Fatima Sidiya Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — A number of visually impaired Saudi children have called on restaurants to prepare their menus in Braille so that they can order food without problems while eating out. The children were members of a Summer Hope program being executed by Ebsar Foundation, a charitable organization supporting children with vision impairments. As part of its participation in the Jeddah Summer Festival, the foundation on Wednesday took the children on a tour of Aquat Food Industries Company in the industrial city. The children commended the company for opening a fast-food restaurant catering to the blind and called for preparing its menu cards in Braille alphabet to make it easy for them to place orders. The children believed that such a move would help them merge in society and would enable them to be at ease while eating in restaurants. The tour, organized for the second year in a row, was within the company's program of "Easy Access", aimed at enabling all members of society to communicate with it easily. Mohammed Tawfiq Bello, secretary-general of Ebsar, commended the company's social responsibility program and appreciated its efforts to serve people with special needs. Ihsan AbuGhazalah, chairman of the company's board of directors, welcomed the children on their arrival at the plant and briefed them about the production, packaging, storing and distribution of food. He said through its "Easy Access" program, the company wants to open more restaurants catering to people with special needs, particularly the blind. AbuGhazalah talked to the children about the best food habit and advised them to regularly participate in sports and give more attention to their health.
