My Projects

Web Site for the Sri Lanka Council for the Blind

1^st June 2016,

Mr. Tuan Rushdi,

Founder,

HI eMarketing Solutions.

Dear Mr. Rushdi,

Appreciation of voluntary Service

On behalf of the executive committee & all vision impaired persons attached to the Sri Lanka Council for the Blind, I’m writing to express our deepest appreciation for the service you rendered by designing and maintaining free of charge the SLCB web site: www.slcblind.org

Your pro bono work has given us a creative, unique & visually appealing web site which is accessible to vision impaired users; we extended our gratitude to web designer, Ms. Buddhini Wahalathanthri for a job well done. We trust you will continue to support us in the future too.

Thank you once again.

Sincerely,

Shalika Karunarathna

Hony. Secretary

Sri Lanka Council for the Blind

Distance learning computer courses, Chess lessons, Motivation and Personality building programs for Vision Impaired students

Introduction

Vision impaired people use special screen reading softwares to read and perform different tasks in the computer. They need training in how to use these screen reading softwares. Not many institutes offer computer screen reading courses. The lack of English knowledge of most blind and low vision people in Sri Lanka has been a major barrier for them to use the Internet as a learning tool because many lessons are in English.

Chess is the most popular board game in the world. There is a huge demand among vision impaired people in Sri Lanka to learn Chess.

Being vision impaired can lead into many stress and personality disorders. Especially for people who became vision impaired later in their lives. They need attention and proper counseling to be strong.

For the first time in Sri Lanka, I’m planning to build a web site where blind and low vision people can follow computer courses and Chess lessons online in Sinhala and English languages free of charge. Through my web site I have planned to conduct Chess lessons for all vision impaired Chess lovers and to share tips and inspiring stories, where vision impaired people can build their personality and focus towards achieving their goals. I always believe that whatever the mind can conceive and believe will be achieved even you are disabled.

 I’m also planning to create audio books for vision impaired people who don’t have internet access.

Why Me?

I believe I can help many vision impaired people in Sri Lanka as well as all around the world. My vision is to improve Education, Sports and Social standards of all vision impaired people in the world. Then we can live a happy independent life and do something useful for the society, country or the world.

Following qualifications of mine I believe will guide me to complete my web site for the vision impaired people.

·       Graduate in Management Information Systems.

·       Served as a volunteer Information Technology instructor at Rathmalana School for the Blind.

·       Advanced diploma in Human Resource Management, Diploma in Psychology and student in advanced counseling.

·       Placed 2^nd in all island Chess tournament for the Vision impaired in 2014.

·       Member of United States Braille Chess Association.

The Employers’ Federation Disability Network Official Blog

The EFC disability network is one of the largest networks in Sri Lanka for people with disabilities. There are more than 500 companies are connected with the EFC disability network. Many events and workshops are conducted by the EFC disability network for the benefit of people with disabilities.

To create a blog for the EFC disability network to share their latest news and to create a strong Facebook fan base was my task. I completed the project successfully. Within a short period we were able to get over 2000 Facebook fans and to reach more than 30,000 Facebook users in Sri Lanka. I enjoyed working with the EFC disability network team.

The EFC disability Network Official Blog: http://efcnetworkondisability.employers.lk/

Online Database of Entrepreneurs with disabilities

I’m really happy that I was able to create a new web site for the use of all entrepreneurs with disabilities to promote their products free of charge online. Now people can directly contact entrepreneurs by searching them through my web site for the service or product they need. Products such as candles, cleaning tools, cards, perfumes, Accessibility tools and services such as chair Weaving, Music bands, Massaging can be found through the web site.

Any entrepreneur with a disability can promote his or her product via the web site.

To promote products please contact: tmrcassim@gmail.com

Link to the Online Database of Entrepreneurs with disabilities:

www.entrepreneurs-with-disabilities.com