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JOB POST: Facilitator for Governance Training for Board of Handicap International in Kenya1 comment

Andrea Shettle, MSW wrote 1 month ago: Handicap International intends to engage a facilitator to conduct governance training for the newly … more →

Tags: Announcements, Call for Nominations or Applications, Capacity Building and Leadership, Jobs & Internships, Opportunities, Board, Budget, CV, Facilitator

NEWS: Deaf Empowerment Program in Ghana, Uganda Launches1 comment

Andrea Shettle, MSW wrote 1 month ago: First posted in November 2008 at http://www.uclan.ac.uk/ahss/research/islands/sign_language.php £58 … more →

Tags: deaf, Education, Employment, Interpreting, signed languages, academic skills development, applied sign language studies, capacity building, deaf communities

Competition for Best Masters Thesis on Sub-Saharan Africa, 1000 Euros (English and Français) 3 comments

Andrea Shettle, MSW wrote 1 month ago: en français Africa Thesis Award 2009 [Editor's Note: Although this award is not specific to disabili … more →

Tags: Academic Papers, Announcements, Awards & Honors, Call for Nominations or Applications, Call for Papers, Fellowships/ Scholarships, Opportunities, Africa, African Studies

Challenges Implementing Disability Rights Treaty?1 comment

Andrea Shettle, MSW wrote 2 months ago: Abdul-Jeff Maalik Makana, the Executive Director of MindFreedom Kenya, wants to learn more about the … more →

Tags: Announcements, Call for Comments or Information, Human Rights, Networking Opportunities, Opinion, Psychiatric Disabilities, Abdul-Jeff Maalik Makana, article 12, Challenges

Training Opportunity: Digital Storytelling Project, June 8-12, 2009, for African Youth with Disabilities and Allies2 comments

Andrea Shettle, MSW wrote 3 months ago: The Secretariat of the African Decade for Persons with Disabilities (SADPD) APC-Africa-Women and Wom … more →

Tags: Announcements, Arts, Call for Nominations or Applications, Capacity Building and Leadership, Children, Education and Training Opportunities, Families, Funding, Media & Journalism

FUNDING: Small Grants for Deaf Children 6 comments

Andrea Shettle, MSW wrote 3 months ago: GLOBAL: Small grants programme for deaf children Since 2002, Deaf Child Worldwide has supported orga … more →

Tags: Announcements, Call for Nominations or Applications, Children, deaf, Funding, Latin America & Caribbean, Opportunities, South Asian Region, Bangladesh

JOB POST: Research Assistant for AFrican Policy on Disability and Development1 comment

Andrea Shettle, MSW wrote 4 months ago: Vacancy – Research Assistant Position for African Policy on Disability and Development (A-PODD … more →

Tags: Academic Papers, Announcements, Jobs & Internships, Opportunities, A-PODD, A.K. Dube, African Policy on Disability and Development, Centre for Global Health, Centre for Rehabilitation Studies

Intl Summer School Language Documentation and Description June 22-July 3, 20091 comment

Andrea Shettle, MSW wrote 4 months ago: Dear all, The summer school advertised below is of interest to students of linguistics focusing on … more →

Tags: Announcements, deaf, Education and Training Opportunities, Fellowships/ Scholarships, Opportunities, signed languages, English, French, Language Description

NEWS: Disability Inclusion in Poverty Reduction Strategy in Mozambique2 comments

Andrea Shettle, MSW wrote 4 months ago: [Note from We Can Do editor: Many developing countries are required to develop a "Poverty Reduction … more →

Tags: Case Studies, Inclusion, Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), News, poverty, Accessibility, African Decade of Persons with Disabilities, Deepti Samant, disabled people organization

Fellowships for University Students in West Africa1 comment

Andrea Shettle, MSW wrote 5 months ago: International Fellowships Program (IFP), West Africa Application deadline for 2010/11 academic year … more →

Tags: Announcements, Education and Training Opportunities, Fellowships/ Scholarships, Opportunities, AAU, Association of African Universities, diverse backgrounds, Economic Justice, Ford Foundation

JOB POST: Local Diagnostic Expert, Handicap International, Maputo, Mozambique2 comments

Andrea Shettle, MSW wrote 5 months ago: Handicap International is looking for Local Diagnostic Expert COUNTRY : Mozambique CITY : Maputo St … more →

Tags: Announcements, health, HIV/AIDS, Jobs & Internships, Opportunities, Civil Society, Database, Diagnosis, directory of services

JOB POST: Lecturer in Sign Language Linguistics or Deaf Studies, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia

Andrea Shettle, MSW wrote 5 months ago: IMMIDIATE VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT • POSITION: Expatriate Lecturers (2) • Sign Language & Deaf C … more →

Tags: Announcements, deaf, Education and Training Opportunities, Jobs & Internships, Opportunities, signed languages, addis ababa university, Deaf Studies, department of linguistics

CONFERENCE: World Network of Users and Survivors of Psychiatry General Assembly, Kamapala, Uganda,

Andrea Shettle, MSW wrote 5 months ago: [Note a limited number of scholarships for conference participants from developing or low-income cou … more →

Tags: Announcements, Human Rights, Opportunities, Events and Conferences, Psychiatric Disabilities, Uganda, Disability Rights, kampala, Conference

JOB POSTS: Research Programme Director; Information and Communication Manager; Botswana

Andrea Shettle, MSW wrote 5 months ago: [Please note that this blog post advertises two different job posts, both located in Francistown, Bo … more →

Tags: Announcements, Opportunities, Jobs & Internships, Botswana, disabled people, DfID, Job Post, SAFOD, Job Posts

SCHOLARSHIP for Tanzanian Students at University of Edinburgh, Scotland2 comments

Andrea Shettle, MSW wrote 5 months ago: The University in Edinburgh, Scotland, is offering a scholarship for Tanzanian students for the 2009 … more →

Tags: Announcements, Education, Opportunities, Inclusion, Education and Training Opportunities, Fellowships/ Scholarships, UK, Tanzania, University

INTERNSHIP: Lawyers on Disability in Africa

Andrea Shettle, MSW wrote 5 months ago: INTERIGHTS. London, UK. Closing date: February 09, 2009. Description: Internship for Lawyers Working … more →

Tags: Announcements, Human Rights, Opportunities, Jobs & Internships, Education and Training Opportunities, Call for Nominations or Applications, London, Disability, Disability Rights

Disability International Small Business Conference, April 6-7, 2009, Cape Town, South Africa

Andrea Shettle, MSW wrote 6 months ago: The aim of the Disability Workshop Development Enterprise (DWDE) International Small Business Confer … more →

Tags: Announcements, Employment, Opportunities, Events and Conferences, Networking Opportunities, South Africa, Business, knowledge, Enterpreneurship

JOB POST: CBR Officer, Dadaab Refugee Camp, Garissa, Kenya8 comments

Andrea Shettle, MSW wrote 7 months ago: *_VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT_* *_Position_** : CBR Officer ( Prosthesis & Orthotic) _Responsible to _: … more →

Tags: Announcements, assistive devices, Community Based Rehabilitation (CBR), Disaster Planning & Mitigation, health, HIV/AIDS, Jobs & Internships, Opportunities, Rehabilitation

PAPER: Deaf People in African Histories c. 960s - 1960s

Andrea Shettle, MSW wrote 7 months ago: Individuals interested in investigating the history of Deaf, deaf, or hard of hearing people in any … more →

Tags: deaf, Academic Papers, Africa, History, Role Models, M. Miles, African histories, African History, Deaf People


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