The Sightsavers India (Royal Commonwealth Society for the Blind) has been awarded the prestigious HCl Grant Award-2018 in the thematic category for education of the visually-impaired students in India.
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh gave away the grant carrying Rs 5 crore for five years at an event organised by HCl Technologies in Noida. Sightsavers CEO RN Mohanty received the award.
Programme Manager Akbar Mehfuz Alam said the team documented the case study of Swagatika, a visually impaired Class VII girl studying in Class VII in Mathalput in Koraput. Swagatika received timely support from Sightsavers and is now able to read and write Braille and use tabs and DAISY Talking books supplied by Sightsavers to fulfill her academic and overall education activities.
The Sightsavers is supporting more than 400 visually-impaired students in Koraput.
The grant would help the organisation in scaling up its inclusive education work in other States for next five years, said Alam.