AzerGold supports people with visually impairment

AzerGold held another campaign as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility policy. Thus, on November 13 - International Day of the Visually Impaired, the Company donated innovative devices to Ganja Regional Information Centre for people with disabilities to help them learn Braille more easily in an interactive and fun way.

In addition, employees of the Company visited the visually impaired living in Dashkasan region and presented them "Braille teach" devices. Notably, the device, which is aimed to teach preschool children the Braille alphabet individually, support them to organize leisure time through audio books and games, is designed for their oral speech and mental development. Those with visual impairment will enjoy learning the alphabet and as well as mathematical calculations in an easier and more convenient way without the help of typhlopedagogues.

During the campaign, the inventor of the device, a specialist of the Centre for Analysis and Coordination of the Fourth Industrial Revolution Rashid Aliyev gave detailed information about the instructions for use. The device was approved by the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Azerbaijan and Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) of the United Kingdom.

In order to determine and stimulate the level of learning the alphabet and mathematical calculations, it is planned to hold a contest among those who have received the device within the framework of the Project.

The aim of the project is to promote the development of local startups, as well as support visually impaired people, their adaptation to social life, the formation of reading skills, the organization of leisure time.

It is worth noting that, the International Day of the Visually Impaired was established upon the decision of the World Health Organization to draw focus on the problems of the people with visual impairment and poor vision.

The celebration of this day on November 13 is linked to the name of the French pedagogue Valentin Gayui.

Born on November 13, 1745, Gayui was the first person in the world to invented bold fonts for the visually impaired at his own expense and to train them with these fonts.