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

Tue May 3 02:26:53 UTC 2011

Is this a religious organization? RJ
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jing Crystal Wu 吴晶" <wujing19861209 at hotmail.com>
To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list" 
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Sent: Monday, May 02, 2011 10:13 PM
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Volunteer to help blind orphans in China


> Dear Beth,
>
> I am teaching English at the center, and also doing project consultant 
> work. So far, we have one mobility instructor from California, one 
> multiple-disability educator from France, one blind Braille teacher, one 
> music teacher, and five Chinese teachers. Of course, the orphanage have 
> many care-givers, administraters, fund raisers, public relation manager 
> and staff members. Bethel has foster care, education and self-care 
> training for kids. Bethel even has its own farm field, so the kids can 
> help to feed dogs, goats, chickens, ducks. Right now, I am trying to push 
> to open up a job training course; however, I can't stay in Beijing for too 
> long. If any of you is interested to do job training, counciling, 
> independence training, I am sure you will be very helpful in Bethel.
>
> I must encourage kids to learn, to live and to travel independently. It'll 
> be wonderful if we can something together. My skype is
> jing.wu.crystal
> MSN: wujing19861209 at hotmail.com
>
> Sincerely,
> Crystal
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Beth" <thebluesisloose at gmail.com>
> To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list" 
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> Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2011 3:57 AM
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Volunteer to help blind orphans in China
>
>
>> Crystal,
>> What can the folks at the CCB in Denver, Colorado do for the
>> orphanage?  What can any ordinary people do to help the kids?  I am
>> interested in helping blind people overseas too, but not China
>> necessarily.  But it's fascinating.  Do you have Skype?  Do write me
>> off list at
>> thebluesisloose at gmail.com
>>
>> Thank you,
>> Beth Taurasi
>>
>> On 5/2/11, Jing Crystal Wu 吴晶 <wujing19861209 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>> Dear all,
>>>
>>> I am currently working in an orphanage for the blind in Beijing. Bethel 
>>> Home
>>> has 45 blind children, and it's a NGO orphanage run by a french couple. 
>>> Just
>>> wonder if any students will be interested to do internship or volunteer 
>>> work
>>> in Beijing. You may visit
>>> www.bethelchina.org
>>>
>>> Most of the kids speak English and Chinese. Many of the volunteers are 
>>> from
>>> Europe and North America. Too bad I have to return to school in 
>>> Stockholm
>>> this summer. Hope any of you can support and help the kids in any way 
>>> you
>>> can. Thanks.
>>>
>>> Sincerely,
>>> Crystal
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Tina Hansen" <th404 at comcast.net>
>>> To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list"
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>>> Cc: "Correspondence Committee Mailing List" <nfb-editors at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2011 2:51 AM
>>> Subject: [nabs-l] Food for Thought: Presenting Our Message as Theater
>>>
>>>
>>>> Not long ago, I learned that the Braille Institute in Los Angeles,
>>>> California, produced a series of recordings called Sound Solutions. 
>>>> They
>>>> present tools and techniques for coping with blindness and vision loss 
>>>> in
>>>> a number of dramatic formats. I thought: it might be cool if we could 
>>>> do
>>>> that. We do have a play at our National convention, but that's about 
>>>> it.
>>>>
>>>> I'm not sure if I agree with everything they present, but I still think 
>>>> we
>>>>
>>>> can learn from it. To get an idea of what they do, you can go to
>>>>
>>>> http://www.airsla.org/soundsolutions.asp
>>>>
>>>> The episodes cover topics such as: home management, coping skills, and
>>>> many other topics, and with one exception, most of them are 30 minutes 
>>>> or
>>>> less.
>>>>
>>>> I'm presenting this for what it's worth, since I know that we have some
>>>> creative people out there, and I also know that if we can present our
>>>> message in a creative way, it might interest the younger generation. 
>>>> Check
>>>>
>>>> it out. Thanks.
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