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

Tue May 3 02:50:29 UTC 2011

The French couple and some of the volunteers are Christians, but religion is 
not required.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "RJ Sandefur" <joltingjacksandefur at gmail.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2011 4:26 AM
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Volunteer to help blind orphans in China


> 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>
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>>>> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
>>>> 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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