“IF
WE HELP OTHER HUMAN BEINGS, ALLAH WILL HELP US!”
"You must help
them (the Speech and Hearing Impaired people - also known as SHI) without
expecting anything in return. Then, they will also get ahead in life and in
turn Allah will bless you" these words of his father ring in his
ears even today. These golden words were spoken by his father when he was
just 13. After two years, he started on his mission of helping the SHI‘s ……and
that journey continues even today …
This is the story of Shaik Mohammad Moin Uddin – popularly
known as Moin today.
I
met Moin (37) today (05 November 2016) in my
workshop at Redfox, Hyderabad. I was
conducting a session for the SHI team members from all three Lemon Tree Hotels
in Hyderabad - and Moin was assisting me as the Indian Sign Language Interpreter.
He is level B trainer certified by NIHH (National Institute for Hearing Handicapped).
In
today's workshop 19 SHI’s participated. What I found profoundly appealing in
Moin was his ability to communicate with the SHI team members effortlessly. He
has been a Freelance Trainer for the last four years. He specialises in
training the SHI community and can speak fluently in four languages - English,
Hindi, Urdu and Telugu.
"Moin has been
helping our staff members since 2013. He is enormously helpful" expressed Narotam Singh - Area General Manager of
Lemon Tree Group of Hotels, Hyderabad. Lemon Tree has three hotels in Hyderabad.
The fourth one will be open in another five months. In their three hotels (Lemon
Tree Premier and Redfox in Hi Tec City, Lemon Tree, Gachibowli 70 plus SHI
members do work very efficaciously). .. In all the three hotels, most of the
staff members have been trained by Moin in Indian Sign Language.
"If we help other human beings especially the SHI’s Allah will help us. This is what I have learnt in life" says Moin.
Moin was very appreciative that Lemon Tree gives so much importance to sign language.
"If we help other human beings especially the SHI’s Allah will help us. This is what I have learnt in life" says Moin.
Moin was very appreciative that Lemon Tree gives so much importance to sign language.
"Many
parents disown their children who are SHI’s. This is very unfortunate"
laments Moin. He also added that India needs awareness had to be created on
sign language. Importantly, his father himself has a hearing impairment.
"We always count on his co-operation to help the SHI’s on their improvement areas” informs Srinivas Kadadi, General Manager, Redfox.
"We always count on his co-operation to help the SHI’s on their improvement areas” informs Srinivas Kadadi, General Manager, Redfox.
He is married to Arshia Begum - a housewife.
Gardening is his hobby.
Text and Pictures: R Kesava Mallia in Hyderabad
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