VADODARA: The Vadodara district branch of the National Association for the Blind,Andhjan Kalyan Trust and Mumbai-based NGO Blind's Dream on Wednesday began a two-day conference to train the visually impaired in cashless transactions.
The workshop was kicked off to mark the World Braille Day. A total of 65 visually impaired teachers, workers and students were imparted training.
On the birth anniversary of Sir Louie Braille, 270 smart phones and 40 daisy players were distributed to students with visual impairment under ADIP scheme of the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities. Scholarships cheques worth `5 lakhs were also distributed to each of 66 students with visual impairment under National Scholarship Scheme of National Federation of the Blind.
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Visually impaired girl students wait for cultural events to begin at the hostel for blind girls at Malakpet in Hyderabad on Wednesday | sayantan ghosh
Visually impaired persons who had organized a function to mark the World Braille Day turned emotional after invited officials skipped the event at SP College here.
The event was organized by J&K Welfare Association for Blind, a group of visually impaired persons. The function was scheduled to start at 10:30 am, however, it was delayed as organizers waited for the officials who were invited to the function.
However, as the officials did not turn up, many visually impaired persons turned emotional and burst into tears.
Around 285 million people are estimated to be visually impaired worldwide, with 39 million blind and millions more with low vision, as well as two million people living with sight loss in the UK alone.
According to National Braille Week, around 150 million people use braille – a code system of raised dots – as a form of literacy, as it allows users to spell, use punctuation and format text on a page.
To commemorate the World Braille Day, the students of Nethra Vidyalaya Junior & Degree colleges for Visually challenged students will be organising a walkathon on 04/01/2017. The students will be participating in the walkathon along with the lecturers, college staff, friends and well wishers.
The Nethra Vidyalaya Walkathon starts at 9am to commomorate World Braille Day and celebrate the divine message of HH Chinna Jeeyar Swamijis of how:
“Education Plays a Key Role in Enabling Visually Challenged Children to See the World through DIVINE EYES of KNOWLEDGE”
Jammu and Kashmir Welfare Association for Blind is observing World Braille Day here on Wednesday.
Empowering the Visually Impaired:
Opportunities & Challenges
George Abraham
CEO
Score Foundation
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As the Kerala Federation of the Blind (KFB) enters its 50th year, its members acknowledge that the plight of the visually impaired population in the State has improved immensely over the last few decades, although there is still a long way towards becoming a visually impaired-friendly society.
In 1967, when the federation was founded, the visually impaired were a neglected and stigmatised section of society, says Habeeb C., vice president, KFB.
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