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Fundraising activities TAPAS Belgium

Luc y Evelien explicando lo que significa TAPAS para los y
las estudiantes de la escuela secundaria en Puurs. La escuela SJABI en Puurs
apoya TAPAS este año con su actividad anual: una caminata de 15 kilometros.
Muchas gracias a todos y todas!

Luc en Evelien vertellen wat TAPAS betekent aan de leerlingen van de secundaire school
SJABI in Puurs tijdens de openingsshow van hun jaarlijks vastenproject. SJABI
steunt dit jaar TAPAS met de vastenvoettocht! Bedankt aan iedereen!

Luc and Evelien talking about TAPAS to the students of the secondary school SWABI-Puurs. The school is doing fundraising for TAPAS: The students will walk 15 Km! Thank you!!

Ongoing TAPAS activities

This week Reninka De Koker, Patricia Jovelar and Cristina de Diego have a TAPAS meeting in Zaragoza about further TAPAS evolution and new projects.
From 3rd till 12th of april Evelien Dewachter and Luc Vercruysse are starting up the TAPAS course at UPOLI- Esteli- Nicaragua about “Introduction to Occupational therapy principles and professional reasoning “.
Agnieszka Ptak and luc Vercruysse were sending in an abstract for a presentation about TAPAS and multidisciplinarity at the conference of the University of Wroclaw Poland in june 2013.

TAPAS since september 2012 until now

We had a succesfull TAPAS party in Leuven.  Thank you to all the attendants and sympathisants.
Five OT students of HUB Brussels Belgium and one OT student of TUAS Turku Finland were working in Jaszkotle-Poland the last three months.
We are currently really hard working on the programm that  will be offered at UPOLI university in Esteli Nicaragua.
We already prepared 4 modules . From 2nd till 12th of april 2013 Evelien Dewachter and Luc Vercruysse are going to Esteli for the first module.
Reninka De Koker and Veerle De Vocht will go on with a second module during summertime.
After that we intend to go on with two other modules. The third module will probably be given by Cristina de Diego and Patricia Jovellar from Zaragoza.
As you can see we are going very well.
We hope that we can still count on your support for that.

TAPAS Party 29 september 2012

Jij kan ons steunen!
Wij nodigen u graag uit op ons eerste TAPAS-feest op zaterdag 29 september om 19.30u in Leuven. Voor de prijs van 10 euro bieden we u een gratis lekker tapasbord en glas sangria aan! Maak kennis met de projecten waar we momenteel mee bezig zijn in Polen, Nicaragua, Argentinië, India,… en blijf nadien gerust dansen op de beats van multi-culturele muziek!
Draag je het Zuiden een warm hart toe, kom dan langs en vier mee!
Vooraf inschrijven kan eenvoudig door een mailtje te sturen naar luc@therapy-tapas.org en 10 euro over te schrijven naar rekeningnr BE87 7440 1585 0294, graag ten laatste tegen 31 augustus! Kan je jammer genoeg niet aanwezig zijn, maar draag je toch graag je steentje bij… alle sponsoring is welkom!
Tervuursevest 60
3000 Leuven
(Grote parkingen op
5 min. wandelafstand)

TAPAS: Therapy for All Patients in All Situations

Queridos amigos, simpatizantes y miembros de TAPAS,
El próximo 29 de septiembre de 2012, TAPAS organiza una fiesta en Lovaina (Bélgica).
TAPAS es una asociación de terapeutas ocupacionales y fisioterapeutas de diferentes nacionalidades comprometidos con diferentes proyectos.
https://therapy-tapas.org/
El motivo de la fiesta es aportar información sobre nuestra asociación y los
Proyectos actuales en Argentina, India y Polonia.
En concreto, nos gustaría darte a conocer nuestro nuevo reto:
“Proporcionar educación en Nicaragua a diferentes profesionales”: enfermeras, maestros, trabajadores sociales, terapeutas y educadores. Siempre teniendo en cuenta aspectos socio-culturales, así como recursos y limitaciones de Nicaragua.
Un equipo de profesionales afiliados a nuestra asociación, trabajarán en conjunto con los profesores de la Universidad de UPOLI para realizar periodos de docencia intensiva que combinarán práctica y teoría.
Todos los gastos de alojamiento y dietas corren a cargo de la Universidad de UPOLI, en Esteli (Nicaragua), a EXCEPCIÓN de los vuelos.
Con iniciativas como está, se intenta buscar fondos para desarrollar este nuevo proyecto.
Esperamos que la fiesta tenga éxito y se cubran los gastos para impulsar el
proyecto. Os animamos a ser voluntarios, intercambiar conocimientos y experiencias en
esta fiesta.
Si no puedes asistir, siempre nos puedes apoyar con un aporte a la cuenta indicada a continuación:
El número de cuenta es: 2054 0344 23 91 63417275
El IBAN: ES22 2054 0344 23 91 63417275

New activities you must know

Dear TAPAS members.
Last months TAPAS association sended 5 Belgian students of HUB to Jaszkotle near Wroclaw in Poland. Also 2 students of UNIZAR Zaragoza went to Jaszkotle to do an unforgettable practice with the children of the institute.
1 HUB student is in Esteli Nicaragua with TAPAS association.
Next week (19 to 23 march) Luc Vercruysse is going to Zargoza to teach in Unzar and also have meetings with Cristina de Diego and Patricia Jovellar about the future of our association.
We will also have two mini conferences to presnt TAPAS and our projects and activities. We will have presentations about TAPAS at the university of San Jose and also for ICOFA and COPTOA.
As you can see TAPAS is still going well.
Don’t hesitate to contact us if you want to join us in one of our projects.

