our new official website is under construciton at www.danishkadah.org.pk
May 17, 2008; World Telecommunication and Information Society Day celebrated with the theme "Connecting Persons with Disabilities - ICT Opportunities for All"
Give people with disabilities access to information technology
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Message from UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-Moon
Messages from ITU Secretary-General, Hamadoun I. Tour at ITU
Message from Prime Minister Pakistan, Yousuf Raza Gilani
Message from Chairman Pakistan Telecommunication Authority, Major General (R) Shahzada Alam Malik
May 17, 2008; A student of Sir Syed University of Engineering and Technology, started production of micro controlled based wheelchair.
Source: http://search.jang.com.pk/details.asp?nid=276299
4 April 2008 - The top United Nations human rights and development officials today warmly welcomed the news that yesterday the first international convention on the rights of persons with disabilities got its twentieth ratification, meaning that the landmark treaty will now come into force on 3 May.
Source: http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=26213&Cr=disab&Cr1
Date: Oct. 29 - Nov. 2, 2008,
Venue: Chicago, USA
Contact: Kim Mettache
Email: Kimiam265@aol.com
Web: http://www.alda.org
Come Home to Chicago Where It ALL Began: The Association of Late-Deafened Adults invites you to attend 20th Annual International ALDAcon.
Date: July 26 - Aug. 8, 2008
Venue: Slovakia
Contact: Martin - Head team SC
Email: sc2008@somend.ed
Web: http://somned.epoint.sk/?zobraz=sc2008
Date: July 2 - 6 Aug., 2008
Venue: BRITISH COLUMBIA, Canada
Theme: A Global Communications
Email: congress2008@chha.ca
Web: http://chha-ifhohcongress2008.com
Canadian Hard of Heargin Association (CHHA) and International Federationof Hard of Hearing People (IFHOH) hosting CONGRESS 2008.
We offer equal access to information. In this regard News and other inforamtion on our web will be presented in Pakistan Sign Langauge here, very soon.
First click on video icon, avaiable with each section, news, then watch the PSL translation here.
DANISHKADAH is an NGO with a difference. DANISHKADAH means a place to learn / where wisdom excels. DANISHKADAH was established to empower "differently able persons" and to work as a think-tank on disability related issues.
At DANISHKADAH we are taking part in various local and international activities. We are also planning a big project "Knowledge Park", besides our DPO's web based networking project. Books, Papers and writiesup by DANISHKADAH also can be found here.
Here you can find useful documents related to persons with disabilities. Such as UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRDP), BIWAKO Millennium, Accessibility Code of Pakistan, Pakistan's National Policy on Disability, etc.
Find useful documents
Thousands of web links and contact information of DPOs / NGOs, GOs, Schools, and Institutes for "differently able" persons.
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CONTACT
Muhammad Akram
Founder & Chairman
danishkadah @gmail.com
+92 333 3071630 (SMS Only)
