[nabs-l] Volunteer to help blind orphans in China
Chris Nusbaum
dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com
Thu May 5 01:41:43 UTC 2011
I totally agree, Cindy. I sometimes forget, too. In fact, I
never really thought about it much until Crystal posted that
information about the Bethel home. By the way, is the Slate a
local magazine or a NABS one? If it's a NABS one, how do I sign
up to get it and how will I get it: email, Braille, online?
Chris Nusbaum
"A loss of sight, never a loss of vision!" (Camp Abilities motto)
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----- Original Message -----
From: Cindy Bennett <clb5590 at gmail.com
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Date sent: Tue, 3 May 2011 23:20:07 -0400
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Volunteer to help blind orphans in China
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 å´æ™¶ <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
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Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2011 3:38 AM
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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
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From: "Chris Nusbaum" <dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com
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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
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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
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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 ?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
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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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