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Sports clinics set for visually impaired kids

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March 24, 2009 | 12:00am

MANILA, Philippines - The Parent Advocates for Visually Impaired Children, Inc. (PAVIC) will be hosting a sports clinic to introduce various sports to blind people on March 28-29 at the Philsports complex in Pasig City.

In partnership with PHILSPADA (Phil. Sports Association for Differently Abled), PAVIC will show to parents, teachers and therapists that blind children can actively be involved in sports.

The event is partly sponsored by USAid Fund (United States Agencies International Development Fund) through the effort of Perkins School for the Blind, USA.

For details, contact Bheng Garcia, PAVIC secretary at 727-1301 or 0916-7254995 or Weng Fernandez at 0917-8902067.

BHENG GARCIA

DIFFERENTLY ABLED

PARENT ADVOCATES

PASIG CITY

PERKINS SCHOOL

PHILSPORTS

SPORTS

SPORTS ASSOCIATION

UNITED STATES AGENCIES INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT FUND

VISUALLY IMPAIRED CHILDREN

WENG FERNANDEZ
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