Before the DiD tour, I thought the tour would be quite boring,
because we would be just walking round and round inside.
As it's pure darkness inside the tour, we won't feel the excitement and thrill,
I thought we would be feeling fear and scared, that's it, nothing else.
I also thought that we would finish the tour very fast as from the outside, it looks small.
My greatest take-away from the DiD tour experience is that, the visually impaired are actually the KINGS, in the dark, while we are the KINGS, in the light. So in the light, we can help them, whereas in the dark, we rely on them a lot.
I think that DiD Singapore is a very important stepping stone in Singapore,
to really show people that, Social enterprises are very useful and helpful,
they can actually give such an important job to the visually impaired,
and they are doing it so well !
Showing people that, not everyone is useless and can't contribute to the society!
It can also help in motivating BZSE & PCS students as in, how they can further help the marginalized and having the society accepting them and respect them.
BZSE students can contribute to the DiD social enterprise by,
promoting DiD to their friends, as we have the first-hand experience of the tour,
we know how it feels like,
and we were like suddenly enlightened or shocked, that the visually impaired is so,
helpful to us and we were so dependent on them inside the dark !
We can also try to get more sponsors or companies,
to participate in the tour, so that they understand how it feels like.
To suddenly feel blindness and yet having the confidence to carry on with their life.
So that, they can help out in expanding DiD Singapore ! : )
- Ronny Lim,
BZSE Year 2