By supporting, guiding, monitoring, evaluating and providing counsel to over 173 Partner NGOs. These comprise of ophthalmologists, paramedics, hospital administrators, teachers, trainers, resource persons, grass root level field workers and others, in the areas of medical, educational and vocational rehabilitation of persons with disabilities thereby improving the quality of life.
It has been said often enough but let it be said again. The conversion of difference into disability is as much man-made as the consequences of droughts and floods. It is in our attitudes and laws; it is in our thinking and actions that we put up barriers that create disability.
Kiran, who is a tribal, a female-to-male transgender, and is physically challenged, hasn’t had an easy life. He had to flee his village after marrying a girl. After the marriage, the couple faced severe harassment from their respective families, and they had to run away to Bangalore, where anonymity would provide them with safety.
Getting a job that you really like is not a simple task for anyone. Then imagine what it is like for a visually impaired person? There are so many stereotypes about visually impaired people among the sighted community.
This is the story about Suprita Gupta, a young visually impaired girl from Jarkhand. Suprita left her home town and her family and came all the way to Bangalore to start living her own independent life. Suprita works at IBM and …but wait, let’s just listen to the story told by Suprita herself.
This is the story of Swarnalakshmi, a blind lady, the only daughter in her traditional Indian family. Swarnalakshmi lost her vision all of a sudden due to brain tumor 15 days before she was supposed to get married. In her story she tells about what helped her to restart her life and become an independent lady with a golden glow in her eyes.
This is a story of Vishal Jain, a visually impaired MBA student at IIM Lucknow, India. Coming from a small town in Karnataka state, Vishal had to stop his studies after 9th standrd due to deterioration of his eyesight and lack of awareness to handle it. However his inner urge to learn brought Vishal to Bangalore to learn to operate the computer and continue his studies.
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