[Nfbv-announce] A Message From Joanne Wilson

[Fredric Schroeder]

>From Joanne Wilson:

  Dear Colleagues,
  I have been working with Elnura Emilkanova from the country of 
Kyrgyzstan who will be moving to Northern Virginia to begin 
classes at George Mason University to become certified to teach 
blind students.  She is being sponsored by the U.S.  State 
Department IREX Program.
  Elnura has been a volunteer teacher of blind children for 
several years.  She is sighted.  She works long hours in a bank, 
then in the evenings heads to the school for the blind to teach 
Braille and more.  What she wants is to get the best education 
here in America learning the most progressive techniques for 
teaching blind people and will take those skills back to her 
country, Kyrgyzstan.
  During her stay here while attending George Mason University, 
she is going to need a place to live that is within commuting 
distance to the university.  Elnura would like to find a blind 
woman to share a home with, or, a family with a blind child that 
she could rent a room from.  She will need a place to live by the 
middle of December.
  Living with a blind person will only enhance her education and 
will broaden the understanding of how blind people live their 
everyday lives.
  If anyone has a room, or an apartment that you would like to 
share with Elnura, please contact her at or on her cell phone at 
912-996-2606.
  I would be glad to serve as a reference for Elnura.  I can be 
contacted at the NFB Headquarters in Baltimore at 410-659-9314 
extension 2335, or by e-mail at .
  Thanks,
Joanne Wilson
Executive Director of Affiliate Action
NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND
410-659-9314 extension 2335
jwilson at nfb.org






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