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Namaskar (hello in Hindi), I am Mridu Goel from Lucknow, India. We have an association
of disabled persons that is Handicare Indian Association of Persons with Disabilities.
We, actually, ours is a group that does work with advocacy and we are fighting for the
rights of the disabled persons, we are spreading awareness regarding disability issues, and
we also have a 24x7 helpline. The most amazing thing is that we are getting calls from the
rural areas, most of the times, not from the urban areas. So, that's a little about our
work. Regarding this training of G3ict, it's a wonderful opportunity for us because we
started our work in 1986, way back in 86, and we were never exposed to computers and
mobiles when we were small. This is absolutely a new world and like I just said, rural people
are more interested in disability issues. It's an eye-opener for myself, for my staff
as well. So, we will be taking this knowledge to the rural areas. That is very, very, very
important. Like mobiles and mobile applications and computers, and everything we are studying
here and we are coming to know about it and we are accessing these, the knowledge we are
accessing today, it is going to used in our state (Uttar Pradesh), for our people and
it is going to help us in our job of giving rights to the disabled people. So, this is
going to be a very helpful training for us.