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] [ ] [ ] The School of Leadership trained deaf students to bake and managment skills, then established a bakery in January 2007. This is the 2nd project for the deaf in Pakistan following the KFC project.
Please check www.pad.sdnpk.org or email to Ms. Urooj Mazhar for more details.
Source: Report from Mr. Muhammad Akram, Pakistan Association of the Deaf
A Delhi-based NGO, Samarthya has designed a voiceenabled fare meter - for autos and taxis - that not only displays the fare and the distance travelled, but also announces the same to the passenger. The NGO hopes that apart from the users benefiting, these meters will also bring the city much prestige and goodwill from the international community. This technology will also make public transportation more accessible for the blind. The company whose factory brought Samarthya's idea estimates the cost of the product would not be more than Rs 500.
Please check www.samarthyaindia.com for more details.
Source: Samarthya, National Centre for Promotion of Barrier-Free Environment for Disabled Persons
Mr. Santi Rungnasuan, the ex-participant in APCD training on independent living, and JICA Training on peercounselling has stepped further to become the founder and director of new Independent Living Center (ILC) in Bhudamonthon District, Nakornpathom Province, Thailand. The new ILC was formally opened on 19 March 2007. Its types of services include peer-counseling, information sharing and advocacy movement for persons with disabilities in the area.
Source: Mr. Santi Rungnasuan, Director of Nakornpathom Independent Living Center
Eighty-one Member States and the European Community signed a landmark new treaty at the United Nations that aims to improve the lives of the world's estimated 650 million people with disabilities. Jamaica also ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities - the first country to go beyond endorsement and adopt it as law.
Please check http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=22085&Cr=disab&Cr1=&
Kw1=RECORD+NUMBER+OF+COUNTRIES+SIGN+UN+TREATY+ON+DISABILITIES+ON+
OPENING+DAY&Kw2=&Kw3= for more details.
Source: UN News Centre
Topic areas include the universal design, inclusive housing & the work place, transportation, accessibility issues, social issues, policies, political issues related to disability and the aging population.
Please check www.i-create2007.org for more details.
Source: International Conference for Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology
The purpose is to further develop the prevention and rehabilitation of hearing impairment, and to strengthen international communication and cooperation.
Please check www.chinadeaf.com/prhi/list/list_59_1.html for more details.
Source: China Deaf
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