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Jennifer Daulat-Araujo

Jennifer Daulat-Araujo

programme at a regular High School (Daniel Mc Intyre (known as Jenny) was born in Pasea Village, Tunapuna in 1957. Collegiate Institute) in Winnipeg where she obtained her She is the last of six children of Secondary School Diploma. Mr & Mrs Jagdeo Daulat (both deceased). Her parents were farmers who sold their produce At age 19, now blind, she enrolled at the University of in the Tunapuna Market on Winnipeg, and commenced Sundays. studies in Psychology and Sociology. In 1981, she She was diagnosed with Glaucoma from birth. As a child, graduated with a Bachelor of Arts Degree with a double she attended Tunapuna Hindu Primary School and, afterwards, major in Psychology and Sociology. She then pursued St. Charles Girls' High School further training in for three years. In 1972, she Rehabilitation Teaching of the travelled to Winnipeg, Canada Blind at the Canadian National to seek treatment for her eye Institute for the Blind. condition. In Canada, she underwent several eye operations, which proved to be unsuccessful. With failing sight and a strong desire to obtain a Secondary School Education, she was exposed to rehabilitation training and acquired competencies in Braille, Typing, Daily Living Skills and Mobility and Orientation, at the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB). On completion of the Rehabilitation Course, she entered an integration
Jennifer Daulat-Araujo

In 1985, she returned to Trinidad and secured employment at the Trinidad and Tobago Blind Welfare Association (TTBWA). She commenced her working career delivering lectures to Schools and Organizations on Blindness Awareness. Over the years, with added responsibilities, she progressed to the post of Welfare Ofcer.

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Through the National Council for the Blind, she was able to secure certication of the following courses for the Blind and Visually Impaired in Trinidad and Tobago: National Braille Examination, Craft Syllabus - (Seagrass, Basketry and Chair-caning), Computer Literacy.

James Alves Outstanding Achiever Award for 2011, in recognition of her extra-ordinary pioneering spirit.

From 1996 to 2009, Ms DaulatAraujo, voluntarily and without nancial compensation, wrote a Weekly Column "INSIGHT" in the Newsday Newspapers. In over 300 published articles, she has championed the cause of the Visually and Physically-Challenged Community. Many of her insightful suggestions and recommendations have served to inuence National Policy. She is the author of two (2) books - Windows to the World of the Blind and "Braille Manual for the Sighted". Both of these books are used as Reference Books by Optometry Students of the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus.

Baroness Floella Benjamin presented the James Alves Outstanding Achiever Award for 2011 to Jennifer DaulatAraujo

She also piloted other programmes , namely: Cooking for the Blind and Visually Impaired Vision Screening for the Public, Lectures on Blindness Awareness and Displays at Malls. Currently, she delivers, on invitation, Guest Lectures to Optometry Students at the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus.

An employee at the Trinidad and Tobago Blind Welfare Association (TTBWA)

For her tireless and seless efforts for the betterment of persons who are blind and visually impaired, Jennifer has been recognized and presented with awards from Trincity Lions Club and National Council of Voluntary Associations for Child Care. In 2011, during the Biennial General Meeting of the Caribbean Council for the Blind and The Foundation for Eye Care in the Caribbean, held in Trinidad and Tobago, she was presented with the

At this years National Awards Ceremony, the Government of Trinidad and Tobago, invested her with the Humming Bird Medal (Silver) for her long and devoted service which has brought immense benets to persons who are blind and visually impaired and also in creating awareness on issues of blindness.

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