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West Asia
Welcome to ICEVI West Asia Region
The West Asia Region of the International Council for Education of People with Visual Impairment (ICEVI) includes the following 15 countries:
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- Afghanistan
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Bhutan
- India
- Iraq
- Saudi Arabia
- Tajikistan
- Uzbekistan
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- Islamic Republic of Iran
- Israel
- Jordan
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Lebanon
- Sri Lanka
- Turkmenistan
- Yemen
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- Maldives
- Nepal
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Palestine
- Qatar
- Syrian Arab Republic
- United Arab Republic
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Regional Chairperson
Bhushan Punani
Blind People’s Association,
Jagdish Patel Chowk,
Surdas Marg
Vastrapur
Ahmedabad - 380 015
INDIA
Tel: 91 79 26303346 / 26305082
Fax: 91 79 26300106
e-mail: blinabad1@sancharnet.in
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Regional Committee
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Telephone & Fax Numbers |
E-mail ID |
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Mr. Khalid Naeem
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Director, Ministry of Social Welfare & Special Education Director General of Special Education, NSEC
(HIC) Plot No. 27
Sector H-9, Islamabad, PAKISTAN |
phone: 92 51 9257437
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Naeem971@hotmail.com
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Ms. Rima Javallah
(Representing Palestine) |
(Postal address)
Abdullah Canawati
Head-Special Education & Community Program
Bethlehem Arab Society for Rehabilitation
P.O. 11407 Gilow 92348
Jerusalem
ISRAEL |
phone: 00972 222742846 |
rima@basr.org
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Dr. J.P. Singh
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Member Secretary
Rehabilitation Council of India
B-22, Qutub Institutional Area, New Delhi-110 016.
INDIA |
phone: 91 11 2653 2408 |
rehabstd@nde.vsnl.net.in
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Dr. Sriram Mittal |
G-3-E, DDA Flats
Munirika
New Delhi-110 067
INDIA |
91 011-26185455 |
srmittal@bluebottle.com
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Mr. Madhav P. Aryal |
Secretary
Ankur Vidyashram
G.P.O. Box 12687
Kathmandu
NEPAL |
phone: 977 14494906 |
glap@htp.com.np |
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T.D.T.L. Dhanapala |
The Open University of Sri Lanka,
Nawala, Nugegoda
SRILANKA |
phone: 94 112768055 |
tdtdh@ou.ac.lk
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Khandaker Jahurul Alam
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Executive Director
Centre for Services And Information on Disability
House#715, Road# 10
Baitul Aman Housing Society Adabar, Shyamodi
Dhaka-1207
BANGLADESH |
phone: 9129727 8143882 8225669 |
csid@bdmail.net
csid@bdonline.com |
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Sayed Hussein Alavi
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Teacher
Shooridah Blind School
Shiraz
IRAN |
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hosseina@gmail.com
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Shaden Elewat
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P.O. Box 6974
Psychologist/Special Educator
Ministry of Education & Jordan University
Amman
JORDAN |
phone: 0096264392392 |
shadenelewat@hotmail.com
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Mohammad Towfik Bellow |
Executive Director
Ebsar Foundation (Rehabilitation and Vision Impairment Services)
Palestine Street
Palestine Commercial Center
1st Floor, Office No. 13
Address: P.O.Box 4573, Jeddah 21412
SAUDI ARABIA |
phone: 966-2-283-0001
Fax: 966-2-283-2264 |
bellowm@gmail.com
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Chinara
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DJUMAGULOVA Save the Children, U.K, 27,LOGVINENKO Street, 720040 KYRGYSTAN |
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chinara@scuk.kg
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Regional Update
With the support of CBM Regional Office in Bangalore, ICEVI West Asia will convene a
National Level Workshop on EFA-VI, conduct a situational analysis on inclusion, and organise capacity building programs. The region has already collaborated with the national body of parents of persons with mental retardation (Parivaar) and conducted awareness rallies in eight places in the State of Tamil Nadu highlighting the need for education of children with disabilities. Dr. Bhushan Punani made a presentation on EFA-VI campaign at the fourth South Asia Regional Conference organized by the CBR South Asia Network on 4-6 October, 2007 at Kathmandu, Nepal, regional meeting of the Rehabilitation Council of India convened at Jodhpur, India on 30 November, 2007 and also at the National Seminar on the rights of persons with disabilities organised at the SNDT University, Mumbai on 28 December 2007.
The ICEVI West Asia Region convened a one-day workshop on EFA-VI on 7 October 2007 in Katmandu, which was attended by 61 participants from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal,
Pakistan, Sri Lanka and U.K. Representatives of many organizations of the blind in Nepal and
senior Government officials of the Department of Education also participated in the event, which was coordinated by Mr. Madhav Aryal, ICEVI Country representative of Nepal. Bhushan Punani and Mani, Secretary General made a joint presentation on the EFA-VI campaign at the
national symposium of the Community Ophthalmology Society of India (COSI) held in Coimbatore, India on 24-25 November 2007 and called for closer collaboration of the eye-health care community and the education sector. ICEVI West Asia Region in collaboration with the All India Confederation of the Blind, New Delhi, India conducted a workshop on 1 December 2007 to discuss the need for unification of mathematical devices used for visually impaired children in India. The workshop was attended by 15 experts from the country who resolved to prepare instructional materials for using mathematical devices.
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