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Techshare India 2008 Road Show – 29^th August 08, Mobility India, Bangalore

With emerging technologies, innovation has no bounds. Technology is an enabler for all of us but more significantly for people with disabilities.

In a country where it is considered that almost 10% of the world's disabled population lives in India, it is imperative for the ecosystem to realize the power of technology that can break barriers for people with disabilities and include them in the main stream.

Key Speakers
Techshare India 2008 Road Show brings you an opportunity to meet eminent speakers those have expertise in the area of accessibility, assistive technology and disability. Some of the Key Speakers are listed below:

• Shilpi Kapoor, BarrierBreak Technologies - Basics of Web Accessibility
• Omprakash Subbarao, Yahoo! India - Building accessibility into large scale applications: The experience of Yahoo! Mail
• Vikas Sharma, AccessAbility - Access beyond Ramps
• Dr. Poonam R Gupta, CDAC, Noida  - Open Source Based Assistive Technologies
• Rohit Mallick, ITC Windsor Manor - Employability Initiatives for Person's with Disabilities
• My Stories - Stories of different people with disabilities from the Assistive Technology perspective
• B Ashok, National Institute for Mentally Handicapped  - Restructuring the work environment for people with Mental Retardation .... many more!

For full agenda visit: http://barrierbreak.com/events-conference/agenda-bangalore.php
To register for Techshare India 2008 Road Shows, kindly visit: http://www.barrierbreak.com/events-conference/conferenceregistration.php

Experience Zone - Free Entry to Experience Zone at Techshare India 2008 Road Show

Here is an opportunity to experience how people with disabilities lead an independent life! There will be different assistive devices and technologies that will be demonstrated by people with disabilities at the Experience Zone of Techshare India 2008 Road Show.

Few of the products that will be displayed at Techshare India 2008 are:

• Ergonomic Keyboard & Ergonomic Mice by Keyovation LLC
• Power wheel chair by Ostrich Mobility and Callidai Motor Works
• Screen Readers and many more
• Tools for Learning Disabilities

Come and learn easy Sign Language - Hello, Thank You, Welcome, Tea, etc at the experience zone!

Contact:
Pooja Nahata | Strategic Account Manager
BarrierBreak Technologies
India: +91 (22) 2686 0485/86
Cell: +91-98207 25102
Web: http://www.barrierbreak.com

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Emerging Leaders International Fellows Program

The Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society's Emerging Leaders International Fellows Program provides leadership training through applied research and professional mentorships for young scholar-practitioners in the nonprofit sector. The program is open to scholars and practitioners interested in building Third-Sector capacity in the United States and overseas. This year's Fellows will be selected from abroad and also from communities of color under-represented in the U.S. grantmaking sector. Fellows are based at The Graduate Center of The City University of New York, where they design and pursue an individualized research project and participate in a seminar with Third-Sector leaders

 

Fellows will participate in a 3-month seminar (Monday March 2 to Friday May 29, 2009) in the U.S. and international voluntary sectors. Fellows are expected to produce a 25-page research paper on their findings, which will be presented in the seminar. They will learn about the work of key agencies and meet with foundation and nonprofit representatives. They will also attend selected workshops or conferences.

 

Application materials for the Emerging Leaders International Fellows Program and Diversity Fellowship must be received no later than Thursday September 11, 2008. The selection will be made by a committee of leaders from the voluntary sector. Awards will be announced on or before Nowember 14, 2008.

More details at http://philanthropy.org/programs/intnl_fellows_program.html

 

Banking on Social Change: Seeking Financial Solutions for All

Enter Now • Collaborate • Nominate
Banking on Social Change: Seeking Financial Solutions for All
http://www.changemakers.net/competition/bankingonsocialchange/

Citi and Ashoka's Changemakers are looking for the best solutions where financial opportunity is possible for all. Entrants will find resources, including collaborative partners and potential investors.

The advent of new financing methods – from mobile banking to peer-to-peer lending – are changing the way we access, spend and save our money. "Banking on Social Change: Seeking Financial Solutions for All" aims to unearth the most innovative and cutting-edge methods that allow financial security to become a reality for everyone.

Enter before August 15th and be eligible to win an early entry prize of a camcorder and digital camera (equal value of $1000 US).

Competition closes on October 1, 2008.

http://www.changemakers.net/competition/bankingonsocialchange/

Pankhudi's Slum Children Teaching Activities at Delhi

Today I visited the Pankhudi Delhi Chapter's teaching activity at a slum near the New Friends Colony Area. Pankhudi has been teaching, conducting health camps, taking kids out for picnic, and doing various other activities with the kids at this slum for more than an year now.

The kids are currently being taught near the roadside with a lot of disturbance from the traffic. There is no shelter or boundary and hence passing people also tend to distract the kids.



Interested people can help in the teaching activity at Delhi in following ways:

1) Donate Stationary
You can donate stationary items like notebooks, pens, colours, sketchpens, etc. We are also in need of a whiteboard with stand. All this should not cost more than Rs.1000/-

2) Volunteer for teaching or other activities
The Pankhudi team visits the slum every Sunday for 2 hours in the morning. You can also be a part of the team and teach english, hindi, basic mathematics, drawing, and general knowledge among other social skills.

Please write to Naval (naval.chaudhary [at] gmail.com) or Reema (reema.govil [at]gmail.com) for donations or to be a part of the Pankhudi Delhi Team.