By Pooja | Communication Manager
Indian Association for the Blind (lAB), based in South India is 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. Since its inception, IAB has educated and rehabilitated more than 19420 visually challenged children and youths mainly from rural areas.
Vision is the primary sense upon which most traditional education strategies are based. These strategies must be modified to reflect the child's visual, auditory and tactile/vision capabilities. A child with a severe visual loss can directly experience only what is within arm's reach and can be safely touched, and in most cases, what can be heard. In order to meet their unique needs, students must have specialized services, books and instructional materials in appropriate media, as well as specialized equipment and technology so they can have equal access to the core and specialized curricula, and to enable them to most effectively compete with their peers in school and ultimately in society.
The drive has helped provide assistive devices to numerous Visually Challenged students over the years, rising close to $1,252 since its inception, thanks to generous individuals and residents on behalf of them. Technology innovation is making education for the blind and visually impaired better, cheaper, and more seamlessly integrated into both traditional classroom and online settings.
Once again, we want to thank the philanthropist for their contributions and also the Global Giving 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 Global Giving, 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.
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