Yeli Village: A once-barren bank of the Ye river in central China now has 12,000 trees thanks to unlikely but dedicated gardeners: two friends, one blind and one without arms. The story of Jia Wenqi, 53, with no arms, and his blind friend, Jia Haixia, 54, is one of perseverance, environmental awakening and of finding a path in a country where it is difficult for the disabled to find jobs. […]

If you read his history, 47 year old Azeem Bolar is the last person you’d imagine as counselor. He is blind, and was born with bronchitis and heart-valve defect. Before he had entered his teens he developed juvenile arthritis. But nothing could stop him. A life almost lost to blindness At 17, the India born Bolar trained as a hotelier in Strasbourg, France, and earned his Post-Graduate degree in Hotel […]