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

Tue May 3 09:29:34 UTC 2011

I'm a licensed minister, and so when I heard Bethel, I thought it was 
christian based. Thanks for clarifing that for me. 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 10:50 PM
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Volunteer to help blind orphans in China


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