[nabs-l] Volunteer to help blind orphans in China

Tue May 3 20:13:12 UTC 2011

Hi,=20Crystal.

Good=20for=20you!=20I'm=20glad=20you're=20so=20active=20in=20helping=20blin=
d=20children=20
overseas=20live=20fully=20independent=20lives!=20Maybe=20a=20good=20idea=20=
would=20be=20
to=20write=20up=20a=20little=20article=20about=20Bethel=20and=20the=20kids=
=20there=20to=20
put=20in=20the=20Braille=20Monitor.=20=20I=20think=20by=20putting=20somethi=
ng=20in=20the=20
Monitor,=20you=20would=20be=20reaching=20out=20to=20a=20lot=20of=20people=20=
who=20might=20
be=20able=20and=20willing=20to=20help!=20It=20says=20in=20the=20magazine=20=
that=20
articles=20for=20the=20Monitor=20can=20go=20to=20the=20editor,=20Gary=20Wun=
der,=20who=20
happens=20to=20be=20on=20the=20Blind=20Talk=20list=20if=20you're=20on=20tha=
t.=20=20You=20can=20
mail=20your=20article=20to:=20National=20Federation=20of=20the=20Blind,=20A=
ttention=20
Gary=20Wunder.=20=20200=20East=20Wells=20Street,=20Baltimore,=20Maryland,=20=
21230.=20=20
You=20can=20also=20email=20your=20article=20to=20gwunder at nfb.org.=20=20You=
=20can=20go=20
to=20www.nfb.org=20for=20more=20information.=20=20Hope=20this=20helps!
P.S.=20=20You=20could=20also=20put=20an=20article=20in=20the=20Matilda=20Zi=
egler=20
Magazine=20for=20the=20Blind,=20an=20independent=20magazine=20for=20the=20b=
lind,=20
not=20affiliated=20with=20any=20organization=20providing=20news,=20informat=
ion,=20
and=20commentary=20on=20the=20issues=20facing=20the=20blind.=20=20You=20can=
=20send=20an=20
email=20to=20Ross=20Hammond,=20the=20editor=20of=20the=20Ziegler=20at=20
editor at matildaziegler.com.=20=20You=20can=20check=20out=20
www.matildaziegler.com=20to=20get=20more=20info!
P.P.S.=20=20Please=20understand=20that=20I'm=20not=20affiliated=20in=20any=
=20way=20with=20
neither=20the=20Monitor=20nor=20the=20Ziegler.=20=20I'm=20just=20a=20reader=
=20of=20both=20
who=20thought=20these=20magazines=20might=20help=20you=20in=20your=20effort=
s.

Chris=20Nusbaum

"A=20loss=20of=20sight,=20never=20a=20loss=20of=20vision!"=20(Camp=20Abilit=
ies=20motto)

-----=20Original=20Message=20-----
From:=20Jing=20Crystal=20Wu=20=E5=90=B4=E6=99=B6<wujing19861209 at hotmail.com=

To:=20"National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing=20list"=20
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date=20sent:=20Tue,=203=20May=202011=2004:13:59=20+0200
Subject:=20Re:=20[nabs-l]=20Volunteer=20to=20help=20blind=20orphans=20in=20=
China

Dear=20Beth,

I=20am=20teaching=20English=20at=20the=20center,=20and=20also=20doing=20pro=
ject=20
consultant=20work.
So=20far,=20we=20have=20one=20mobility=20instructor=20from=20California,=20=
one
multiple-disability=20educator=20from=20France,=20one=20blind=20Braille=20
teacher,=20one
music=20teacher,=20and=20five=20Chinese=20teachers.=20=20Of=20course,=20the=
=20
orphanage=20have=20many
care-givers,=20administraters,=20fund=20raisers,=20public=20relation=20
manager=20and=20staff
members.=20=20Bethel=20has=20foster=20care,=20education=20and=20self-care=20=

training=20for=20kids.
Bethel=20even=20has=20its=20own=20farm=20field,=20so=20the=20kids=20can=20h=
elp=20to=20feed=20
dogs,
goats,=20chickens,=20ducks.=20=20Right=20now,=20I=20am=20trying=20to=20push=
=20to=20open=20
up=20a=20job
training=20course;=20however,=20I=20can't=20stay=20in=20Beijing=20for=20too=
=20long.=20=20
If=20any=20of
you=20is=20interested=20to=20do=20job=20training,=20counciling,=20independe=
nce=20
training,=20I
am=20sure=20you=20will=20be=20very=20helpful=20in=20Bethel.

