JAKARTA — Dompet Dhuafa as a humanitarian organisation that cares about diversity, continues to show its commitment, especially in supporting people with disabilities. Dompet Dhuafa strives to create a friendly and empowering ecosystem for those who live with limitations. Ensuring that every individual, without exception, gets an equal opportunity to grow and have an equal life.
Commemorating International Disability Day 2024, Dompet Dhuafa will once again present a charity concert, Sound of Humanity, entitled Blind Concert, which will be held on Thursday (5/12/2024) at Donggia Kahayya, Bulukumba, South Sulawesi.
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The event invites all levels of society, including people with disabilities, especially the visually impaired, to participate. The concert will feature a talented musician as well as songwriter and poet, Panji Sakti, who is ready to fill the event with his neat works.
At the Blind Concert, Dompet Dhuafa seeks to create an inclusive ecosystem for people with disabilities through programmes that support their independence. This initiative includes their active participation in society.
With this initiative, Dompet Dhuafa aims to reduce discrimination, improve welfare, and create equality for people with disabilities. In addition, the Blind Concert also aims to expand awareness in the community that non-visually impaired and visually impaired people have the same right to enjoy music without barriers.
‘The concept of this Blind Concert hopes to open the minds of non-visually impaired friends. This time we give experience to the audience, what if they are in a blind position in enjoying music. We want to create equality for people with disabilities,’ said Dedi Fadlil, Dompet Dhuafa’s Creative Content Manager.
This event promotes the message of the importance of equalisation in life and encourages social interaction regardless of differences. Through this concert, it is hoped that the community can be more sensitive and moved to join hands, supporting the blind.
This charity concert is specially packaged, providing a unique experience for Panji Sakti’s audience. The audience was invited to enjoy the music with their eyes closed, creating a deep and different experience. With a cool atmosphere in the coffee plantation area of Dompet Dhuafa’s economic empowerment programme.
Dedi also explained that this event is not only limited to entertainment, but also a form of invitation to the community to work together to provide support to the blind.
‘We want people to care more and contribute to creating an inclusive environment. This support can be in the form of donations to a change in perspective towards people with disabilities,’ said Dedi.
In addition to the unique concert experience, the event also offers a variety of exciting activities that will move the hearts of the audience. Some of these include asharing session, acharity experience, and a chance for the audience to enjoy a brewed coffee amidst the cool concert atmosphere.
Previously, Dompet Dhuafa had successfully held a similar event entitled ‘Neda Waditra Silent Concert’, which received extraordinary appreciation. One of them was expressed by Susi Ratna Dewi, a person with a disability.
‘Thank God, God gave me the opportunity to be here. This is really for us, and we feel the same as everyone, feeling our confidence that we are the same as everyone, can be here and have the same goal,’ explained Susi.
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‘Many, many thanks for allowing me and my friends to be here. It makes me more confident in His grace. Making us realise that there is always goodness and blessings,’ Susi continued.
Dompet Dhuafa hopes that this event will be a driving force for the community to be more concerned and actively support people with disabilities, so that they can coexist better and equally.
Let’s embrace and help blind friends here: digital.dompetdhuafa.org/donate/temandisabilitaspanjisakti. (Dompet Dhuafa)
Text and photos: Anndini Dwi Putri, DDTV
Editor: Dhika