Philippines*
General Country Information
Capital: Manila
Population: 99,907,177 (July 2010)
Form of Government: Unitary Presidential Constitutional Republic
Telephone and Internet Communications in real numbers
Telephone - main lines: 3.905 million (2008)
Telephone - mobile: 68.102 million (2008)
Internet hosts: 283,607 (2009)
Internet users: 5.618 million (2008)
Country Ranking
DOI* 2005/2006: 0.38
World Rank 2005/2006: 102
*The Digital Opportunity Index (DOI) evaluates the opportunity, infrastructure and utilization of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) worldwide and was created by the Korea Agency for Digital Opportunity and Promotion (KADO) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). The DOI is based on a scale of 0-1, where 1 is ideal, and the World Rank is taken into consideration out of 181 countries, based on the DOI.
National Disability Action Plan
National Plan of Action for the Philippine Decade of Persons with Disabilities (2003 – 2012)
Disability Policy Website
Web Accessibility Policy Making: Perspective on Philippines
Download the G3ict White Paper
Disability Organizations and Contact Information:
Association of Physically Disabled Filipinos
Dr. S. Antonio Avenue, Maybunga
Pasig 1607
Philippines
Email: afd_leyte@hotmail.com
Tel: +63-26279539
Adaptive Technology for Rehabilitation, Integration, and Empowerment of the Visually Impaired (ATRIEV)
1680 E. Rodriguez Boulevard
Barangay Immaculate Concepcion
Cubao, Quezon City
Philippines
http://www.atriev.org.ph
Email: atriev.inc@gmail.com
Tel: +63-24319257
Fax: +63-27254191
Autism Society of the Philippines
Rm. 307 M&L Bldg. Jamlas Rd.
Quezon City
Philippines
http://www.autismsocietyph.org
Email: info@autismphils.org
Tel: +63-2-9266941
General Assembly of the Blind – Philippines
P.O. Box 3320
Manila
Philippines
Tel: +63-2-58-6962
Katipunan ng Maykapansanan sa Pilipinas, Inc. (KAMPI)
C/o MSWDO Talisay
Talisay City Cebu
Philippines
Email: bbc701@surfshop.net.ph
Tel: +63-917-412-4877
Lingap Pangkabataan, Inc.
158 Ermin Garcia St. Brgy. F. Rodriguez
Cubao, Quezon City
Philippines
http://www.lingappangkabataan.org/
Email: info@lingap.org
Tel: +63-912-4166 / +63-912-0302 / +63-912-4225
National Council for the Welfare of Disabled Persons
P.O. Box 2943
Manila
Philippines
http://www.ncwdp.gov.ph
Email: council@ncwdp.gov.ph
Tel: +63-2-920-1503 / +63-2-926-1165
Fax: +63-2-929-8879
National Federation of Cooperatives of Persons with Disability (NFCPWD)
Warehouse 30, SEB Commercial Center, Baltao Compound,
Km. 23, Ortigas Ave. Ext., San Isidro,
Taytay, Rizal, Philippines
Email: nfcpwd_coop@yahoo.com.ph / nfcpwd@nfcpwd.coop
Tel: +632-658-3212
Fax: +632-658-3616
National Federation of Persons with Disabilities in the Philippines, Inc. - DPI National Assembly
Unit 70, Merchants Square Condominium
1368 e. Rodriguez Avenue
Quezon City
Philippines
Email: kampi_pwd@yahoo.com
Tel: +63-2-972-1827 / +63-2-455-2729
Fax: +63-2-454-2083
Philippine Federation of the Deaf, Inc. (PFD)
P.O. Box 2805
Quezon City 1168
Philippines
Email: philfedeaf@yahoo.com
Tel: +63-2-448-5927
Fax: +63-2-435-1198
Philippine Blind Union
http://www.akap-pinoy.org
Email: akap.pinoy@yahoo.com / ojtaleon@pldtdsl.net
Tel: +63-2-995-8616
Fax: +63-2-995-8616
Philippine Cerebral Palsy, Inc.
http://www.philippinecerebralpalsy.com
Email: cerebralpalsyinc@yahoo.com
Tel: +63-2-895-1786 / +63-2-897-2273 (897CARE)
Philippine Independent Living Center, Inc.
3 Esla Urban Homes
Marick Subdivision Brgy Sto Domingo
Cainta, Rizal 1900
Philippines
http://www.illcphilippines.com/
Email: illcphilippines@yahoo.com
Tel: +63-2-2404002
Philippine Mental Health Association
No. 18 East Avenue
Quezon City 1100
Philippines
http://www.pmha.org.ph
Email: pmha1950@yahoo.com
Tel: +63-2-921-4958 / +63-2-921-4959
Fax: +63-2-924-9297
Resources for the Blind Inc.
P.O. Box 1831
Manila
Philippines
http://www.blind.org.ph
Email: nfo@blind.org.ph
Tel: +63-726-3021 to 24
Fax: +63-2-727-0077
Tahanang Walang Hagdanan (The House with no Steps)
175 Aida Street
Marick Subdivision
Cainta, Rizal, 19000
Philippines
http://www.tahanangwalanghagdanan.org
Email: virgie_louie@tahanangwalanghagdanan.org
Tel: +63-2-655-0055 / +63-2-655-4580
Fax: +63-2-655-0812
Women with Disabilities Leap to Social and Economic Progress
11 Magandang Lahi Street
Taytay, Rizal 1920
Philippines
http://wowleap2000.tripod.com/index.html
Tel: +63-2-286-0998 / +63-2-7081395
Fax: +63-2-2401265