Seasons Greetings!

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Benjamin Bernandino (Jun)

Life Haven Independent Living Center

4013 Gen. T. De Leon, Valenzuela City

355-35-72
www.lifehaveninc.org

Personal Assistants Wanted (Job Opportunity)

JOB OPPORTUNITY AND CHANCE FOR PERSONAL GROWTH

 

CALLING FRESH GRADUATES AND STUDENTS OF ALLIED MEDICAL COURSES (NURSING, PT, CAREGIVER, NURSING AIDE, ETC.) BE PART OF A NEW MOVEMENT.  LIFE HAVEN INDEPENDENT LIVING CENTER IS LOOKING FOR PERSONAL ASSISTANT CANDIDATES TO WORK FULL TIME OR PART TIME, PREFFERABLY RESIDENTS OF VALENZUELA CITY OR WITHIN 5KM RADIUS FROM SM VALENZUELA.

THERE WILL BE AN ORIENTATION AND QUALIFIED APPLICANTS WILL JOIN A ONE DAY WORKSHOP AT BAYVIEW HOTEL IN OCTOBER.

 

INTERESTED PARTIES, PLS CONTACT:

LIFE HAVEN INDEPENDENT LIVING CENTER (355-35-72) or

E-MAIL: lifehaven@gmail.com

or SEND  A MESSAGE TO LIFE HAVEN FACEBOOK ACCT.

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Benjamin Bernandino (Jun)

www.lifehaveninc.org

Report on the Regional Event (June 18-22, 2010 Bangkok, Thailand)

Report on the Regional Event (June 18-22, 2010 Bangkok, Thailand)

 

        A regional event was held on June 18 to 22, 2010 in Bangkok Thailand. The week-long event was composed of the following: 1) Establishment of personal assistance service in Asia Pacific; 2) Disabled People's International Asia-Pacific (DPI-AP) Regional Meeting; and 3) Asia Pacific Disabled People's Organization (DPO) United: Regional Congress toward the Establishment of the Regional Decade on Effective Implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). This regional assembly was participated by delegates from Japan, Korea, Thailand, Pakistan, Malaysia, Taiwan, Australia, Maldives, Kyrgystan, Samoa, Indonesia, Myanmar, Vietnam, India, Singapore, Papua New Guinea, Mongolia, and other countries from Asia and the Pacific. The Philippine contingent of this regional assembly is composed of Abner Manlapaz and Benjamin "Jun" Bernandino of Life Haven Independent Living Center and Edwin De Villa of Spinal Cord Injury Foundation. They are accompanied by their PAs (Michael Dao, Cecilia Bayona and Rick De Villa). Asia Pacific Network for Independent Living (APNIL) funded the expenses for the Philippine contingent.

 

        The first two days focused on the establishment of personal assistance (PA) service in Asia Pacific. Personal assistance is a vital factor to empower persons with extensive disabilities to live independently in the community. An effective PA service system will ensure the full participation of persons with disabilities in the community. This will help in the maximization of the potentials of the assistance user to live a full life. The PA concept deviates from the usual Filipino connotation of imposing the burden of supporting persons with disabilities to the family. This follows the progressive concept of the Independent Living philosophy regarding the social model perspective on disability. Since the Philippines is not yet implementing the PA service system, the Filipino participants shared their insights and learned from the experience of the other delegates.   As shown by the experience of Philippines' neighboring countries, it is possible to establish this system if there is a strong political will.

 

        On the third day was the Disabled People's International Asia-Pacific (DPI-AP) Regional Meeting. On this event, the Philippines was given observer status because the official representative was not able to attend. The Filipino representatives' participated and inputs were still given weight. An ASEAN council was established for sub-regional cooperation. Preliminary discussion for the declaration of another decade towards effective implementation of CRPD.

 

        The fourth and fifth day was the Regional Congress toward the Establishment of the Regional Decade on Effective Implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. This was held at UNESCAP. Recognizing the importance of having a new decade for persons with disabilities in the Asia and Pacific region towards full implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), the delegates unanimously supported the declaration of the 3^rd decade. The result of the efforts of all participants is now embodied in the Bangkok Recommendation dated July 22, 2010 in the grounds of UNESCAP, Bangkok Thailand.

 

All in all these regional events manifested in concrete form the sector's motto – "Nothing about us Without us".

