Dear All: Greetings from the Eyeway Helpdesk!
Follow below the Daily Eyeway Alerts: 1. News- On the occasion of White Cane Day on October 15, we have to address a serious issue today in India. There are over 16 million blind people and around 28 million visually impaired people in India. However only a few of them have been able to accessany help that they deserve from the authorities. There might be a fortunate few who are rich enough to invest more on their treatment and ensure that they get equal opportunities but it is indeed sad that not many people have the resources or knowledge of the resources or accessibility. If it happens to be a financially weak family, travelling and staying in a strange city would be very difficult. Cities like Delhi have metros with tactile paths which helps blind people to travel. But it is a far dream when it comes to other cities and villages. In the current scenario, it is commendable to see dedicated organisations in India like Score Foundation, are striving towards changing the widely held perceptions of treating the blind as object of charity , by working towards empowering and enabling them. They do so, by providing information, for they believe that information can change lives. Score Foundationruns Project Eyeway which is a knowledge resource for life with blindness. They have changed lives of many who contacted them, by encouraging and guiding them with their legal and personal matters, education, career and meeting their personal counselling needs. Source: http://www.riseforindia.com/blind-people-situation-india-white-cane-day/ <http://www.riseforindia.com/blind-people-situation-india-white-cane-day/>. More at http://www.eyeway.org/?q=blind-people-are-not-liabilityon-white-cane-day-let%E2%80%99s-look-where-they-stand -- With best regards, Helpdesk Team! C/o Score Foundation-Project Eyeway, 17/107, Basement, Vikram Vihar, Lajpatnagar 4, New Delhi 110024, INDIA. Helpdesk:011-46070380 (Monday to Friday 10am to 5pm) Office Phone:011-26472582/81 Email: [email protected] Websites: www.scorefoundation.org.in; www.eyeway.org Youtube:www.youtube.com/user/eyewayindia Twitter: twitter.com/friendsofeyeway Facebook: www.facebook.com/projecteyeway Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
