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Conference Announcement: WFDB 3rd General Assembly and 9th Helen Keller World Conference

2009-02-19

Conference Announcement

Venue | Registration | Dates and programme | Contact address

WFDB 3rd General Assembly and 9th Helen Keller World Conference 23-27 October Uganda

Hosting organisation: The National Association of DeafBlind people Uganda, NADBU

Contact person Anthony Lusaggi deafblinduganda@yahoo.com Cell phone +256772856605

Venue

The venue of the conference is the Speke Resort Munyonyo. a 5 star resort, situated 12 km outside Kampala on the shore of lake Victoria.
It is fully accessible.
www.spekeresort.com

Speke resort has 449 rooms, so all participants can stay at the same place.

Room Prices
102 USD per day for a single de luxe room with breakfast including all taxes
140 USD per day for a de luxe double room/ twin room with breakfast including all taxes

All rooms have air condition, bathroom with bathtub (accesible rooms with showers) refrigerator which can be stocked as minibar, safe, balcony or terrace with chairs, insect screen, mosquito net, flatscreen tv with 30 channels, telephones, coffe/tea maker and 24 hours room service.
1litre of mineral water per person per day is included in the price
Free internet access in the room if you bring your own laptop and free wireless internet on the conference site
Swimming pool and health club at no extra fee
Golf carts for a joy ride around the resort

The venue has a large garden with waterfalls and fountains and a new marina where boats can be hired.
Boat trips on the Victoria lake (at a fee)
Horse riding (at a fee)

The conference venue is closed and has a gate with access control and security staff. It is therefore completely safe to move around in the resort. The resort hosted the last Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in 2007 and many heads of states from the Commonwealth countries stayed at the resort.

Registration

Registration for the conference can be done by filling out registration form and making a bank transfer to WFDB

Registration fee for deafblind persons Assistants, interpreters, and family members
Registration before May 15th 200 Euro per person
Registration May 16th tto July 31 250 Euro per person

Registration fee for all others
Registration before May 15th 250 Euro per person
Registration May 16th to July 31 300 Euro per person

Includes Conference pack, conference material 5 Lunches with water/ soda , breaks, mineral water, 23-27 Oct. Reception 22Oct but no dinners.

Dinners will be paid by participants. Dinner buffet is available in Speke Munyonyo hotel at 20 USD incl mineral water/ soda + 23 % tax
A la carte dinner at prices from 12- 20 USD pr person

Day Guests 50 USD per day including coffe/tea and lunch with water/soda.

Airport transfer has to be paid by participants, but transport will be organised
A minibus for 6-7 persons is about 30 USD from airport to hotel
A bus of 20 persons is about 45 USD
Please advice your arrival time to hkwc09@gmail.com

Dates and programme

Time

Conference Theme

CRPD, changing the lives of persons with deafblindness

The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, CRPD is a human righs instrument. How can we use this instrument to ensure that the rights of persons with deafblindness are respected and enforced.

Plenary sessions and workshops will cover the following themes:

What is CRPD and what does it mean for persons with deafblindness?

How can organisations work towards ratification of CRPD in their country?

When a country has ratified CRPD, what changes will happen?

How can deafblind organisations and individuals use CRPD and its provisions, covering the specific areas:

  1. Recognition of deafblindness as a unique disability
  2. Recognition of the needs of persons with deafblindness
  3. Recognition of modes and means of communication including sign languages
  4. Recognition as a Person before the law, legal capacity, dignity and integrity of the person
  5. The right to job and livelihood, income generation
  6. Support systems, how can we use CRPD to get services of interpreters, personal assistants and other support persons
  7. Access to information and communication technology, including hearing aids, vision aids and communication devices
  8. Peer support, forming support groups, self help groups and own organisations of persons with deafblindness
  9. Women with deafblindness, their special situation and needs
  10. International cooperation , North- south partnerships, south - south partnerships,
  11. Rehabilitation. Community based rehabilitation and other models of rehabilitation
  12. How can persons with deafblindness be included in the educational system? What does inclusive education mean for persons with deafblindness?
  13. Access to health care. Prevention and treatment of HIV-Aids.
  14. Partnerships with other DPOs , NGOs, government, local government, private enterprise, service providers, other partners.
  15. Raising Awareness of the needs and skills of persons with deafblindness
  16. Participation of persons with deafblindness in cultural life.

h3.,abstractCall for abstracts

Abstracts of plenary presentations or workshops covering one of these areas, can be sent to hkwc09@gmail.com before April 1, 2009

The date for submitting abstract has been extended .WFDB cannot sponsor participants on the basis of making a presentation. Only a few deafblind members of WFDB from developing countries can be sponsored. Latin American participants who need sponsorship are kindly asked to consult with Flasc.

WFDB contact address

Lex Grandia, Snehvidevej 13, DK 9400 Noerresundby , Denmark
phone: +45 98 19 20 99
fax: +45 98 19 20 57
e-mail: lex.grandia@mail.dk
wfdb@wfdb.org
website: www.wfdb.org