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Benjamin Bernandino (Jun)

www.lifehaveninc.org

Persons With Disabilities Orgs. Leaders File Complaints to Commission On Human Rights

Persons with disabilities from different Disabled Peoples' Organization (DPOs) submitted complaint letters  to the Commission on Human Rights regarding  violations of (1) the 20% discount on medicine by some drugstores & (2) provision of accessibility in building footbridges.

 The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that at least 10% of a given population is persons with disabilities.  With a 90 million population, there are 9 million Filipinos affected with some form of disability. 90% of this 9 million are poor and 80% of them are living in the rural areas where programs and services are not available or are inaccessible due to the prohibitive cost.

 Medicines are vital to the day to day existence of PWD including children with AD/HD, autism, seizure disorder and other developmental disabilities who rely on their daily maintenance to stabilize their condition. Cancer survivors with resulting impairment consume daily doses of medicines.

 In 2006, Republic Act 9442, an amendment to RA 7277, known as the Magna Carta for Persons with Disabilities mandates all drug stores and pharmacies to provide twenty (20%) discounts for every purchase of medicines similar to that of the senior citizens.  It has been more than a year since the Department of Health issued Administrative Order No. 2009 – 0011 that mandates the full implementation of this law. However, to this date the Drug Store Association of the Philippines (DSAP) led by Mercury Drug Corporation (a company operating more than 450 drugstores) continuously violates the aforementioned law.

Members of DPOs around the country have numerous reports on the refusal to provide the discount of the mentioned business establishments. For this reason, persons with disabilities from different Disabled People's Organization (DPOs) joined ranks and filed their complaint against drugstores violating the provision in R.A. 9442.

 BP 344, also known as the Accessibility Law, is an act to enhance the mobility of disabled persons by requiring certain buildings, institutions, establishments, and public utilities to install facilities and other devices. This law is in effect for almost 3 decades now but has been violated in numerous instances. The complaint pointed out, for the moment, the inaccessible footbridges which were all built in violation of the provisions of the Accessibility Law.

 In some footbridges, there are futile attempts to include accessibility features. These attempts even made it more dangerous for persons with disabilities to use them. Take for example the footbridge in EDSA corner Quezon Avenue. One of the approaches of the ramp is not cemented and most of the time wet and muddy. The ramp is too steep that even with assistance it would be an arduous task to go up and a dangerous downhill trek. The structures of the steps are also not helpful for blinds using walking canes. There are no tactile markings for directions. All these and the other flaws are more of hindrances and not in consonance with the Accessibility Law.

 The complaint letters were read by Mrs. Dang Koe of Autism Society Philippines and Abner Manlapaz of Life Haven Independent Living Center respectively before formally handing them over to Commissioner Norberto Dela Cruz of CHR. Commissioner Norberto Dela Cruz expressed his concern and vowed to look into this and take corresponding actions.

 After submitting the formal complaint letter to the CHR, the group went to the Mercury Drugstore in Philcoa. The press people witnessed the violation continuously being committed by Mercury drugstore with regards to the implementation of R.A. 9442. Even after presenting the requirements for purchasing medicine, no discount was given.

 The group then proceeded to inspect the EDSA/Quezon Ave. footbridge. The press people were given the chance of experiencing the difficulty of using the ramp on a wheelchair and the life-threatening alternative of crossing EDSA worming through the traffic

 

Persons With Disabilities Orgs. Leaders File Complaints to Commission On Human Rights

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Benjamin Bernandino (Jun)

www.lifehaveninc.org

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Walang Bayag ang Umaalis sa Partido ni Gibo Teodoro

Hindi ako boto sa partido ni Gibo Teodoro. Hindi ko rin iboboto bilang presidente si Gibo Teodoro. Hindi rin ako naaawa kung sakaling hindi manalo ang partido ni Gibo Teodoro. Sana ang mapansin ng mga botante ay ang pagiging mga walang bayag ng mga myembro ng partido ni Gibo Teodoro na nagsisilipat sa iba dahil nararamdaman nila na matatalo sila. Huwag nating iboto ang ganitong mga tao. Lumalabas lang ang tunay na kulay nila. Lumalabas ang tunay na interes nila, na pansarili lamang.

Sana'y huwag nang manalo kahit kailan si Nograles. Wala siyang bayag. Mapagsamantala siya. Isa lang siyang buntot ng buriko. Gusto lang niyang dumikit sa puwet ng kung sino ay malakas.

Napakaraming balimbing sa Pilipinas. Ang mga balimbing na ito ay kasing bulok din ng mga partidong tumatanggap sa kanila.

Pareparehas ang mga politiko, puro gago. Mamatay na kayong lahat baka sakaling may makapalit na matino.

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