Julius Rosalinda of Tagum, Davao del Norte, a person with disability (PWD), has made the Philippines and the Filipinos proud with his winning silver in the 9th Abilympics last March 24-25 in Bordeaux, France. Abilympics – the Olympics of Abilities – is the “world’s largest skills competition for persons with disabilities” held every four years. The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) told the Manila Bulletin in an email message yesterday that Rosalinda won the Silver Medal and the Excellence Award in the Waste Re-use Category, his specialty. The Davao del Norte native was the grand champion in the Philippines’ “Kakayahan 2014: National Skills Competition of Persons with Disabilities.” Rosalinda loves to tinker with discards he can lay his creative hands on and to try to transform them into useful devices. In the 2014 “Kakayahan” contest in the Philippines, Rosalinda won in Waste Re-use with his entry of a [...]
