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3.2 Other information and actors

3.2.1 Stakeholders that need to be met:

According to the change of planning, and short notice in terms of planning visits, some key stakeholders were not met. Meetings need to be held with these stakeholders as soon as possible in order to have a broader pictures, such as:

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  LCI
  

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  DPOs…..
  
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  GOvernement ….
  

3.2.2 Existing Information on Stakeholders

INGOs and International Organisations:
Cheshire Services

There are 35 Cheshire Services in the Philippines providing a wide range of schemes and facilities for people of all ages. These include accommodation, job placements, educational and scholarship programmes, cooperative stores and organisations, handicraft and product workshops, medical assistance, mobility aid assistance, and sports and recreational activities.

The Philippine Council of Cheshire Homes for the Disabled (PhilCOCHED) is the national non-profit and non-governmental organisation that promotes and protects the rights and welfare of persons with disabilities (PWDs). PhilCOCHED in close collaboration with the Department of Education is currently implementing a three year project that combines advocacy among stakeholders, training of teachers, community mobilisation and adapting schools to become accessible for children with disabilities. Parents, youth volunteers and church workers are all involved in this project. The youth volunteers organised in 2006, now known as the Inclusive Youth Center, was given an award for being one of the Ten Most Accomplished Youth Organisations in the country for the year 2007.

Contact

Richard D. Arceno

National Coordinator
PhilCOCHED
No. 8, Saint Michael Street
Cubao, Quezon City
Philippines
Tel: [phone], or [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]

Livelihoods – A large number of Cheshire Homes in the Philippines offer economic empowerment opportunities including the Sinag-Tala Cheshire Home where 11 physically disabled men run a store and are engaged in rattan work, shoe repair and electronic repair. At the Bahay Kakayahan Cheshire Home, disabled people have access to electric lathes, drill cutting machines and a kiln dryer to use in making woodwork and souvenir items. The rehabilitation workshop in Bahay Pangarap produces woodcraft and household furniture and at the same time runs the housing units for their wokers.
The Tahanang Walang Hagdanan (TWH) is the largest rehabilitation workshop for disabled people in the Philippines. At present there are approximately 350 disabled workers at TWH undertaking a wide variety of activities from metal craft to working in accountancy and marketing. Products made at the workshop are exported around the world. A multi-purpose cooperative has also been running since 1996; its members do metalwork and engage in entrepreneurial activities.
Adaptive Technology for Rehabilitation, Integration, and Empowerment of

the Visually Impaired (ATRIEV)

ATRIEV is a non-profit organization that works through a network of government and non-government organizations to achieve its results. It provides training for people with disabilities in the areas of technology and popular applications, English communications, medical and corporate transcription and has pioneered and institutionalized a computer literacy training programme for blind persons. ATRIEV provides technical support for screen-reader software and hardware used by blind individuals. It also has training-of-trainer programmes in computer technology for the visually impaired. ATRIEV disseminates information to employers, conducts disability awareness briefings and sensitivity workshops, and facilitates networking and partnerships among employers and disabled persons’ organizations. It works across the country.

Contact: Ms Annie F. Villafuerte

Phone: [phone]

Email: [e-mail]

Web site: www.atriev.org.ph

Address: 3rd Floor, RGG Building

71 Kamias Road

Quezon City
House with No Steps

House with No Steps is an NGO that provides vocational rehabilitation, leadership training and on-the-job training to people with disabilities. It trains students in skills such as computer, metal craft, welding, woodcraft, sewing and packaging. House with No Steps also conducts job placement programmes, matching its qualified trainees to employers and job openings.

House with No Steps works throughout the country.
Contact: Ms Jocelyn C. Garcia

Phone: [phone]

Email: [e-mail]

Address: 175 Aida Street

Marick Subdivision

Cainta, Rizal 1900

organizations and government offices

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National Council for the Welfare of Disabled Persons (NCWDP)

The NCWDP is the national government office charged with formulating disability policies and coordinating and monitoring the activities of all agencies concerned with disability. The NCWDP also enforces laws related to disability prevention, rehabilitation and equal opportunities for people with disabilities. The Sub-Committee on Employment addresses issues on training and employment of persons with disabilities through policy and programme development. It offers disabled people training, scholarships and transportation discounts. It offers employers disability awareness training and information on the Philippine Magna Carta on Disability, the country’s major disability law.
Contact: Ms Catalina L. Fermin

Executive Director

Phone: [phone]

Email: [e-mail]

Web site: www.ncwdp.gov.ph

Address: Ground Floor

Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) Building

North Avenue, Diliman

Quezon City

The Nova Foundation for Differently Abled Persons, Inc.

The Nova Foundation promotes the full participation and economic and social integration of persons with disabilities by assisting them in reaching their career goals. The Nova Foundation aims to create employment opportunities by providing information and communication technology training to people with disabilities and assisting in behavioural change so that disabled workers easily adapt to the corporate environment. Aside from skills training, the Nova Foundation offers job placement and matching services and fosters the inclusion of people with disabilities in mainstream job fairs. It works in the National Capital Region, Cebu City and Davao City.

Contact: Mr Rodolfo L. D. Nolasco

Phone: [phone]

Email: [e-mail], [e-mail]

Web site: www.novafoundation.ph

Address: Suite 27

Columbia Tower

Ortigas Avenue

Mandaluyong City 155

Resources for the Blind, Inc. (RBI)

The RBI is a non-profit organization working across the country to provide resources, training, scholarships, counselling and vocational services for those who are blind or visually impaired. It also provides job placement services and helps employers by offering orientation sessions on disability, consultation services in workplace accommodations and equipment loans.

Contact: Mr Randy Weisser

Phone: [phone]

Email: [e-mail], [e-mail]

Web site: www.blind.org.ph

Address: Box 1831

Manila

(and)

Box 470 CPO

Cebu City

Special Training, Employment, Advocacy and Management Foundation (STEAM)

STEAM is an NGO that works with employers across the country to create employment opportunities for Deaf persons to lift them out of poverty and isolation through work. STEAM offers vocational training to Deaf people and also develops and provides pre-employment training for potential employees. STEAM provides employers with disability awareness and sensitivity training (including short courses in American Sign Language) as well as providing on-the-job assistance to technical trainers and consultative support when it comes to reasonable workplace accommodations.

Contact: Ms Rose H. Vergara

Phone: [phone]

Email: [e-mail]

Address: #29-A Scout Tobias Street

Corner Scout Lozano Street

Quezon City 1103