THE WORLD OF DISABILITY
The other day I received an email from a Nepalese man with visual impairment by the name of Mr. Kamal Lamichhane who lives in Tokyo. According to his email he has worked with several organizations concerned with disability, the promotion of human rights, and overall empowerment of persons with disabilities in Nepal. He sounds as if he's quite a guy!Currently he's studying for his Ph.D at the University of Tokyo while researching the factors affecting the employment of those with disabilities. Apparently, he's comparing the employment status of persons with visual, hearing and physical disabilities of Nepal, a very poor but developing country. Further, he's researching how education levels determine access to employment and. the attitudes of employers toward employees with disabilities. The overall objective of his study is to investigate the barriers that people with disabilities encounter before and after finding employment. His professor, Dr. Satoshi Fukushima is both deaf and blind. How inspirational and amazing!
It seems that Kamal saw The World Bank publication above and decided to contact me (guess he reads photo credits…yea) because as he puts it "I often encounter a dearth of data while undertaking research in this area. I have gone through the website of The World Bank and benefited by reading some documents concerning disability; One of them was Social Analysis and Disability, published in March 2007."
OK folks, the man is looking for facts and figures….maybe you can point him in the right direction. Since I'm not an expert in matters concerning Nepal, I advised him to contact Morten Svenningsen, Nepal's top photojournalist.
Looking forward to hearing from you.
Thanking you in advance. JB for:
Kamal Lamichhane, Ph.D. Candidate, The University of Tokyo, JapanCell: +8180-6530-4555.e-mail: kamal@bfp.rcast.u-tokyo.ac.jp
While you are at it, check out Morten Svenningsen's blog and go from there. He's an extremely gifted photojournalist and writer, especially considering he works on the other side of the "digital divide". (I can relate to that here in Cambodia!)
http://www.lightstalkers.org/john_.brown
The other day I received an email from a Nepalese man with visual impairment by the name of Mr. Kamal Lamichhane who lives in Tokyo. According to his email he has worked with several organizations concerned with disability, the promotion of human rights, and overall empowerment of persons with disabilities in Nepal. He sounds as if he's quite a guy!Currently he's studying for his Ph.D at the University of Tokyo while researching the factors affecting the employment of those with disabilities. Apparently, he's comparing the employment status of persons with visual, hearing and physical disabilities of Nepal, a very poor but developing country. Further, he's researching how education levels determine access to employment and. the attitudes of employers toward employees with disabilities. The overall objective of his study is to investigate the barriers that people with disabilities encounter before and after finding employment. His professor, Dr. Satoshi Fukushima is both deaf and blind. How inspirational and amazing!
It seems that Kamal saw The World Bank publication above and decided to contact me (guess he reads photo credits…yea) because as he puts it "I often encounter a dearth of data while undertaking research in this area. I have gone through the website of The World Bank and benefited by reading some documents concerning disability; One of them was Social Analysis and Disability, published in March 2007."
OK folks, the man is looking for facts and figures….maybe you can point him in the right direction. Since I'm not an expert in matters concerning Nepal, I advised him to contact Morten Svenningsen, Nepal's top photojournalist.
Looking forward to hearing from you.
Thanking you in advance. JB for:
Kamal Lamichhane, Ph.D. Candidate, The University of Tokyo, JapanCell: +8180-6530-4555.e-mail: kamal@bfp.rcast.u-tokyo.ac.jp
While you are at it, check out Morten Svenningsen's blog and go from there. He's an extremely gifted photojournalist and writer, especially considering he works on the other side of the "digital divide". (I can relate to that here in Cambodia!)
http://www.lightstalkers.org/john_.brown
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