Hi all, 1. Nepal, UK set for visually impaired women's cricket. KATHMANDU, OCT 22 - Nepal, who claim to have formed the first visually impaired women's cricket team in the world, is set to play the United Kingdom in the Best of Three Twenty20 cricket series here at the Pulchowk Engineering college grounds on October 26-19. Cricket Association of Blind, Nepal President Pawan Ghimire also claimed that the tournament is first of its kind in the world. "We are the first country to have a visually impaired women's team and the tournament we are hosting is also the first of its kind in the world," added Ghimire. "The aim of this tournament is to help enhance the skill of these ladies and boost their morale."More at http://www.eyeway.org/?q=nepal-uk-set-visually-impaired-women%E2%80%99s-cricket.
2. Visually impaired children make lamps, candles to spread light this Diwali. Ahead of Diwali, visually impaired children in Varanasi and Guwahati have learnt the craft of making lamps and candles to showcase their capabilities and achievements in order to bring cheer to their dark world. With their new-found craft, the children aim at empowermenthope to share the spirit of Diwali with everyone. More at http://www.eyeway.org/?q=diwalifor-all-visually-impaired-children-make-lamps-candles-spread-light-diwali 3. The students of Blind Institute, Sector 26 here on Monday presented designer candles to Punjab Governor and UT Administrator Shivraj Patil at Punjab Raj Bhavan for the occasion of Diwali. Interacting with children, Patil emphasised the need for empowering the blind students by imparting them education and vocational training to enable them to live a life with pride and dignity.More at http://www.eyeway.org/?q=guv-patil-visits-blind-institute-presented-candles-children -- ** Best,Binni Kumari|Helpdesk Executive! Score Foundation 17/107, Basement, Vikram Vihar, Lajpatnagar 4, New Delhi 110024, INDIA. Helpdesk:+91 - 11 - 460 70 380 (Monday to Friday 10am to 5pm) Office Phone: +91 - 11 - 26472582/81 Email:[email protected] Websites: scorefoundation.org.in <http://www.scorefoundation.org.in/> www.eyeway.org ****** <http://www.youtube.com/user/eyewayindia><https://twitter.com/friendsofeyeway> <https://www.facebook.com/projecteyeway> Clean India Campaign: Let us also chip in! 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..
