Project Details - Asha for Education

National Association for the Blind - Valsad

Project Brief: The National Association for the Blind, Valsad, works with the visually impaired. Asha supports assistance to the students and procurement of special educational material. NAB project is one of the Silicon Valley "Support A Child", SAC Projects.
Project Type: Children with Disabilities (description)
Primary Focus: children with disabilities (description)

Secondary Focus: girls

Area: Tribal
Supporting Chapter Contact:
Silicon Valley

Project Contacts

Status: CLOSED - COMPLETED
Project Steward: Siddharth Bhavsar
Co-Steward: Niyati Kadakia
Project Partner(s): Rambhai Patel
Project Address: National Association for the Blind - Valsad
Civil Hospital Road
Gujarat 396001
Tel: 011-91-2632-2-48378
Stewarding Chapter: Silicon Valley

Funding History

2006	Silicon Valley	INR 12
Sep 2005	Silicon Valley	USD 27551
Jan 2005	Silicon Valley	USD 7110
2005	NYC/NJ	USD 2200
Nov 2004	NYC/NJ	USD 2200
Jun 2003	NYC/NJ	USD 2200
2001	Berkeley	USD 2000
2000	Berkeley	USD 2000
1997	San Francisco	USD 2000

Total = $47273

Project Description

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Meet Vijay from the NAB Project
Vijay lives in Valsad, a coastal city nested in the southern region of Gujarat. He is 11 years old. His father works as a farmer and his mother as a laborer.
He enjoys going to school and is currently studying in standard 2. His favorite subject is Gujarati and he loves to play Cricket.
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This project has concluded in 2007. We thank our donors for their support

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The National Association for the Blind, Valsad, works with the visually impaired. Asha supports assistance to the students and procurement of special educational material for the blind.

Currently there are 140 boys and 40 girls. Some of the adult children goto the Adult training center for the Blind where they can vocational training. The rest of the children goto public school and study with sighted children.

The NAB project is one of the Sillicon Valley "Support A Child", SAC projects.

Project Goals

Organization Description

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<div style="font-weight: normal; width: 90%; border: dashed 2px; border-color:#006633; background-color:#99FF99; text-align: left; padding: 8px 8px 8px 8px;"> The National Association for the Blind, Valsad, works with children and young-adults who are visually impaired, ranging from totally blind to partially blind. There are some children who are deaf and dumb and others who have other physical disabilities also.
<li type=circle>NAB provides education to the children. This includes reading, writing, arithmetic, science, geography, and other subjects. They provide accommodation to those who are disabled and cannot afford to live on their own or live too far away to use the facilities. NAB has buit a girls hostel, which enables girls from neighbouring villages to come to stay and study at NAB or ATCB (Adult Training center for the Blind)<li type=circle>They provide vocational training in telephone operation, typing, computers, carpentry, weaving etc. They also provide assistance to/from and cover costs for doctor visits, initial assessments, visual care and checkups, and medicines, which are of much need for the children.
<li type=circle>Apart from providing education and vocational training to children, NAB focuses on integration of children into the community. They assist children in getting the visually impaired jobs in the community. They send the students to normal schools to integrate them with the rest of the students in the community. Other activities are also conducted to help the NAB children to overcome the fear of working or interacting with sighted people and ultimately, overcoming the obstacles of their disability.
Some Accomplishments <li type=circle>NAB cricket team selected to play in International Cricket championship in Sharjah in Feb 2005.
<li type=circle>NAB children qualify for state level chess.
<li type=circle>NAB graduate gives BAR exam and will soon practice law in Gujarat.
<li type=circle>NAB graduates return to become teachers after finishing BA arts.
<li type=circle>Girls at NAB bring State level Gold for folk dance and singing compitition.
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FCRA: 2000082 issued by the Government of India, Ministry of Home Affairs.

Additional Information

Project Documents

Jul 2007 Students' Annual Results for 2006

Apr 2007 2006 Audit Report - page 4

Apr 2007 2006 Audit Report - page 3

Apr 2007 2006 Audit Report - page 2

Apr 2007 2006 Audit Report - page 1

Mar 2007 2006 Annual Report

Feb 2007 Expense Report for major projects

Jan 2007 NAB sports and Cultual Activities Report

May 2006 Interim projects' status

Nov 2005 NAB mid-cycle Update