by Kirsten K. Kester | Dec 3, 2014 | the World
UN International Day of Persons with Disability Today is The UN International Day of Persons with Disability and I really appreciate UN is doing a great job to mobilize the importance of respect and dignity to people with a handicap. It IS needed. In...
by Kirsten K. Kester | Nov 9, 2014 | Asia
I Shall Not Hate These were the words said by by Ronald Reagan at the Brandenburg Gate, June 12, 1987. In front of 45.000 people the former president appealed: General Secretary Gorbachev, if you seek peace, if you seek prosperity for the Soviet Union and eastern...
by Kirsten K. Kester | Nov 1, 2014 | the World
Why did you decide you want to travel Last week I was contacted by Agnieszka Kujawa from Gdańsk in Poland. She wrote me that she is studying Scandinavian Studies at the University in Gdańsk. This year she will be doing her master’s degree and she is going to...
by Kirsten K. Kester | May 9, 2014 | Europe
Make wrongs right Since I was a tiny girl I’ve believed in doing what you can to make wrongs right. I was 12 when I wrote The Minister for Transport, complaining about bad or none existing access for people using a wheelchair. I came up with solutions to a lot...