Veshifahi Male – First phase application forms
Veshifahi Male first phase application forms download links There are 4 files, weighing 5.7 MiB with 7,120 hits in Veshifahi.Displaying 1 to 4 of 4 files.Veshifahi Luifoiy» 744.1 KiB - 663 hits - January 10, 2011Veshifahi programme ge aiymathee lui foiy Veshifahi 1st phase Category C form» 1.8 MiB - 4,784 hits - January 10, 2011Maley municipalityge dhaftharugai ragistryvefaivaa meehunna maleygai ginadhuvahu vazsanverivefaivaa meehun boahiyaavahikamah edhey form Veshifahi 1st phase Category B...
read moreThank you message to Yafaau’s page members on facebook
Last month, we celebrated the International Day for Persons with disAbilities(PwD’s) and most of you might have seen or heard about it. I’m intentionally am blogging about this, late to highlight the point that it is not just one day in a year, we should be observing and creating awareness for disAbilities. We should, each and everyday, promote the understanding of disAbility issues & mobilize support for the Dignity. Rights & Wellbeing of these people. And each day, we shall seek to increase awareness of gains to be...
read moreYafaau is 8
Yafaau is 8 years old today. Every child’s development is unique and complex, especially when he has profound developmental disability. Children without disabilities develop through a general predictable sequence of steps and milestones; even then, they may not proceed through the steps in the same way or at the same time at the age of eight. Like any other child, Yafaau may not enjoy; having the opportunity to solve problems independently, develop language skills, count numbers, sit up, stand up, walk or run this year. But through it all,...
read moredisAbility day ideas for 2010
With my last post to find volunteers for disAbility day 2010, I’ve been getting questions about details of the events planned. As I highlighted earlier, we need volunteers for the main events which are; Rally or Walk from Social Center to Artificial beach Family day (Aailee Haveeru) at Artificial beach. However, there are couple of ideas in plan which will be confirmed in monday’s meeting at the Ministry(Gender dept.). Here’s some details; Friday Sermon(khuthubaa) by a Person with a disAbility(PwD). 3rd...
read moreJournalist calls for euthanasia of disabled newborns
The article titled “Finish it off so it doesn’t suffer,” which calls for the euthanasia of disabled newborn children, has caused public outrage in Russia and has led to fierce debates in the blogging community. In the article under question, the author Aleksandr Nikonov argues that the birth of a disabled child for many families would be an unbearable tragedy, “a hell”, and that “the killing of the newborn is in fact the same as an abortion”. He states that depriving infants, who will never be able to take care of themselves, of...
read moreLocalized version of Heavens Very Special Child (Dhivehi)
This is an unofficial translated version of the “Heaven’s Very Special Child” by Edna Massimilla which Yafaau’s dad posted earlier. Copyright © 2010. Yafaau’s Blog. All rights reserved. Parts of this website may be quoted as long as Yafaau’s blog is duly recognized. No part of this website may be reproduced or transmitted for commercial purposes without prior permission from Yafaau’s Blog. Conditions for Usage We welcome dissemination of information and materials available on our website through...
read moreThe Council to Protect the Rights of People with Disabilities
Last month, the “Disabilities Act”(Bill 8/2010, hereafter referred to as “disAbility Bill”) got ratified by President Nasheed. This disAbility Bill was a direct result of ratifying the Convention on the Rights of Persons with a Disability or CRPD. One of the things that CRPD urge ratified countries is to pass legislature supporting rights of PWDs. It also made it compulsory for the state to form a “Committee on Rights of People with Disabilities”(CRPD: Article 34, Clause 1). So the disAbility Bill which got ratified on 9th July...
read moreHRCM Releases the Baseline Assessment on Activities Addressing Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Human Rights Commission of the Maldives (HRCM) has released the Report of the Baseline Assessment on Activities Addressing Rights of Persons with Disabilities. In it HRCM highlighted 29 recommendations to the government stakeholders. The Recommendations include; Speed up the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) through developing a national implementation plan. Design and conduct a continuing programme to raise societal awareness necessary to enable respect for the rights and dignity of persons...
read moreMaldives formally ratifies UNCRPD
1 April 2010, New York; The Maldives has today lodged its instrument of ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disability (CRPD). Having signed the Convention on 2 October 2007, with the ratification today the Maldives becomes the 85th UN Member State to formally accept the obligations contained in the treaty… Read more at Ministry of Foreign affairs website http://www.foreign.gov.mv/v3/?p=news&view=sep&nid=3236 Popularity:...
read morePeople First Language
People first language (PFL) represents a more respectful, accurate way of communicating. People with disabilities are not their diagnosis or disabilities; they are people, first. Popularity: 6%
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