Assistive devices for 200 visually challenged kids

We, lndian Association for the Blind (lAB), are based in South India and are a well-known non-profit organization working to provide education, employment, training and rehabilitation for the visually challenged from rural areas. Late Mr. S.M.A.Jinnah, the visually challenged activist and a group of like-minded visually challenged people founded IAB in 1985. Until today,we have benefited more than 15000 youths who have now proved to be productive members of society.

Thanks to the support from GlobalGiving, we have received donations from 35 donors we have raised totally $641.93 through this project. This fund has helped us by providing assistive devices to our beneficiaries. The assistive devices have helped to increase the student participation and give independence. Assistive device helps to enables visually impaired students to access and store the information libraries around the world and internet. This should provide them independent to compete with peer.

This being the case, at IAB, we aim to provide our visually challenged students with the right devices which will help make their lives easier and those that help them be on par with the sighted individuals. We are glad to be a part of GlobalGiving, as providing assistive devices to our students has been a lot easier by connecting with generous donors.

The drive has helped provide assistive devices to numerous Visually Challenged students over the years, rising close to $1,871 since its inception, thanks to generous individuals and residents on behalf of them. Technology and philanthropy joined hands here. Through this, we can make them to get their own memory cards and headphones. Now our children are capable of working with laptops with the help of talk-back softwares. 

Once again, we want to thank the philanthropist for their contributions and also the GlobalGiving who paved the way for us to utilize their donations from all over the world. We look forward to raising more for this cause. As always, we, along with GlobalGiving, will do our best in reaching out to generous donors across the Globe and will strive to bring happiness on the face of each of our beneficiaries.