for volunteer managers)From: deanielyn <ivolunteernetph@gmail.com>
To: Undisclosed Recipients <ivolunteernetph@gmail.com>
Sent: Friday, May 16, 2008 4:17:11 PM
Subject: [voice network] Invite: Betcha My Gulay! (for volunteer managers)

What is possibly the most common way of recognizing volunteers in our country?

To feed them! [betcha my wow :)]

Among at least 70 volunteer-receiving NGOs, church groups, schools and
government offices I've met, food is always on their tables for
volunteers.

Because of that, www.iVolunteer. net.ph invites volunteer managers to
"Betcha My Gulay!" (or Why Vegetariansim? ), a gastronimically
delightful morning of cooking (6-8 recipes), lunch-ing, and exploring
how plant-based diet can help you nourish your volunteers.

Date/Time: May 31, 2008 (Saturday), 9am-12noon
Venue: Brahma Kumaris Meditation Center, 34 T. Gener St. cor Kamuning Rd, QC
Food fee: Php 150/person

Very limited slots available. First 20 volunteer managers (1-2 only
per organization) who confirm/pre- register on or before May 26 shall
enjoy a Php 50 discount--pay only Php 100! So email me right away!

Sending you laughter,
Deanie
Core team
Email: ivolunteernetph@gmail.com

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        For more info, pls contact:

        Jesuit Volunteers Philippines Foundation Inc.
        3/F Bellarmine Hall, Ateneo de Manila University
        Tel Nos. (02) 426-6001 loc 4880, (02) 927-9060
        Telefax (02) 4265908
        www.jvpfi.org