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

Thu May 5 01:37:51 UTC 2011

Just wondering, who is that friend who's a writer for the 
Ziegler? I might read his/her articles.

Chris Nusbaum

"A loss of sight, never a loss of vision!" (Camp Abilities motto)

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 ----- Original Message -----
From: Mary Fernandez <trillian551 at gmail.com
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Date sent: Tue, 3 May 2011 21:38:59 -0400
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 å´æ™¶ <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 ?ë‹¸ì‡‚<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 ?ë‹¸ì‡‚
 <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
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  From: "Tina Hansen" <th404 at comcast.net
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 <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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