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

Wed May 18 08:03:52 UTC 2011

Hello Crystal,
Good to see you on here as well. Have you heard of Mobility Inter National? It is a international clearinghouse for people with disabilities. Along with promoting study abroad opportunities for youth with disabilities in the United States and helping international students with disabilities studying in the United States, they also do international development work to assist people with disabilities in developing countries.
You should visit their webcite at
www.miusa.org

Come on MSN messenger so that we can catch up. We have alot to talk about.
Anmol
I seldom think about my limitations, and they never make me sad. Perhaps there is just a touch of yearning at times; but it is vague, like a breeze among flowers.
Hellen Keller

--- On Tue, 5/3/11, Jing Crystal Wu 吴晶 <wujing19861209 at hotmail.com> wrote:

> From: Jing Crystal Wu 吴晶 <wujing19861209 at hotmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Volunteer to help blind orphans in China
> To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list" <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
> Date: Tuesday, May 3, 2011, 8:14 PM
> 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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