Samrita Trust is a registered, non-profitable organization established in December 2006 to help blind students in colleges and schools, by providing suitable learning devices for their education. The learning devices provided by Samrita Trust help visually handicapped students (hereafter referred as ‘blind students’) to study on their own, the subjects in their courses and perform better in examinations. The Trust is inspired by Louis Braille, inventor of Braille, and indomitable spirit of Helen Keller.
Projects
| Audio Books | : | Production of audio books of Text books and Guide books, on CDs/cassettes and make them available to all the blind students in colleges and schools , in Andhra Pradesh. Target is 1000 blind students in A P by March 2011.. more |
| Braille Kits | : | To distribute Braille Kits to blind students not in schools and in classes 1 to 5, in primary schools, in Andhra Pradesh. Target is 2000 children by March 2011.. more, |
| Computer Skills | : | Supply free SAFA (Screen Access For All-Screen Reader Software) developed by NAB, Delhi and Multilingual Editor software, developed by IIT, Chennai, to Colleges and High Schools with blind students in Andhra Pradesh to develop computer skills of blind students. Target is 30 colleges and 30 high schools by March 2012.. |
| Employability of Blind Persons | : | Produce and supply audio books of study materials and model papers of various competitive examinations to blind candidates appearing for the examinations to get employment in Government, private and public sector. Target is employment for 100 blind candidates by March 2011.. |
Contact
SAMRITA TRUST
(Registration No:353/2006)
54, Vayupuri, Secunderanad,
INDIA
Tel:+91-40-27113374
email:info@samritatrust.org
norisastry@yahoo.com