Voice Vision in association with the Lifesupporters Institute of health sciences (LIHS), a recognized International training center of the American Heart Association, organized a one of its kind workshop on first-aid and self safety specially designed for the visually impaired on Sunday, April 15, 2012 at H. K. Institute of Management studies, Jogeshwari. This kind of a workshop has been conducted for the first time in India for the benefit of the visually impaired.
The aim of this training was to eradicate the common perception of a visually impaired cannot be of help to the society by large, as they themselves require assistance on different fronts especially self-safety. The First-Aiders: Helping Yourself and Others" workshop was staged in the backdrop of Voice Visions 12th anniversary. The event was flagged off with a warm welcome by the anchors, Mr. Arun Iyer & Ms. Urvi Jangam followed by the traditional singing of the Sarasvati vandana by Dr. Divya Bijur. This was followed by a presentation made by one of Voice Visions ex-student Ms Nidhi Goyal, where she highlighted the organizations activities and achievements of the past year. The presentation was followed by the declaration of the Voice Vision scholarship 2012 2013. Ms. Sushmeetha B. Bubna founder Director of Voice Vision, Ms. Upasana Saraf a trained clinical psychologist and Ms. Meenakshi Kilpady the principal of Dr. Radhakrishna High school constituted the judging panel and were called upon to announce the winner of the scholarship. The scholarship award of Rs. 5000/-, Scholarship certificate and a computer training course at Voice Vision, was awarded by Mr. and Mrs. Bubna to Mr. Amar Pawar for his exemplary academic and non-academic performance. This small presentation by the hosts was followed by breakfast, after which it was time to begin with the first-aid training. The training was a day-long workshop with an equal mixture of theoretical explanations and practical demonstrations. The workshop commenced at 10:45 AM and went on till 7:00 PM. It gave the visually impaired people an overview of what should or should not be done in various situations such as epilepsy, fainting, dehydration, breathing problems, bleeding, choking, fractures, burns, snake bites, cardiac attacks, etc alongside hands-on experience of preventing bleeding, applying bandage, splinting, Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and allied. The participants comprising of diverse age groups from different locations including Mumbai, Nagpur, Pune, Gujarat, etc belonging to various organizations like MNB home for the blind, NAB India, NAB (DOR), BGFI, AccessIndia, Voice Vision students and list members were thrilled to be a part of such a fulfilling & enriching experience. In order to make this training more effective, the trainers and volunteers were subjected to a small sensitization workshop conducted by the members of Voice Vision, a week prior to this event, which helped the trainers and volunteers to get familiarized with the basic ways and techniques to address a visually impaired. The Lifesupporters team of trainers and volunteers made special modifications to accommodate practical demonstration where ever necessary for optimum understanding of the techniques by the visually impaired. They also focused on giving individual attention to every participant, thereby making their experience of learning, more value-driven. To learn more about LIHS visit their website, http://lifesupporters.in/about_us.html We extend our heart felt gratitude to LIHS for conducting this very useful training and highly appreciate the time and the initiative taken by the doctors in understanding the minute points while addressing an audience consisting of visually impaired individuals. We also thank the judges for our Voice Vision Scholarship, Ms. Meenakshi Kilpady & Ms. Upasana Saraf, for taking out time from their busy schedule and helping in selecting the most eligible candidate. We also thank the authorities & staff of H.K institute of management studies for lending us their premise for hosting the event and for all their help & cooperation. We thank the caterers for the scrumptious lunch & refreshments. Big thanks to all the volunteers who dedicatedly worked right from the registration desk, to escorting the participants, to serving food and to the winding up of the session. It would have been difficult to manage without their assistance. We also thank the employees of Ascent Networks pvt ltd. For all their help & support in the preparation of the event, and a big thanks to the Voice Vision core committee, who have worked very hard behind the scenes. Last but not least, a big thank you to all the participants and guests who attended the session and helped make it a huge success. We look forward to your support in future as well. We thank you all for the wonderful feedback we have received so far in appreciation of our efforts. We request all participants to kindly fill up the feedback form on the link below and let us know your views on the session and the trainers. http://voicevision.in/content/feedback-form Kindly check the media coverage of the event at 1. DNA http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_help-at-hand-for-visually-impaired-of- mumbai_1676410 2. Indian Express http://www.indianexpress.com/news/vision-unimpaired/937211/ 3. Hindustan Times http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/Mumbai/City-s-vision-impaired-learn -life-saving-techniques/Article1-841231.aspx Thanking You Regards Sushmeetha B. Bubna Founder Director Voice Vision 103 Synthofine Estate 'A', Off Aarey Road, Goregaon East, Mumbai 400063 India Tel: +91 22 40400000 / 28755300 Fax: +91 22 40400123 / 28755303 Mobile: +91 9820566010 Email: [email protected] Website: www.voicevision.in Join us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/voicevisionfans follow us on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/voicevision_in VV mailing list [email protected] Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful. -------------------------------------- Ascent Networks Pvt Ltd, Mumbai, India Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. 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