In year 2019, during middle school Grade 9, Ihtesham was assigned with a community project that consisted of planning and conducting a fundraiser and using that money to buy walking sticks for a blind school. Ihtesham and his team had firstly, after conducting significant research, identified that a majority of the blind population come from a background that consists of financial issues.  

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After identifying this issue, they decided to host a fundraiser that empowered them to donate resources to a blind school. After identifying the blind school and hosting the fundraiser, they distributed roughly 40 walking sticks with the money that was raised.

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This project made Ihtesham realised how large of a section visually impaired individuals are, in this society and how people must help them.