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DREAM Program first day of classes for the gym class integration at the SLRI-Deaf Resource Center with Max Eyking.

NMSC to launch its Series of Free Open Sports Clinics Starting on November 8

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Contact: Sarah Mamaril, Communications
sarah@nms-cares.org
+63 917 5195380 
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October 31, 2014, Baguio City – NMS CARES INC. will officially launch a new program that centers on sports and recreational activities that will engage young Deaf individuals from all over Baguio City and nearby La Trinidad.

The sports program aptly called DREAM or Deaf Recreational Engagement Activity Movement is an initiative by NMSC that revolves around the use of sports to educate, inspire and engage young Deaf individuals, further reminding them that Deafness is never a barrier.

The DREAM Program is spearheaded and will be facilitated by Max Eyking, eldest son of NMSC founder Martin Eyking. Just arrived from Australia this month, Max will conduct a series of open clinics on different world sports such as Soccer, Australian Football, Cricket, Tennis, and Basketball. He is the organization’s current International Relations Officer as well as head of all NMSC recreational initiatives for the Deaf.

Through the help of local Barangay Scout Barrio, NMSC will launch DREAM on November 8, Saturday at the Scout Barrio Open Field. The event is from 8:00 am to 11:30 am, and will run every Saturday until early or mid April of next year.

Different local Deaf organization heads have already given their support to the imminent launch of the program. DUABC (Deaf Unity Association Baguio City) president Ruby Liza Insoo, as well as heads of LTAD (La Trinidad Association for the Deaf) Philip Nabat and Milanie Kituyan are all in as NMSC partners, actively seeking interested participants to this 6-month sports program that will benefit young Deaf individuals ages 5 to 18.

For inquiries on how to sign up for the event, please email info@nms-cares.org or you can leave a message on the official NMSC Facebook page. You can also contact 0917-5195380, or just feel free to drop by Scout Barrio Open field on November 8, 8:00 am!

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About NMS CARES

NMS CARES, INC. is a Philippine SEC-registered non-stock, non-profit association with a vision for Deaf children to reach their dreams. The organization fully commits to advocating for the Deaf children of the community while looking forward to expanding its service all throughout the less privileged young Deaf individuals in the Asia Pacific.

To know more about NMS CARES, please visit http://nms-cares.org or email us at info@nms-cares.org.

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NMSC on a Sign Language Workshop Streak

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Contact: Sarah Mamaril, Communications
sarah@nms-cares.org
+63 917 5195380 
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October 23, 2014, Baguio City – Staying true to its mission, NMSC concluded day one of its free sign language workshops last October 22 for Helping Hands, Healing Hearts Ministries Children's Recovery Unit-Baguio City.

After a successfully finishing a 3-month Basic Sign Language Workshop with parents from the Baguio SPED Center Hearing Impaired Sequence, NMS CARES forges on its mission to encourage the active involvement of the community through skill-based classes that will benefit social workers, health workers, service providers, and advocates who are often faced with the dilemma of not being able to communicate effectively with Deaf individuals they work with or service for. It is with this in mind that NMSC has opened its sign language classes not only to parents and immediate family members of young Deaf individuals, but in essence to anyone who find that there is a need for them to learn how to communicate with the Deaf members of the community.

Helping Hands, Healing Hearts Ministries cares for the sick and dying children and their families by providing the children’s physical needs. They are both hospital and community based and provide medications, surgeries, help for medical work ups and a place for children to come and recover in.*

Baguio-based Recovery Unit Director Marissa Dela Peña believes that it is crucial for them to learn how to communicate properly with their patients who are Deaf, which eliminates frustrations and possible miscommunications especially with younger Deaf patients.

The Basic Sign Language Workshop is currently being conducted by NMSC Trainer Ian Lester Kingat, and will run for 3 months. It is part of NMSC's FOND Program that aim to educate people on how to better understand, communicate, and connect with Deaf individuals in the community.

*http://facebook.com/HelpingHandsPhilippines

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About NMS Cares

NMS CARES, INC. is a Philippine SEC-registered non-stock, non-profit association with a vision for Deaf children to reach their dreams. The organization fully commits to advocating for the Deaf children of the community while looking forward to expanding its service all throughout the less privileged young Deaf individuals in the Asia Pacific.

To know more about NMS CARES, please visit http://nms-cares.org or email us at info@nms-cares.org.

Props to our Deaf friends!

Nora Quiambao, Hearing Parent of Deaf Child

Family Oneness Nurturing the Deaf (FOND) Program
NMS CARES INC.
http://www.nms-cares.org 

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