I appreciate the participatory efforts undertaken by the giant NFB which has been fighting for the rights of blind people for decades. It was lamentable in the past that NFB was missing from ever-burgeoning disability discussion on websites in India. Regular interaction between benefactor and the beneficiaries is a solid and desired governance formula. On 10/27/14, pooja <poojamittal8...@gmail.com> wrote: > ANNOUNCEMENT:- > > The National Federation of the Blind came up as a sole door to impart > justice to those visually impaired people who were survivors of some > injustice been done by the society. The one and only objective of the > organization was that, the pain of a needy can be felt by a person who is > sailing under the same boat, in other words the problems of a visually > impaired person can be understood by a visually impaired person only. The > federation had taken outrageous efforts throughout these four decades to > bring about a socio-economic change in the society so as to make this earth > a better place to live for the entire person with disabilities. > On the recommendation of all the women and youth with visual impairment, the > federation had once again taken outrageous efforts to bring about a change > in the society for the interest of all the visually impaired women and youth > wing. On 26th October 2014, under the chairmanship of Mrs. Kusumlata Malik > (vice president woman), a meeting for women was organized; around 120 women > have actively participated in the con-sodium. This con-sodium was been > attended by four categories of women i.e, working women, illiterate women, > women perusing education and educated but unemployed women. In this meeting > issues related to women empowerment, security and safety, education was > discussed so as to come up with a concrete solution. Some women who were not > able to come up for the meeting have also shared their view through mails > and letters. In the second half there was a meet especially for visually > impaired youth been chaired by Mr. Naveen Ahlawat (Secretary- Youth). During > this meeting almost fifty percent of the participation was from woman. In > Youth con-sodium issues related to employment, rehabilitation opportunities, > training etc which can be impacted by the federation were discussed at a > glance so as to understand the need of all the visually impaired people. > Through this initiative the federation had taken a step so listen to the > voice of the youth and woman so as to make the duty bearers to act as per > the need of the society and not as per their own wishes. In all this > initiative of the federation was a success. And more such con-sodium would > be expected to be held in future as well so as to understand the loop holes > in the upbringing of all visually impaired people. Hence without fail we can > say that 26 October 2014 was a day which brought about an extension in the > whole work area of the federation. > > with regard > 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/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.. >
-- Avinash Shahi Doctoral student at Centre for Law and Governance JNU 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/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..
