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February 23, 2011
Progress Report from Shalika san-Sri Lanka
We received the following report from Ms. Shalika Karunaratne, a former participant of Leaders Course
2006, and Member, Executive Committee fo the Sri Lanka Council for the Blind.
Apart from the usual activities of my organisation Sri Lanka Council for the Blind, last year, we
encouraged students with disabilities in vision to sit the Grade 5 Scholarship Examination for the first
time. We also joined hands with a Travel Agency to print braille menus for the benefit of a group of
tourists with disabilities in vision. This was a first in Sri Lanka and the tourists were thrilled to have their
own menu on the flight as well as all the hotels. We are promoting tourism for people with disabilities in
Sri Lanka. Unfortunately, there are accessibility difficulties usually for persons with disabilities in mobility.
The Council organised an advocacy programme on the UN convention on the rights of PWDs and got
feedback from many government officials that it was very useful and informative.
We also got a donation of 12 chess boards and found a sponsor for a chess tournament for the blind. For
a list of our annual activities, please refer www.srilankablindcouncil.org/notice.html
Shalika Karunaratne
Representative of Sri Lanka - Leaders Course 2006
Member, Executive Committee - Sri Lanka Council for the Blind
Posted by jicafriends at February 23, 2011 04:51 PM
Comments
Congratulations on your great work Shalika!
It's never easy but keep up with your leadership.
Hugs from Brazil!
Warm regards to all our JICAFriends.
Fabio
Posted by: Fabio Padilla at August 18, 2011 11:26 PM