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Exhibition, job fair for visually impaired people

Staff Correspondent
Shefali Rani Pal of Sirajganj lost her vision due to complications that developed after giving birth to a child. Later, her husband also deserted her, but she did not lose heart To earn a living, she started to make and sell clay pots.
Shefali has now become an example to others that the visually impaired people are also capable of doing various work and can live a dignified life if they get minimum support and opportunity.
Like Shefali. many visually impaired people across the country have overcome their limitations through hard work and confidence.
Featuring these successful persons, a two-day photography exhibition began at the Nalinikanta Bhattashali Gallery at the National Museum in the city yesterday.
Bangladesh Visually
Impaired People's Society organised the exhibition and also a job fair for the visually impaired people in association with the Sight Savers International
At the job fair, the participat -ing organisations received biodata from the visually impaired people.
The Associated Press, Jamuna Bank, Prime Bank and some other organisations have come forward to offer jobs to educated and competent visually impaired youths.
A discussion was also held there and the success stories of some visually impaired persons were highlighted.
"Many visually impaired people can now operate computer and are also able to do administrative work. Using the Jaw software, they can also use Internet and they have proved their efficiency while working with different companies such as Teletalk. Reneta and Keya
Cosmetics," said Jowaherul Islam Mamun, secretary general of National Forum of the Organisations Working with die Disabled (NFOWD).
The speakers pointed out that physically and mentally challenged persons account for 10 percent of the total population and 33 percent of them are usually impaired, and they are deprived of their right to employment
They demanded formulation of a law in line with the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
Lawmaker Shah Jikrul Ahmed was present as the chief guest. Mosharraf Hossain Majumder, general secretary of Visually Impaired People s Society, Salma Nasreen, deputy secretary of the CHT Affairs ministry, and Gazi Nurul Kabir, managing director of the Jatiya Protibondhi Unnayan Foundation, also spoke.