[nabs-l] Volunteer to help blind orphans in China
Cindy Bennett
clb5590 at gmail.com
Wed May 4 03:20:07 UTC 2011
I think an article would be great. A publication that is on a smaller
scale is our Student Slate. So, an article for that might not be as
time consuming, and it is more specific to students. So, if you want
to start somewhere, that is a great option. You can email me offlist
if you are interested in writing an article for The Slate.
I think it is great that you are doing international work! I know that
sometimes I forget that blind people exist outside of the U.S. and
while that sounds foolish, I think it is easy for us to get caught up
in our own culture and to not be thankful for the ways Americans have
access that many blind people in other countries have not yet gained.
Cindy
On 5/3/11, Jing Crystal Wu 吴晶 <wujing19861209 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Dear Mary,
>
> Are you still in New Jersey? I think we added each other on Skype. Great, if
> you want to experience something new, I have loads of ideas. haha Don't
> scared, it won't kill you.
>
> Look forward to talk to you.
>
> Crystal
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mary Fernandez" <trillian551 at gmail.com>
> To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list"
> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2011 3:38 AM
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Volunteer to help blind orphans in China
>
>
>> Hi Crystal,
>> It's Mary Fernandez we met when you went to The atlanta convention.
>> The Matilda Ziegler magazine does still exist. One of my friends is a
>> writer for it.
>> I'll get in touch with you and see if I can help in anyway. I'm always
>> looking for great experiences for summers, so hopefully I can help.
>> Talk toyou soon.
>> Mary
>>
>> On 5/3/11, Jing Crystal Wu 吴晶 <wujing19861209 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hi Chris,
>>>
>>> Thanks for your suggestions. It's a great idea. I read both magazines
>>> myself
>>> as well. I am not sure if Matilda Ziegler still exist. I received an
>>> E-mail
>>> from Ruth Davis, former editor, last year, and she told me that the
>>> Ziegler
>>> family do not want to continue to sponsor the magazine anymore. Instead,
>>> they prefer to invest the money to Yale medical center to do research on
>>> eye
>>> disease related subject. Not sure if Gregory Evanina fought over the
>>> case. I
>>> visited their headquarter office in New York when I was 19 which was in
>>> 2007.
>>>
>>> I spoke to Gary a few times and had some contacts with him. I'll try to
>>> write an article about Bethel Home later for sure. Once again, your ideas
>>> are great! Thanks.
>>>
>>> Running around the world is pretty fun but get exhausted sometime. To
>>> adjust
>>> the jet lag several times a year is not that easy. Hope to see you at the
>>> NFB convention sometime. I am still deciding whether I should go this
>>> year
>>> or next.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Crystal
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Chris Nusbaum" <dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com>
>>> To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list"
>>> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2011 10:13 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Volunteer to help blind orphans in China
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi, Crystal.
>>>
>>> Good for you! I'm glad you're so active in helping blind children
>>> overseas live fully independent lives! Maybe a good idea would be
>>> to write up a little article about Bethel and the kids there to
>>> put in the Braille Monitor. I think by putting something in the
>>> Monitor, you would be reaching out to a lot of people who might
>>> be able and willing to help! It says in the magazine that
>>> articles for the Monitor can go to the editor, Gary Wunder, who
>>> happens to be on the Blind Talk list if you're on that. You can
>>> mail your article to: National Federation of the Blind, Attention
>>> Gary Wunder. 200 East Wells Street, Baltimore, Maryland, 21230.
>>> You can also email your article to gwunder at nfb.org. You can go
>>> to www.nfb.org for more information. Hope this helps!
>>> P.S. You could also put an article in the Matilda Ziegler
>>> Magazine for the Blind, an independent magazine for the blind,
>>> not affiliated with any organization providing news, information,
>>> and commentary on the issues facing the blind. You can send an
>>> email to Ross Hammond, the editor of the Ziegler at
>>> editor at matildaziegler.com. You can check out
>>> www.matildaziegler.com to get more info!
>>> P.P.S. Please understand that I'm not affiliated in any way with
>>> neither the Monitor nor the Ziegler. I'm just a reader of both
>>> who thought these magazines might help you in your efforts.
>>>
>>>
>>> Chris Nusbaum
>>>
>>> "A loss of sight, never a loss of vision!" (Camp Abilities motto)
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: Jing Crystal Wu ?닸쇂<wujing19861209 at hotmail.com
>>> To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list"
>>> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>>> Date sent: Tue, 3 May 2011 04:13:59 +0200
>>> 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 ?닸쇂
>>> <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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>>
>> --
>> Mary Fernandez
>> President: Georgia Association of Blind Students
>> Emory University 2012
>> P.O. Box 123056
>> Atlanta Ga.
>> 30322
>> Phone: 732-857-7004
>>
>> "It's not worth doing something unless someone, somewhere, would much
>> rather you weren't doing it."
>> Terry Pratchett
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