The Social Welfare & Bait-ul-Maal (SW&BM) Punjab in collaboration with the Medibank Trust, a non-government organization, on Tuesday inaugurated a one-month computer training programme for the visually impaired persons, including women, under the title to enable the disables.
"Initially, we have selected around 40 visually persons, including women, from all over the country to impart them training in computer technologies since it is considered as a most essential tool for better studies," said Director General of SW&BM Punjab Waheed Akhtar Ansari at an event held at the Social Welfare Complex, Township.
Director Lahore Division Faiz Naeem, Chief Trainer Shahbaz Hussain, Chairman Medibank Trust Javed Nisar Syed, Senior Bureaucrat GM Sikandar, former secretary Tariq Shafi, Chief Organizers Faisal Majeed and Saima Arshad were also present and spoke on this occasion.
Speaking to the participants, Chairman Medibank Trust Javed Nisar said around 12 percent people are disabled in our society and he urged the parents to cooperate with them in this regard. He claimed that they are also considering replicating this project in all districts of Punjab.
Talking about their initiatives, Irshad Waheed said they are the only one who are providing three percent job quota to special persons in government jobs and around 4,000 persons have been granted jobs. He said they are focusing on the development of model projects and strengthening the NGOs. He said there is a need to overview the working structure of the Social Welfare Department (SWD) because the problems have become difficult with the passage of time.
Faisal Majeed, a visually impaired CSS officer, said most of special persons lost their talent just because of lack of facilities. "We should try to build an independent society by helping others," he expressed. "We can fulfill our deficiencies by using our brains," he added. Meanwhile, Shahbaz Hussain, a visually impaired chief trainer, told this scribe that initially they will impart training to 25 men and 12 women through 'Jaws software' technology.