IN a far-flung village of Haripur district, an elderly man wakes up each morning to deliver letters. Draped in a warm sweater or shawl, he sets out with a four-foot willow stick to find his way to even the last house in the village over the 12-kilometre-long track through the hills.
This is Muhammad Anwar, the village postman everyone fondly calls Hafiz sahib. He is blind, yet his handicap has not kept him from delivering letters for the past 44 years.
My friend Bilal who is blind but lives alone and works independently told me this is the most useful app he has . It links the blind with the sighted when they need assistance to read or recognise something.
You can sign up as a sighted volunteer.
Alhamdulillah the Braille Qurans donated by One Life Global UK have arrived in 5 areas in Nigeria. We also sent English translations of the Quran as well as Braille books containing surah Yasin and other selected Surahs.
The photos are from Lagos and Niger State.
Alfitrah Foundation went to the weekly Kelab Rabu ( Wednesday Club) for visually impaired people at MAB in Brickfields to hand over 60 white canes to elderly blind folk.
The centre has requested for more white canes for new trainees at their training centre so if you want to donate , the cost is RM25 each ( USD6) and payment details are at www.alfitrah.net
IBQS has had a booth at Astech Book and Culture fair in Rheinberg, Germany. Astec Book and Culture fair has been receiving hundreds of thousands visitors every year and pmany organizations like publishers, relief organizations promotes their activities at the exhibition.
IBQS has had a booth to introduce Braille Quran and produced public awareness on the religious needs of persons with visual impairments.
During exhibition, IBQS has also carried out a conference with the title:
reconsidering the disability under the light of Holy Quran and Sunnah by Selahattin Aydin. Blind reciters Mr. Ertugrul Yilmaz and Adem Yilmaz have offered recitation from the Braille Mushaf.