A local NGO in conjunction with the Malawi government has started distributing Covid-19 braille pamphlets to people with vision disabilities.
It is the first time for Waters Malunga, Chairman for the Union for the Blind in the district to get such information in braille. All along he has been depending on Whatsapp voice notes and radio messages to get coronavirus information, reports Nyasa times.
“It has been a challenge for me to share COVID-19 messages to my fellows because I had no official book that would tell us more about the pandemic,” Malunga said.
Unlike Malunga, a number of people with vision disabilities in the district do not have access to phones and radio receivers. Many of them depend on Malunga and few others to read braille books and interpret the messages to them.
Kaluwa believes that the widespread of fake news endangers how people perceive the COVID-19 messages, therefore people living with disabilities need to be assisted very carefully to limit their chances of getting such information.
People who understand braille language in the district have received a COVID-19 braille pamphlet and they have been advised to share the information in their communities whilst observing safety precautions.
