blind student gets her braille computer stolen
Darine is 21 years old. This Lyonnaise, a law student, took advantage of a moment of relaxation on the terrace with friends from the university, Thursday evening, in an establishment of La Guillotière, in Lyon 7e. A moment that did not last. Going to pay indoors, with her credit card and phone, she left her backpack on the terrace. On his return, the backpack is no longer there. Inside it, a little bit of herself and more: her papers, her cane, her braille computer containing her law lessons. Darine is blind. She is in shock. His family too.
A call on Twitter
On social networks, especially on Twitter, his brother (under the nickname @sophianemuc) appealed to help him, ready to move heaven and earth. Contacted, he said he was “dismayed”; revolt. “When he opened the bag, the thief understood that he had just stolen a blind woman. For Darine, it’s more than a stress, an anguish. There are papers to be redone. She wonders how to make up for school. When the facts happened, her mother immediately took her place. No mail of students looked around, on the banks of the Rhône. In vain “. The braille computer that was stolen that evening would have an average value of 7,000 euros, he estimates. A fortune.
“A psychological shock”
“The main thing is that the little one goes well,” he adds, specifying that a complaint has been filed (in Lyon 3e ). “We could have come across a thief who has empathy”, continues Darine’s older brother, “beyond the anguish that anyone could experience in such circumstances, it is a real psychological shock for her. When you can’t see, it’s three times the effort of concentration, of work… It’s a whole new organization. We need even more motivation, strength, courage ”.
Students create an online fundraiser
Lyon students, touched by history, decided to create this Monday a online jackpot (free amount) for Darine through HelloAsso: “The idea was built by word of mouth, from students to students”, specifies Élodie, registered for her part at Lyon III, “c is a pretty sordid story. “