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Follow below the Daily Eyeway Alerts: 1. News REC has sanctioned CSR assistance of Rs45.15 lakh to Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi for ‘Distribution of 50 Laptops with customised software for visually impaired students pursuing higher education’ to provide barrier free environment for higher education and enable them to pursue professional or technical education and get employed/ self-employed to find a dignified place for themselves in the society.The main objective of the project is to encourage differently- abled students by providing laptops for their empowerment. Source: http://www.dailypioneer.com/vivacity/for-a-cause.html. More at http://eyeway.org/?q=cause Blind Man Car Rally on Sunday. Round Table India, a social organisation, will organise a Blind Man Car Rally here on Sunday. The rally would start from College Road (Lingraj College) and culminate after covering a distance of about 30 km to 40 km, while discovering several places around the city.Unlike a race, this rally is a complex sport wherein one car is flagged off every minute. It requires skills, precisely acute sense of direction, controlled driving skills, good reflexes, coordination of skills such as listening, calculating, visualising and of course, driving.The event is essentially time-speed-distance (TSD) road rally where each one of the teams consisting of a minimum of two persons (driver and navigator) would be given a set of route directions to follow and the speeds at which they should travel. In the blind man’s car rally in an exceptional situation, the sighted driver is totally dependent on the blind navigator to make his way through the course, said Anant Desai of Belgaum Royals Round Table here on Tuesday.It is an initiative to help develop a close emotional bond with blind persons, to support and boost self-confidence in them. Source: http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/blind-man-car-rally-on-sunday/article8190954.ece. More at http://eyeway.org/?q=blind-man-car-rally-sunday Government of India has launch national job portal for persons with disabilities. Shri Thaawarchand Gehlot launches National Job Portal for persons with disabilities. Social Justice and Empowerment, Shri Thaawarchand Gehlot launched an exclusive job portal for Persons with Disabilities (PwDs) here today. The PwDs can avail the different facilities such as self employment loan, education loan, skill training, link to scholarships and information about jobs in a single window platform through this National Job Portal. Ministers of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Shri Krishan Pal Gurjar and Shri Vijay Sampla were also graced the occasion. Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Govt. of India has entrusted National Handicapped Finance and Development Corporation (NHFDC) to develop a National level Job portal for the persons with disabilities (PwDs). A disabled-friendly National level Job portal, www.disabilityjobs.gov.in, will a long way for empowering persons with disabilities by providing them all desired information for employment opportunities at one platform. Source: http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=135847 2. Job Two posts for Visually Impaired as Postman/Mail Guard in Ministry of Communications & Information Technology, Department of Posts, Jharkhand Circle, Ranchi. Unit: Dhanbad and Singhbhum Dn. Jamshedpur. Age limit: 18-27 years. Qualification:- Matriculation from a recognized Board or University. Apply online Website http://www.indiapost.gov.in/ Last date 6st February. More at http://www.eyeway.org/?q=jobs or employment news of 23rd January page . 41 -- With warm regards, Helpdesk Team! Toll free: 1800 300 20469 Working days: Monday-Friday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Website: www.eyeway.org “There are no great people in this world, only great challenges which ordinary people rise to meet.”—William Frederick Halsey, Jr. 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..
