Godfrey became totally blind at the age of Four due to a condition known as Retinopathy Prematurity. Born as a Seven-month old premature baby, he was given too much Oxygen in an incubator.
Early in his childhood, his parents had been separated from one another. His father, being just a poor coconut-husker, decided to leave Godfrey in a mission school for the blind in Penang. After his primary education, Godfrey joined an integrated programme in a normal secondary school. Then with an educational loan, he completed his studies at the University of Malaya.
After teaching in a Government school for five years, Godfrey decided to work in a grassroots organisation of the blind. Having worked for about six years with the Society of the Blind in Malaysia (SBM), he then joined the Malaysian Association for the Blind where he has been working for about Twenty years.
With very little savings and near retirement, Godfrey believes the Compassionate Scheme can help him and other blind friends to gain old age security income.
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