"WE LIVE BY AND FOR EACH OTHER..."-- HELEN KELLER All of us have been affected by the present pandemic and the pandemic induced lockdowns. However, it is perhaps needless to spell out that the lives of disabled persons have been affected in a particularly devastating manner. The visually disabled hawkers, venders and beggars who used to go around in trains and on streets to earn their livelihood have been compelled to confront the ugliest face of poverty.. It is the All Bengal Blind Teachers' Association, which, in the middle of the second wave, took the much needed and timely decision of extending its support and solidarity to the economically under privileged visually disabled persons. Here it needs to be seperately stated that All Bengal Blind Teachers' Association constitues of visually disabled school, college and university teachers from various districts of West Bengal. This is first of its kind in this state. An open call to raise funds was given by the association, and in response to that many people contribueted quite generously to the association's solidarity fund. The association takes great pride in declaring that along with its members many people who are not directly associated with ABBTA also came forward with a lot of enthusiasm. One hundred and thirty economically backward visually disabled persons from almost all the districts of West Bengal have been given one thousand rupees each. It must be clearly stated that solidarity,, and not charity, has been the guiding principle of this programme. What is more, as a socially responsible organisation, the association has taken the decision of donating ten thousand rupees to the Chief Minister's RRelief Fund with the intension of showing solidarity to the other under privileged sections of the society. For an association which is is less than two ears old, the successful completion of this entire programme means a lot. .
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