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JOB POST: Facilitator for Governance Training for Board of Handicap International in Kenya — 1 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 Launches — 1 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 Allies — 2 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 Development — 1 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, 2009 — 1 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 Mozambique — 2 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 Africa — 1 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, Mozambique — 2 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, Scotland — 2 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, Kenya — 8 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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