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Follow below the Daily Eyeway Alerts: 1. News- The visually impaired students of Devnar Foundation for the Blind mesmerised the audience with their varied cultural performances during the 24th Annual Day celebrations of the organisation held in Begumpet on Thursday. The highlight of the event was the dance performance on popular Telugu and Hindi numbers by the children. Other activities performed by the children include a fashion show and a skit. In his keynote address, A Saibaba Goud, founder of Devnar Foundation, said, “What started in a rented building with four blind children is now running with a strength of 550. Source: http://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/Hyderabad-Tab/2016-02-05/Cultural-colours-from-the-visually-impaired/204835. More at http://eyeway.org/?q=cultural-colours-visually-impaired An inspiring true story of a visually impaired woman and her road to success. A trauma counsellor, corporate trainer, writer, aerobics trainer, public speaker, and director of Silver Linings Human Resource Solution Private Limited - all rolled into one, Preeti Monga's achievements are inspirational. The Other Senses can now be downloaded from Bookshare.org at the link https://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/1179635 2. Event- Xavier’s Resource Centre for the Visually Challenged (XRCVC), St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai (www.xrcvc.org) to tell you about our upcoming awareness and sensitization event on lives of persons with blindness and low vision: *Antarchakshu ® - The Eye Within 2016 at Gurgaon. *Venue: Epicentre at Apparel House, Sector-44, Institutional Area, Gurgaon. Date: 25 and 26 February 2016 Thursday / Friday Time: 11 am to 7 pm (The event will take you approximately 1 to 1.5 hours to go through the complete experience.) You can register for the event at: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1SQAORsMPvuDPQ3hI4MPEysZ8NreDLaq7uIw_lOarIGU/viewform.. Sam Taraporevala:s...@xrcvc.org| i...@xrcvc.org. Website: www.xrcvc.org. More at http://eyeway.org/?q=antarchakshu-eye-within 3. Job- There is one post for Visually Impaired as Semi Skilled Machinist in Ministry of Defence, Heavy Alloy Penetrator Project, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu. Qualification: Matriculation + NAC/NTC issued by NCVT. Diploma in Engineering without possessing NAC/NTC can not be accepted as qualification for direct recruitment. Age Limit upto 42 years. Language for written test/trade test: Hindi/English as per choice indicated by the candidate in the application form. Applications should be addressed to the General Manager, Heavy Alloy Penetrator Project, Tiruchirappalli-620025. Last date 12th February. More at http://www.eyeway.org/?q=jobs or employment news of 23rd January page . 28 -- 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/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in 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..
