PHILIPPINES
Music Therapy
Biography
It is one of the few non-government organisations in the Phillipines that provide special education, training, livehood assistance and intervention, rehabilitation and development to children, youth, seniors with disabilities though music and art therapy. The organisation uses a centre-based and mobile approach in the delivery of its direct education, training and rehabilitation services. DMMC also presents an annual concert featuring the talents and achievements of the children and adults.
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09 06 26 39164
Ballroom dance
Biography
Wheelchair Dance Sport-the artistic inclinations of our artists started out as expressions which is a form of therapy for emotional rehabilitation. The capabilities of our artists have been honed through continuous development.
The Wheechair Dance which started with simple folk dancing has now evolved to include the more challenging steps of ballroom dancing, dance sport and impressive cultural dances. It is comprised of able-bodied partnered with wheelchair dancers. It can also be done by both wheelchair dancers and can form different formation.
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The Choral e Group- our chorale group started with Christmas carols and now sings meaningful church songs including our very own original Filipino music. They render their performances during major occasions. While our Artist with Disabilities started painting on illustration boards using simple water color. Now they are into canvass painting using both oil mediums and water color and are given venturing into mural painting. They participate yearly in the TWH Greeting Cards Collection.
Tahanang Walang Hagdanan organizes events and special projects that seeks sponsorship and assistance from different organizatioons and companies to support the various programs and services of the center.
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Dance and visual arts
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LINK Center for the Deaf is a service-oriented organisation that provides support programs and promotes awareness of deaf children to the mainstream of society.
Our Goals
- To conduct and manage programs that will prepare our deaf constituents in their integration to the mainstream of society
- To provide support services for the holistic development of deaf children
- To provide programs that will make deaf children independent and self-reliant in society.
- Teacher enhancement program
- Educational support program
- Outreach programs
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Art Program:
The Arts program consists of visual and performing arts. It aims to draw out the deaf person's creative self and allows them to express themselves through movement and imagination. With the help of Deaf Child Worldwide, an organisation based in UK, deaf children from the marginalized sector of society received training in performing and visual arts. Through art and a structured program, they are able to dream, and show the public that they can achieve their dreams with the right support from the community.
This project is called Breaking Barriers, Building Bridges
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Dance, puppets, singing
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Inclusive Youth Center as youth program of PhilCOCHED was awarded as one of the top ten accomplished youth organizations all over the Philippines (2007) and all over ASEAN (2008). IYC continuously promoting the rights of persons with disabilities through advocacies such as puppet show, dancing on wheels, singing, and basketball exhibition. Through these advocacies the disabled and non-disabled young people of IYC create social awareness in the community wherein people will change their perspectives, attitudes and understanding towards persons with disabilities.
Dancing on Wheels - IYC members currently studying in National Orthopedic Hospital - School for Crippled Children is always performing dance intermission during our school-to-school and barangay / company advocacy campaigns.
Choral singing - one of the talents and skills of disabled members wherein they usually carol in every house of the barangay.
Puppet show - It is a life story of disabled person wherein people can get moral in the story. The goal is to "Changing Attitudes to Disability."
PhilCOCHED - Inclusive Youth Center is also promoting the United Nation Convention on the Rights of Persons With Disabilities known as UNCRPD. Since the Philippines ratified the said convention, the young people (disabled and non-disabled) must act and help in the monitoring of the international treaty. IYC is doing a lot of disability advocacies, which plays very important role to spread out the importance of UNCRPD while at the same time, these young people able to gain self-confidence and at the same time friendship among disabled and non-disabled members are being developed.
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Dance
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The Philippine National School for the Blind Cultural Group (PNSBCG) is a talent group of persons with vision loss in the Philippine National School for the Blind, the country's premier government special school for visually impaired children and youth. It is basically composed of two major divisions namely, the PNSB Dance Troupe and the PNSB Glee Club. It is made up of graduates and actively enrolled students of said learning institution. It has been organized to develop and harness the talents and skills of learners with visual impairment in the performing art particularly in the field of dancing and singing.
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The PNSBCG operates under the direct guidance and supervision of the Cultural Affairs Committee of the Philippine National School for the Blind which is manned by both normally seeing and blind special education teachers. These teachers who handle the physical education and music subjects serve as the dance instructors of the blind who are taught folk dances like Tinikling (Philippine National Dance-Dance Between Bamboo Poles), Sayaw sa Bangko (Dance on the Bench), Maglalatik, La Jota Moncadeña, Subli, and many more. They are also taught ballroom and modern dances.
During the school year from June to March, the PNSBCG is often invited to perform on various occasions in different schools and agencies in the metropolis. In December 2007, this group was invited by the Brunei Darussalam National Association of the Blind (BDNAB) to do a cultural performance at the Brunei International Convention Center during the BDNAB's Gala Night Charity Concert. In the year that followed, the Philippine Embassy in Brunei Darussalam requested the Group to showcase their talents and skills to the members of the international diplomatic corps in Brunei Darussalam and to Filipino community, as well, during the 110th Philippine Independence Day celebration. Through their membership in the cultural group, the visually impaired are able to meet different kinds of people from all walks of life, and this contributes significantly to their social development and to their acquisition of a dynamic personality that leads to the strengthening of their self-confidence/self esteem.
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Galvez Avenue Corner Figueroa St., Pasay City
Music
Biography
Disabled people can find a place in the sun once they realize that it is ability that counts not disability. This has been the philosophy of people behind the Rondalla On Wheels, who have been harnessing the music potentials of children with disabilities.
Several children and young adults have been trained in playing musical instruments like banduria, octavina, guitar and bass. They have participated in several concerts together with famous singers and personalities, religious and fund raising activities in different places as far as Europe.
The Rondalla On Wheels started in 1978 as a dream of Sr. Roos Catry, a Belgian missionary and Professor Antonio Tallada, a graduate and former UP Band officer.
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All art forms
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VSA arts Philippines is a non-profit, non-government organization dedicated in promoting artistic excellence and providing learning opportunities through the arts for children, youth and adults with disabilities. VSA arts Philippines is one of the 60 countries worldwide that is affiliated with VSA arts International, founded by Jean Kennedy Smith in 1974. The organization offers, music, dance, drama, creative writing and visual arts. VSA arts Philippines' programs are implemented through a network of local and national organization with broad-based community support of artists, teachers, parents, embassies and business. It is in collaboration and in partnership with international and local educational and cultural institutions, art agencies, service organizations, professional associations, recreational and health organizations. VSA arts Philippines serves to communicate the power of art as a means to develop learning skills, encourage independence and promote express diversity.
Programs under VSA arts Philippines:
 Arte Postale |
 Pilipino Teatro Kawayan |
 Performing Arts |
 SAORI Handweaving |
Arte Postale is an international artwork exchange program designed for students with and without disabilities in any classroom. Students ages 7-14 years participate in visual and language arts activities based on a theme, that encourage thoughtful reflection on their lives and cultures.
Pilipino Teatro Kawayan was founded in 2003 under the auspices of VSA arts Philippines and serves as a training ground for young performers with and without disabilities.
Performing Arts presented through a stylized interpretation of an original Filipino play entitled "Odmun" or mother earth. The cast is composed of physically challenged youth who are heartened and motivated by a sense of discipline in theater and dance by continually attending workshops.
SAORI Handweaving, an art expression, that has been bridging the gap of differently- abled individuals through the power of creativity. By making SAORI Handweaving an integral part of the healing process of one's well being, individuals improve their motor coordination, behavior physical limitations and develop positive self-expression, personality and professional growth.
