by Abriel | Jul 4, 2019 | 2019, Sustainable Cities & Communities
When he was five years old, Mr Michael Ngu contracted polio and became paralysed in both legs, but his disability did not stop his dream of becoming an architect. His career began in the 1980s and for nearly a decade, he worked for celebrated architect I.M. Pei in New...
by Abriel | Jun 30, 2019 | 2019, Sustainable Cities & Communities, What Inspires You?
Since January this year (2019), staff at Bouillon Youth Hostel in southern Belgium started taking sign language lessons that is rarely practised in the tourism sector. The woman behind the initiative is Dominique Duchatel, director of the youth hostel chain Les...
by Abriel | Jun 30, 2019 | 2019, Sustainable Cities & Communities
Autistic children can be overwhelming. They suffer because they want to communicate – but nobody understands them. Shouts and crises were common when five-year-old Gioele Merloni wanted to eat only chocolate and chicken McNuggets from the box. His mother Maria...
by Abriel | Jun 30, 2019 | 2019, Sustainable Cities & Communities
Gustavo is happy that he has been able to “reset his life.” In 2007, he suffered an outbreak of schizophrenia, followed by severe depression. When he was hospitalised for psychiatric treatment at the Agudo Ávila Regional Centre for Mental Health, in the...
by Abriel | Jun 30, 2019 | 2019, Sustainable Cities & Communities
Despite the efforts of the Public Centre for Social Welfare and the Brussels-Capital Region Employment Office, 25-year-old Rozy-Khan Shinwari, a young refugee who arrived in Belgium at the end of 2015, found himself at a loss. It was thanks to Afghan friends that he...
by Abriel | Jun 26, 2019 | 2019, Sustainable Cities & Communities, What Inspires You?
Madam Rosie Wong, 70, whips up dinner for herself and her husband almost every night – and she is blind. Whether her induction hob, kitchen weighing scale or timer, all of them give her audio feedback so she can cook safely. The induction hob, for example,...