TAPAS on ENOTHE meeting

On friday 4th of november we (Luc Vercruysse)will have a workshop of our TAPAS association at the ENOTHE meeting in Ghent.
ENOTHE is the European network for OT education.
Last summer (august 2011) we (Mieke lembrechts and Luc Vercruysse)were in Jaszkotle again for making new agreements and do an evaluation of last year.
In April 2011 TAPAS became a real registered association in Zaragoza, Aragon (Spain).
As you could see in last message we were (Luc Vercruysse and Reninka De Koker) in Esteli (Nicaragua) where we are asked to organise post graduate courses at the UPOLI university. We are working on this.
On this moment we are also constructing a new website and we will have other mailadresses.
We (Cristina de Diego, Patricia Jovellar and luc Vercruysse) also plan some other TAPAS mini conferences in Zaragoza for next spring.
As you can see, we are still on the run.
Donations can be done on the  account of
TAPAS :
IBAN: ES22 2054 0344 23 9163417275

Grtz

We are still going on

There was a lot TAPAS activity since last message on this blog.
Luc Vercruysse and Reninka Dekoker were organising and giving the 3rd and 4th TAPAS conference in Esteli- Nicaragua.
2 students of HUB did practice at Cristal school in Esteli and 6 HUB students were in Jaszkotle.
On this moment Mieke Lembrechts and the pupils from BUSO Terbank Heverlee (school for special education) are in Jaszkotle for a vocational training. The 2nd and 3rd of june there is a conference in Wroclaw with a presentation of TAPAS collaboration in Jaszkotle. Mieke will do this Job together with Agnieszka P. and her colleagues. We are a real association now with administrative seat in Zaragoza thanks to Cristina de Diego  and Patricia Jovelar.
Next conference will be in Malaga organized by Ana Szot hopefully at the end of this year.
Reninka Dekoker is negociating with UPOLI- and FAREM- university in Esteli Nicatragua about giving post graduate courses on their demand.
As you can see TAPAS is still going on a very good speed.

Tapas is still alive and kicking

The Tapas association is still running well.
On this moment we are working on the third TAPAS conference. Location: Malaga.
It will be around end of march beginning of april. You will hear more of that in a few weeks.
Cristina  was going to our project in India last month.
Patricia came back from Argentina.
We are also working on conferences in Esteli Nicaragua together with Reninka and the students who will be there from February till april 2011.
Students are doing practice in Jaszkotle/poland. On this moment we have two students from Turku Finland on location.This summer we had OT students from Terrassa (Spain) in Jaszkotle.
On november 24 we will present our projects to 2nd year OT students in Brussels.
We look out for your reactions and please feel free whenever you want to join and contact us if you are interested in doing something on our locations.

New project in Argentina

We are proud to announce you a new TAPAS project in Argentina.
New International TAPAS Project:

Cotolengo de Don Orione, Claypole (Argentina)

Don Luis Orione was a priest who dedicated his life to serving the poorest and most humble. This conviction led him to found the Little Work of Divine Providence (1903). In 1935 he founded “El Pequeño Cotolengo de Don Orione” in Claypole (Argentina).
Their Mission today is: According to the current problems, they spend part of their life to children and adolescents, especially those who are disadvantaged, marginalized, and in extreme poverty.- Work with people who fail to meet their basic needs and are victims of hunger, poor health and education, lack of family and affection, the inability to project towards a decent future.
How do they work the Cotolengo? Home to people with multiple disabilities, physical and mental, its therapeutic and educational setting is complex and must be made through interdisciplinary teams (Nurses, Psychiatrist, 3 Physiotherapists, 3 Occupational Therapists, 1 Speech therapist, 3 Physical Education teachers, 2 Psychologists and Special education teaches), where the task of each (religious, professional, assistants, volunteers) put together for a better assisted service and, where possible, their family, when it exists.
Basically, the tasks for the disabled (more than 400 residents!!), are to assist and care for, rehabilitate, educate and promote, whenever necessary in a family atmosphere.

There is lot to do to improve the quality of life for all people living in the Cotolengo … they are waiting for you!

More information: www.donorione.org.ar
Contact: jovellar -at- aidimo.org and pjovellar -at- aidimo.org and luc.vercruysse -at- scarlet.be

BuSO Terbank in Jaszkotle

On Saturday march 27 2010 we had our second TAPAS conference in HUB campus Terranova Brussels. About 60 attendants could listen to the informative presentations in the morning and follow two of the six  practical workshops given in the afternoon. All of them were very satisfied about the organisation and the contents of the conference.
We also had the chance to present a brandnew project in Argentina. More about that in a next message.
TAPAS boarder has already an option for the 3rd conference: Malaga – Spain.
Come and see this webblog on a regular base to find more information about that and other TAPAS projects.