( MENAFN - ForPressRelease) New Delhi, 20 December 2024. EY India has partnered with the National Association for the Blind (NAB) to create over 600 audiobooks, aiming to benefit more than 1,00,000 people with visual impairment across India. The initiative is part of EY Ripples program, where EY employees devote their time to SDG-focused projects, bringing together their combined skills, knowledge and experience to positively impact wider sections of the society. Named 'Talking Books', this is the second edition of the initiative by EY Ripples team in collaboration with NAB to enable enhanced availability of learning resources for the personal development of several members of the visually impaired community. As part of the initiative, EY employees will record over 40,000 pages for the audiobooks in a period of one month. There are an estimated 5 million blind people in India (0.36% of the total population), 35 million people visually impaired (2.55%), and 0.24 million blind children in India. People with visual impairment lack access to adequate learning resources and audio books are therefore a crucial learning tool for them. Reflecting on the overwhelming employee response to the program, Arti Dua, National Talent Leader, EY India, said, "Initiatives like Talking Books allow us to empower differently abled, ensuring everyone has access to the resources they need to learn and grow. The overwhelming response from our employees reflects not just a shared purpose but a collective action towards making a meaningful impact where it matters the most. We are committed to expanding our efforts and introducing new initiatives that uphold our shared purpose." Talking about the initiative, Prashant Ranjan Verma, General Secretary of National Association for The Blind said, "It gives us immense joy that such a large number of EY India employees have come forward to help enrich our library. This unique resource-building effort holds the potential to benefit the visually impaired community at large, making a meaningful difference in their lives." In India, the EY Ripples community has grown to over 4,000 volunteers and continues to expand. Over the past four years, these volunteers have positively impacted over 11.5 million lives through various initiatives around education, cleanliness drives, plantation drives etc. About EY Ripples Faced with the urgent and interconnected challenges of climate change and social inequality, we believe businesses must go further, faster, to build a better working world - one that is socially just, economically inclusive and environmentally regenerative by design. Launched in 2018, with the ambition to positively impact one billion lives by 2030, the EY Ripples program embodies our quest to lead EY people and networks in accelerating progress toward the SDGs. About EY EY is building a better working world by creating new value for clients, people, society and the planet, while building trust in capital markets. Enabled by data, AI and advanced technology, EY teams help clients shape the future with confidence and develop answers for the most pressing issues of today and tomorrow. EY teams work across a full spectrum of services in assurance, consulting, tax, strategy and transactions. Fueled by sector insights, a globally connected, multi-disciplinary network and diverse ecosystem partners, EY teams can provide services in more than 150 countries and territories. Company :-MSL Group User :- Amit Sharma Email :... MENAFN20122024003198003206ID1109018600 Legal Disclaimer: MENAFN provides the information “as is” without warranty of any kind. We do not accept any responsibility or liability for the accuracy, content, images, videos, licenses, completeness, legality, or reliability of the information contained in this article. If you have any complaints or copyright issues related to this article, kindly contact the provider above.The Pittsburgh Steelers have been without arguably their best offensive player for three straight games. Set to face off against the Kansas City Chiefs for the entire world to see on Christmas Day, it looks like that may come to end. Here is everything we learned about George Pickens and everyone else on the Steelers injury report: Steelers Week 17 Injury Report (Mon) #Steelers injury report from Monday. George Pickens is a full participant and is set to play against the Chiefs. pic.twitter.com/YriSrIXg4q George Pickens made his first return to practice as a full participant after missing three games. The Steelers have gone 1-2 over that stretch, with their lone win coming against the Cleveland Browns. "I did not," said Tomlin when asked if he encamped Pickens missing this much time wifh injury. "From a health standpoint, I’ll outline some things. Some guys that didn't play yesterday who have a real chance this week [are] Justin Fields, DeShon Elliott, Donte Jackson, George Pickens, and Larry Ogunjobi – all have an opportunity to play this week... "...But again, we'll see where the week leads us from their inclusion. The two guys that didn't finish yesterday's game, Joey Porter with a kneeand Ben Skowronek with a hip, their availability remains questionable. I just don't have a lot of new information on those guys, given that we just played last night, and we're still in the process of assessing the state of some of those things. But anybody that didn't makeit out of the stadium yesterday on a four-day turnaround is probably going to have a difficult time showing for this one." And it looks that way as Joey Porter Jr. has not participated for two days in a row and is likely out against Kansas City, as is first quarter of Baltimore Ravens game star Ben Skowronek. This article first appeared on A to Z Sports and was syndicated with permission.
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