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Dhanalakshmi who spent her entire life in the village of Arasarkulam, Tamil Nadu is now the driving force behind the
Mahamariyamman SHG. She is managing the work of 50 women and has trained over 550 women, many of whom have started their own units and employed 20 to 30 women employees each.
Meanwhile, Perminder Singh Malik’s non-profit
Scope For Change is engaging the local community members in the education and environment verticals.
Apart from this, on March 3,
SocialStory also celebrated World Hearing Day and World Wildlife Day.
Here are the top Social Stories of the week:
Dhanalakshmi (seated far left) has trained over 550 women in her village to work as serial bulb installers. Many of these women are now running their own units, employing several other women
Devanshi Chhabra
Devanshi Chhabra is a Social Worker passionately working to bring positive change in the society. She is an advocate for D/deaf and Hard of hearing community and a Founder of Inclusive Mask Project. She is very optimistic person and always trying to learn something new through books, people and observing things around. She likes to travel and explore. It is because she’s curious about how people in other parts of the world live. She sees life as an opportunity to make a change.
3rd Mar 2021
This World Hearing Day, let’s take a decision to communicate and be truly inclusive
Devanshi Chhabra is an advocate for the d/Deaf and hard of hearing community. On World Hearing Day, she writes about the correct terminologies to use and how to best communicate with a person who is d/Deaf or hard of hearing, and what terms one should never use
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Helen Keller said, “Blindness cuts us off from things, but deafness cuts us off from people.”
For me, as an advocate for the D/deaf and hard of hearing community and from my personal experiences as a person with hearing loss, it is an important day today: World Hearing Day with the motto for 2021, Hearing for All.