I=20must=20encourage=20kids=20to=20learn,=20to=20live=20and=20to=20travel=20=

independently.=20=20It'll
be=20wonderful=20if=20we=20can=20something=20together.=20=20My=20skype=20is=

jing.wu.crystal
MSN:=20wujing19861209 at hotmail.com

Sincerely,
Crystal
-----=20Original=20Message=20-----
From:=20"Beth"=20<thebluesisloose at gmail.com
To:=20"National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing=20list"
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Sent:=20Tuesday,=20May=2003,=202011=203:57=20AM
Subject:=20Re:=20[nabs-l]=20Volunteer=20to=20help=20blind=20orphans=20in=20=
China

=20Crystal,
=20What=20can=20the=20folks=20at=20the=20CCB=20in=20Denver,=20Colorado=20do=
=20for=20the
=20orphanage?=20=20What=20can=20any=20ordinary=20people=20do=20to=20help=20=
the=20kids?=20=20I=20
am
=20interested=20in=20helping=20blind=20people=20overseas=20too,=20but=20not=
=20China
=20necessarily.=20=20But=20it's=20fascinating.=20=20Do=20you=20have=20Skype=
?=20=20Do=20
write=20me
=20off=20list=20at
=20thebluesisloose at gmail.com

=20Thank=20you,
=20Beth=20Taurasi

=20On=205/2/11,=20Jing=20Crystal=20Wu=20=E5=90=B4=E6=99=B6=20
<wujing19861209 at hotmail.com>=20wrote:
=20Dear=20all,

=20I=20am=20currently=20working=20in=20an=20orphanage=20for=20the=20blind=20=
in=20Beijing.=20=20
Bethel
=20Home
=20has=2045=20blind=20children,=20and=20it's=20a=20NGO=20orphanage=20run=20=
by=20a=20french=20
couple.
=20Just
=20wonder=20if=20any=20students=20will=20be=20interested=20to=20do=20intern=
ship=20or=20
volunteer
=20work
=20in=20Beijing.=20=20You=20may=20visit
=20www.bethelchina.org

=20Most=20of=20the=20kids=20speak=20English=20and=20Chinese.=20=20Many=20of=
=20the=20
volunteers=20are
=20from
=20Europe=20and=20North=20America.=20=20Too=20bad=20I=20have=20to=20return=
=20to=20school=20in=20
Stockholm
=20this=20summer.=20=20Hope=20any=20of=20you=20can=20support=20and=20help=20=
the=20kids=20in=20
any=20way=20you
=20can.=20=20Thanks.

=20Sincerely,
=20Crystal
=20-----=20Original=20Message=20-----
=20From:=20"Tina=20Hansen"=20<th404 at comcast.net
=20To:=20"National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing=20list"
=20<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
=20Cc:=20"Correspondence=20Committee=20Mailing=20List"=20
<nfb-editors at nfbnet.org
=20Sent:=20Tuesday,=20May=2003,=202011=202:51=20AM
=20Subject:=20[nabs-l]=20Food=20for=20Thought:=20Presenting=20Our=20Message=
=20as=20
Theater

=20Not=20long=20ago,=20I=20learned=20that=20the=20Braille=20Institute=20in=
=20Los=20
Angeles,
=20California,=20produced=20a=20series=20of=20recordings=20called=20Sound=20=

Solutions.=20=20They
=20present=20tools=20and=20techniques=20for=20coping=20with=20blindness=20a=
nd=20
vision=20loss
=20in
=20a=20number=20of=20dramatic=20formats.=20=20I=20thought:=20it=20might=20b=
e=20cool=20if=20we=20
could=20do
=20that.=20=20We=20do=20have=20a=20play=20at=20our=20National=20convention,=
=20but=20that's=20
about=20it.

=20I'm=20not=20sure=20if=20I=20agree=20with=20everything=20they=20present,=
=20but=20I=20
still=20think
=20we

=20can=20learn=20from=20it.=20=20To=20get=20an=20idea=20of=20what=20they=20=
do,=20you=20can=20go=20
to

=20http://www.airsla.org/soundsolutions.asp

=20The=20episodes=20cover=20topics=20such=20as:=20home=20management,=20copi=
ng=20
skills,=20and
=20many=20other=20topics,=20and=20with=20one=20exception,=20most=20of=20the=
m=20are=2030=20
minutes
=20or
=20less.

=20I'm=20presenting=20this=20for=20what=20it's=20worth,=20since=20I=20know=
=20that=20we=20
have=20some
=20creative=20people=20out=20there,=20and=20I=20also=20know=20that=20if=20w=
e=20can=20
present=20our
=20message=20in=20a=20creative=20way,=20it=20might=20interest=20the=20young=
er=20
generation.
=20Check

=20it=20out.=20=20Thanks.
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