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earn some living. The advance masseurs come trainee. He came in a bad shape: he was
to the head quarter of the FEPB in Bangkok blinded in a fight.
for further two-year training to become medi- He did very well in all the courses and
cal masseurs. later became one of our best masseurs.
Up till now, over 700 blind men and He regularly sends part of his earning
women have been graduated from the cen- to his old mother. One day, the old woman
ter. Practically all of them can earn their own came to me and thanked me for helping her
living, some of them operate their own mas- son. She said, çAfter he became blind, his
sage shops. personality and his behaviors changed en-
There were also 7 students (5 boys and tirely: from a roguish person, always giving
2 girls) from Laos graduated from the center. me all the troubles to a very nice well be-
There is a interesting episode I would haved person. I wish he could have be blinded
like to share. There was a man in his thirties much earlier!é
came to the center requesting to be our