On Tuesday April 8, from 2 pm to 5 pm, Vickram Crishna conducts a discourse, at the Mahnoor Room, Karachi PC, about the world of fascinating opportunities that have opened up in applying IT and communications technologies inclusively. Addressing the needs of communities currently less well served, such as rural dwellers, urban persons who do not use computers, and persons for whom computers are unaccessible primarily because of physical design issues. Accessing business needs in such circumstances can be rewarding in many ways – both commercial and non-commercial.

TOPIC: INTELLIGENT CHOICES: Opportunities in Non-Traditional IT areas

DATE: Tuesday, April 8 2008
TIME: 2:00 – 5:00 pm
VENUE: Mahnoor Room, Pearl Continental Hotel, Karachi
REGISTRATION IS FREE: Register at secretariat@pasha.org.pk

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Imagine you deaf or dumb or blind and living in Karachi.
Where would you go to school?What kind of career would you have?Who would marry you?
It is tough being disabled in this city.You get very little respect and support.Most people just dismiss disabled people from their rightful existence.Yet they move on,with a spirit so great that it is fascinating to watch.One such institution supporting a dignified cause for people with audio and visual impairements is Ida Rieu.
Ida Rieu not only has a school for people with the above mentioned impairements,it has a hostel,a match-making place,an old persons’ home and just a solid piece of positive reinforcement.Karachi is blessed with an institution like this one.This is what the city’s spirit is all about.Resilience and the passion to accept.Let us love these people.Let us allow Karachi to live-

Another ‘Only in Karach’” achievement to be completed in a month’s time. Karachi will present you the Worlds Highest Fountain Jet which can spew water upto 500 feet high. Right now, the worlds highest fountain jet is in Suadi which can spew water upto 350 feet. Link

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One of our fellow metbloggers, Rizvi, is visiting the quake affected areas with his team. He just emailed this update from Islamabad.

“When the government will print Maps next year, some say it’ll look more spacious. More than 21 towns/villages have completely vanished from the face of the earth. I saw the Army trying to bring some normalcy to the situation but to no avail. The chaklala base is becoming a graveyard of supplies. With only 6 helicopters in our arsenal, we expect the army to help these people .

I was at the Children’s Hospital PIMS yesterday in islamabad. I saw a child which made me cry for the umptieenth time. This girl, fizza is only 24 days old. Measured only 13 inches. Was born a perfect normal child but the earthquake has reduced her to a bundle of plaster and bandages. Both her arms and legs were broken. Her legs were suspended and all i could see was IV’s and bandages. I’ll email you guyz a pic soon .

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