Amway India & National Association for the Blind Organizes Talent Hunt Competition

By Samachar Vishesh News

Chandigarh 28^th Mar, 2019:- Amway India, the country’s largest FMCG direct selling company, organised a talent hunt competition in Chandigarh. The talent hunt involved various competitions amongst the visually impaired including a Chess competition, Braille reading, writing competition and a declamation contest on the topic of ‘Relevance of Braille in the age of technology’. The competitions were followed by a mesmerizing performance by Divine Eyes, which is a group of visually impaired music artists, from NAB Chandigarh.

The talent hunt received an overwhelming response with around 100 participants. Winners who ranked first in Braille reading and Braille writing were Kirandeep, Gaaganjyot, Sunaina, Afzal and Tulsi . Shubham was named as the winner of the chess competition. The debate competition was won by Kashish.

Speaking on the occasion, GS Cheema, Sr. Vice President –North & South, Amway India, said that at Amway, the main focus of our National Project for the visually impaired is to empower and enable the visually impaired individuals by providing them avenues for inclusive education. He shared further that the program has benefited more than 250,000 visually impaired individuals so far by providing various aids and equipment useful in education including braille books, audio/braille libraries and by providing them technology and IT training through computer centres across India. We believe that such events play an important role in building the foundation of learning for the visually impaired individuals and we are happy to provide them the much-needed encouragement by organizing such competitions.

Vinod Chadha, Hony. President, National Association for the Blind, Chandigarh & Punjab state branch said that it is heartening to see that the visually impaired are getting the opportunities of actively participating in the mainstream activities. I highly appreciate Amway’s initiative of organising these competitions with the visually impaired and encouraging them achieve their goals & compete with the world.

The ‘Talent Hunt’ was an extension of Amway’s continued celebrations of 210^th birth anniversary of Louis Braille which the company celebrated with its 11 NGO partners across India for eleventh consecutive year by organizing myriad initiatives.