Download Activity Report of Philippines on Independent Living

Activity Report of Philippines
on Independent Living
Presented by: Abner N. Manlapaz
Songdo Convensia, Incheon, South Korea
October 26, 2012,
Luzon
• Spinal Cord Injury
Foundation, Inc. and Life
Haven, Inc. in
collaboration with the
Provincial Government of
Batangas and APNIL and
in cooperation with 4th
District Representative of
Batangas, is propagating
the IL philosophy.
Luzon
• In region 3 at central Luzon, the Regional
Federation of Persons with Disabilities with the
support of the Department of Health continuously
organizes peer counseling seminars.
Visayas
• The IL group from
Cebu is currently
focusing training
and building pool
of Personal
Assistants .
Visayas
• In Iloilo, one of the
former Duskin trainee
is spearheading
independent living &
peer counseling
seminars in
collaboration with Life
Haven.
Mindanao
• Lead by HACI de Oro, the
group organizes Peer
Counseling Workshop (for
persons with disabilities
affected by the typhoon that
hit the area December 2011).
• In coordination with the
barangay health workers, they
conducted stress release
debriefing and distribution of
relief goods
• Organizing training on
personal assistance service
Key Activities of Life Haven Independent
Living Center
• Continuously organizing seminars
• Supported the initiatives of other group to
propagate the Independent Living movement
• Pilot personal assistance service
• Joins the Philippine Coalition on UNCRPD
• Joins the Mainstream Civil Society Organization
• Pushed for disability-related budget
appropriation
Peer counseling seminars & workshop
Establishing Personal Assistance service
system
At Life Haven Independent Living center
Peer visit
Organizing support group meeting
Facilitating provision of assistive devices
Getting involved in the budget process at
national and local government
Issue on transportation accessibility
Access audit
Meetings with the
Department of Social Welfare & Development
Managing bank finances
Group in action
Result of the Key Activities
• Inclusion in the General Appropriation Act
of 2012 to support specific independent
living programs and projects
• The Department of Social Welfare &
Development is now considering the
development of support services such as
personal assistance service & sign
language interpreters
Result of the Key Activities
• Mainstreaming of disability issue
• Wider and larger network from other civil
society organization
• Building of the capacity
Challenges
• Resources
to continuously be felt in the community
for mobilization
• Attitude of government
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Maraming salamat po!
Progress is impossible without change, and
those who cannot change their minds
cannot change anything.
-George Bernard Shaw