A BRAILLE version of the United Nation’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights was released in Doha yesterday. Al-Nour Institute for Blind director Hayat Nathar said the Braille copy was the result of a co-operation between the institute and the National Human Rights Committee (NHRC).
Nathar said the aim of the project is to educate, necessary for the development of the society.
As the project included printing a Braille version of the UN’s Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, she said the Braille version would help raise awareness and educate people with special needs about their rights and responsibilities in civil society.
“The project also produced a CD in Arabic for the visually challenged,” she added.
NHRC secretary general Ali Semaikh al-Marri pointed out that the Braille copies and CDs would not only be beneficial to the blind in Qatar but also others across the Arab world.
Al-Nour public relations manager Khaled al-Shoaibi said the NHRC not only solves problems of nationals and expatriates, but also supports the cause of the people with special needs.
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