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1. News *Blind Football Academy soon in Kochi. *The city is likely to get a Blind Football Academy (BFA), the first ever exclusive academy for differently-abled talents in the country soon. The Society for Rehabilitation of Visually Challenged (SRVC) and the Indian Blind Federation (IBFF) are making an effort to establish the same. According to Times of India news report, The orientation camp scheduled prior to the second edition of the All India Invitational Blind Football Tournament, which is scheduled to be held by April-end under the aegis of SRVC and IBFF at Aluva Blind School Grounds, will set the tone for identifying the best talents from across the country. “Our aim is to start the academy to train and develop the best players to create a national team of world class standard. The players will be given vocational skill training in computers and foot reflexology to ensure a parallel source of income when they are not engaged in matches, especially for those who do not end up successfully in pursuing football as a profession,” said Sunil J Mathew, sporting director at IBFF who is spearheading the blind football project. Source: https://www.insidesport.co/blind-football-academy-soon-kochi/. Sightless but full of vision. *Paris, April 30:* A blind Indian girl from Chennai in her twenties is opening the eyes of the French. Beno Zephine, the only blind person ever to be recruited to the Indian Foreign Service (IFS), is taking the well-ordered, impeccable foreign policy environment in the French capital, where diplomacy was born, by storm. Zephine, who joined the IFS in 2014 against the advice of those who interviewed her for the civil services examinations, has been posted at the Indian embassy in Paris - her first overseas posting - for seven months now. Mohan Kumar, India's ambassador to France and a native Tamil speaker like Zephine, has found a blind teacher to instruct Zephine in the French language. Myrem Dogan, the blind teacher who can write French in Braille, and her blind student have spent every morning, five days a week, in the last six months imparting and receiving one-on-one French lessons. New recruits to the IFS - "language trainees" or LT for short - compulsorily spend their first posting learning a foreign language. The French language has been an obsession with Zephine as long as she can remember. In a spirited, hour-long conversation at the Indian embassy here, Zephine told *The Telegraph* how she had gone to Alliance Francaise in Chennai when she was in lower kindergarten asking to be taught French. Amused teachers at Alliance Francaise had sent her away, telling Zephine she was too young to be taught French in a formal set-up structured for adults. When she joined the IFS, Zephine saw a second chance to fulfil her childhood dream of learning French. She cited that language as her first preference to the ministry of external affairs as a probationer. That helped earn her the opportunity to be posted to Paris as a language trainee. Source: https://www.telegraphindia.com/1170501/jsp/frontpage/story_149216.jsp#.WQwCzEWGPIU. More at http://www.eyeway.org/?q=sightless-full-vision 2. Job- Seven posts for Visually Impaired as Special Management Executive (Banking) MMG-II & III Grade in State Bank of India. Qualification: CA / ICWA / ACS / MBA (Finance) or equivalent post graduation degree in Finance. (The course should be of 2 years full time duration. Courses completed through correspondence / part-time are not eligible. The institute should be recognized / approved by Govt., Govt. bodies / AICTE). Age Limit: MMG-II: 25-35 years. MMG-III: 25-40 years. Apply online on website: https://www.sbi.co.in/careers. Application fee is Rs. 100/- .Last date: 18 th May. More at http://www.eyeway.org/?q=jobs -- -- -- With warm regards, Helpdesk Team! Toll free: 1800 300 20469 Working days: Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Helpdesk: e...@eyeway.org Website: www.eyeway.org Office Phone: 011-26472582 You can stay connected with us on What'sApp: Eyeway-9968329329 Facebook: facebook/projecteyeway Twitter: @friendsofeyeway Youtube: www.youtube.com/user/eyewayindia “Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says I’ll try again tomorrow.”―Mary Anne Radmacher _______ Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list.. Search for old postings from the new domain at: https://www.mail-archive.com/ai@accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in Search for posts from the old domain at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ ________________________________________ AI mailing list AI@accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in http://accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in/mailman/listinfo/ai_accessindia.inclusivehabitat.in
