Before the DiD tour, i did not expect much from it. i merely thought that it was just a tour of a dimly lighted place and a blind guide to bring us around.
I saw it as a normal social enterprise that brings jobs to the visually handicapped and serves its role as a business model.
I thought that the inside of DiD is just a place where not so much emphasis is put upon the details in the dark room as no one can see though.
DiD has indeed been a very interesting and mindset-changing experience for me.
My greatest take-away from this tour experience has to be the concept of: People are created differently and for different reasons. Some may be normal people like us, some may be blind, some may be handicapped, some may be retarded, but everyone single one of us is useful in one way or another. NEVER LOOK DOWN ON ANYONE.
The guides may be blind but upon entering the dark room, we are the ones depending on them and we are the ones who feel so useless, unable to move on our own, without their help. They guide us as if they are in the light and the ability to see while we are just mainly the visually handicapped. We are in their shoes for this short period of time and this caused me to change my mindset of the visually handicapped as people who do not contribute to the society and are just dependent on people.
DiD is a new thing in Singapore and as a social enterprise, this has given a doorway for the visually handicapped to feel confident once again and prove their worth for the society. Working on a business concept, i am sure that DiD is able to proceed on to changing the mindsets of the society and also provide SIngaporeans an opportunity to experience the life of being blind for a period of time. DiD Singapore has clearly gone through many considerations and many plannings to achieve what it has now. I believe that this social enterprise will be established in the years to come and will be accepted by SIngaporeans in one way or another.
The appearance of DiD has allowed a platform for BZSE and PCS students to work from as this is ultimately, called our own. Knowing the whole process and why DiD is being brought to Singapore as a social enterprise, it will allow us to be able to understand how a business is done as a social enterprise. BZSE and PCS students are able to treat DiD as a draft or an example to learn and refer to.
BZSE students can help in planning activities to promote DiD and also at the same time, help to market DiD to the society and to potential sponsors who are willing to bring it to a greater height.
We can also provide project ideas that are able to expand the whole concept of DiD, giving the social enterprise other ways to do businesses with the support they have for manpower, in terms of visually handicapped people.
We are also able to help with collaboration with other organizations that are related in one way or another so as to bring DiD to a greater platform.
Josh (: t01
