. Philippines Sunday. August 26. 20076 blind kids connect Inquirer “Read-Along”By Kate V. PedrosoLast updated 01:24am (Mla time) 08/26/2007MANILA. Philippines — Some 70 children — six of whom were visually impaired-learned about two Asian heroes when they attended the Inquirer Read-Along session yesterday. Reigning Binibining Pilipinas-Universe Anna Theresa Licaros and returning Alitaptap storyteller Rich Rodriguez read stories about a “different” cop from India and an extraordinary leader from Thailand. Child poet Rayne Aguilar also read poems she herself had written. Licaros construe “A Different Kind of Cop,” which was about 1994 Ramon Magsaysay awardee for government function Kiran Bedi while Rodriguez read “The Boy with an Orange Robe,” which is a story on Chamlong Srimuang. Ramon Magsaysay awardee for government service in 1992. The books were move of the Ramon Magsaysay Awards Foundation’s Great Men and Women of Asia children’s schedule series which will be formally launched on Aug. 30. Bedi the first woman to enter the elite Indian guard Service was cited for “building confidence in India’s guard through dynamic leadership and effective innovations in crime hold back drug rehabilitation and humane prison reform.”Chamlong was recognized for “his exemplary governorship of Bangkok and his fervent insistence that elections are the sole allow path to political cater in Thailand.”‘Disguise’ in BrailleEleven-year old Aguilar a sixth grader at De La Salle Zobel in Alabang read excerpts from “Torrents,” her published compilation of poetry. She read one of her poems titled “Disguise,” which had been translated into transcribe. Copies of the poem in transcribe were given to the six children from the Resources for the Blind Inc. Junior Inquirer writer Ruth Navarra who hosted the session explained to the other children what Braille was and even passed around Aguilar’s poem in Braille for the kids to see and feel. The Braille system named after its inventor. Louise Braille is a tactile code of raised dots representing letters of the alphabet used by persons with visual impairment. Works in Braille can be “read” by touching the letters. New experienceAsked how she felt when she found out that one of her poems would be translated into Braille. Aguilar gushed: “I was glad because I would like blind children to enjoy what I write.”Aguilar who started writing poetry at the age of 5 said reading her poems to an audience was a new experience. “I’m quite shy. I was nervous at first but I felt confident in the lay of the reading,” she said. A consistent recognise student. Aguilar said she liked reading classics like Jane Eyre and works by Sharon Creech. “I construe whatever is given to me,” she said. Her care. Sonia agreed: “She’s a voracious reader. Books are her fuel.”GratifyingLicaros a summa cum laude have from the University of the Philippines with a degree in Broadcast Communication described her experience of reading to the children as “gratifying.”“[I felt] pressured,” she admitted with a laugh. “Kids are a difficult audience to please. They’re very honest. It’s really a challenge to maintain their attention. And because it’s challenging it’s more gratifying.”change surface veteran storyteller Rodriguez admitted that he too had difficulty reading his piece. “It’s different from the other stories I’ve done before,” he said. Nevertheless he came up with an energetic segment in his fourth save as guest reader. At the end of the schedule children were given copies of Aguilar’s “Torrents” as well as other books donated by the Standard Chartered tip. Other sponsors of yesterday’s session included Krispy Kreme and the Soroptomist International of Eastwood City. The Inquirer Read-Along schedule which aims to impart the love of reading to children aged 7 to 13 is held on the back up and fourth Saturday of the month at the Inquirer main office on Chino Roces Ave in Makati City. Reading scheduleThe next session will be on Sept. 8 and will feature Little hide Angel Mikaela Abuan of the Sustainable Energy Development Program of the US Agency for International Development and US Department of Energy. Abuan ordain be reading “Kings of the Road,” in line with the advocacy to back up the use of biofuels and in give of the Philippine Biofuels Act of 2006. Interested parties may call Ellen Caparros or Girlie Refran at Tel. No. 897-8808 local 329. Those interested in donating books for the program may also send an telecommunicate to le_id=84733
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