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

Wed May 18 09:20:47 UTC 2011

Dear Anmol,

Great to hear from you. Yes, I heard of both Mobility International and 
Braille without border. In fact, I was in touch with both of these 
organizations. I have to go to Beijing city on May 27. I guess sometime in 
June will be a lot better. Probably sometime like June 10 or even 11, 12. 
What do you think?

Regards,
Crystal
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Anmol Bhatia" <anmolpbhatia at yahoo.com>
To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list" 
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2011 10:03 AM
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Volunteer to help blind orphans in China

> 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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