3, 2, 1... Indonesia, here we go!: 6th of February… The Islamic University

What's IBM CSC

The IBM Corporate Service Corps program was launched in 2008 to help provide IBMers with high quality leadership development while delivering high quality problem solving for communities and organizations in emerging markets. Teams typically consist of groups of 10-15 IBMers from countries around the world, who come from different business backgrounds with different skills. The teams are sent to emerging markets for four week community-based assignments. Team members are engaged for a total of six months - three months preparing for the trip, one month on location, and two months after the trip back at IBM sharing their experiences. Approximately 500 IBMers are given the opportunity to participate in the program each year, and since the program's inception more than 2400 participants comprising 200+ teams have been sent to 30+ countries around the world.

Friday, 7 February 2014

6th of February… The Islamic University

Our meetings with our client keep going well in the identification of obstacles and knowledge gaps, etc.

We have made a shadowing with each department and have realized the good job SAPDA team is doing. It is amazing, specially considering the complexity of the topics they are handling: disabilities, violence...

Our interpreter Supriono in the middle, Juju, Internal Relationship Manager at SAPDA at his left and my colleague Shannon at his right. I'm the beautiful lady whose face isn't visible ;)

My colleagues Seth and Shannon

Roger, Seth's interpreter for ASL (American Sign Language)

Quick lunch at the Indonesian Kentucky Fried Chicken!!! Scoop: they have a coffe plus donuts area unknown in Spain.

KFC Queue

KFC roof

KFC Coffe corner

There's still Mirinda in Indonesia!!!

After lunch we went at the Islamic University, what an experience! We went with Presti Setiati, one blind girl that works in research and development at SAPDA. She introduced us to one ex-colleague of her, Lisa Fisher, who just finished her one year assignment in Indonesia working with Academics Without Borders, a Canadian NGO, focusing on improving university accessibility for deaf people. She leaves behind a structure that gives service now to between 40 and 50 deaf people starting from zero.

Islamic University


Lisa Fisher is the girl in the blue t-shirt

I learnt a new word I liked a lot: "Difable=different but able" will replace the word "disable" from now on in my vocabulary. People usually referred as disabled can do things that people that are supposed not to have any disability can't, so I fully agree with the term... who is actually the disabled?