1. Activity Report of Philippines on Independent Living Presented by: Abner N. Manlapaz Songdo Convensia, Incheon, South Korea October 26, 2012,

2. Luzon Spinal Cord Injury Foundation, Inc. and Life Haven, Inc. in collaboration with the Provincial Government of Batangas and APNIL and in cooperation with 4 th District Representative of Batangas, is propagating the IL philosophy.

3. Luzon In region 3 at central Luzon, the Regional Federation of Persons with Disabilities with the support of the Department of Health continuously organizes peer counseling seminars.

4. Visayas The IL group from Cebu is currently focusing training and building pool of Personal Assistants.

5. Visayas In Iloilo, one of the former Duskin trainee is spearheading independent living & peer counseling seminars in collaboration with Life Haven.

6. Mindanao Lead by HACI de Oro, the group organizes Peer Counseling Workshop (for persons with disabilities affected by the typhoon that hit the area December 2011). In coordination with the barangay health workers, they conducted stress release debriefing and distribution of relief goods Organizing training on personal assistance service

7. Key Activities of Life Haven Independent Living Center Continuously organizing seminars Supported the initiatives of other group to propagate the Independent Living movement Pilot personal assistance service Joins the Philippine Coalition on UNCRPD Joins the Mainstream Civil Society Organization Pushed for disability-related budget appropriation

8. Peer counseling seminars & workshop

9. Establishing Personal Assistance service system

10. At Life Haven Independent Living center

11. Peer visit

12. Organizing support group meeting

13. Facilitating provision of assistive devices

14. Getting involved in the budget process at national and local government

15. Issue on transportation accessibility

16. Access audit

17. Meetings with the Department of Social Welfare & Development

18. Managing bank finances

19. Group in action

20. Result of the Key Activities Inclusion in the General Appropriation Act of 2012 to support specific independent living programs and projects The Department of Social Welfare & Development is now considering the development of support services such as personal assistance service & sign language interpreters

21. Result of the Key Activities Mainstreaming of disability issue Wider and larger network from other civil society organization Building of the capacity

22. Challenges Resources to continuously be felt in the community for mobilization Attitude of government

23. Maraming salamat po! Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything. - George Bernard Shaw