MAB Strategic Plan

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"As requested, I would like to briefly go through the MAB Strategic
Plan which was approved by the Council at the end of 2011, but only
recently officially announced through the media.

It must be remembered that over the years MAB has been evolving in
response to various needs of the time, and there never was any
elaborate forward planning to develop the organisation that will
simultaneously promote the very cause of its existence - the
well-being of the BVI. Being a professionally trained social planner,
I felt that something more tangible should be put in place in the form
of a medium-term development plan. When I became the MAB President I
began to work on it.

The MAB Strategic Plan embraces 12 major objectives and fixes the year
2020 as the target, although each objective has its own time-frame for
completion. I shall list each one of them, followed by some
explanation and/or updating:

1.   "MAB shall be the premier organisation on visual impairment" -
Although it is the first on the list it will be the last to be fully
achieved, ie only after all the remaining objectives have been
fulfilled.

2.   "MAB shall be the custodian of facts and figures on visual
impairment" - A research unit will be set up to collect data on visual
impairment from all over. A researcher has already been appointed
recently and work on it has started.

3.   "MAB shall set up branches in all States of Malaysia" - So far
MAB does not have any branch although it serves the whole country.
With branches in the states (except Sabah and Sarawak) we hope to
provide services more accessible to the BVI as they will be available
in every state.

4.   "MAB shall upgrade the training facilities to college level" -
this refers to the GTC. Work has already been started by assessing its
capability for the eventual change, targeted for 2014.

5.   "MAB shall mobilise all its physical assets"  - We now have
assets in KL, Temerloh, Ipoh and JB. In KL we have 193 and the Wisma
MAB, both are planned for redevolopment; Taman Harapan is all set
except for the necessary funding to begin construction; we have
already started a rehabilitation course at Kinta Valley Workshop in
July and other services will follow. An eye clinic will also be set up
there soon; similar services will be placed in JB after some initial
renovation work.

6.   "MAB shall acquire new physical assets" - We need similar assets
elsewhere in order to provide services to the BVI. We have just been
given a piece of land in Kota Baru Kelantan that is intended to
provide training and other services, plus an eye clinic.

7.   "MAB shall harness the potentials of the private sector" -
Obviously we need all forms of support including financing and job
opportunities from all sectors.

8.   "MAB shall engage in full production and distribution of Braille
materials" - Considering the lack of Braille materials in schools and
universities, we hope to fill the gap quickly to provide a level
playing field.

9.   "MAB shall be the sole distributor for all forms of assistive
devices" -We hope to get the dealership of all such materials in order
to benefit the BVI through its non-profit status.

10.  "MAB shall run enterprises to benefit the BVI" - The current MAB
Shoppes in Mid Valley and Kinrara-Giant will be a part of the MAB
franchise system that is being developed. We hope to set up many such
outlets throughout the country, thereby providing employment
opportunities to those qualified in the trade. There are many other
ventures in the pipeline, and the one already in place is the
koperasi.

11.  "THONEH shall set up at least 10 satellites clinics" - This is
obvious as the preventive and remedial work.

12.  "NIOS shall establish a full-pledged university producing
eye-care professionals" - The National Institute of Ophthalmic
Sciences is currently producing optometrists and specialised nursing
staff. We are already starting to move towards this direction.

You will appreciate that the above are basic Plan that require a
considerable fine-tuning process. A lot of consultation will be
conducted and here the BVI will play an important role for their
invaluable inputs. But please wait for it. We will tackle them one by
one.

My presidency ends next year and I like to place a solid foundation
for uninterrupted development. Therefore, please no more distractions
and waste of energy so that we can all move forward according to plan.

Regards,

Abdullah"

 

 

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