NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND, DELHI (NAB, Delhi) R.K. Puram, New Delhi : NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND, DELHI (NAB, Delhi) R.K. Puram, New Delhi Next
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NAB WAS ESTABLISHED TO EMPOWER THE BLIND THROUGH EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN BECOMING SELF SUFFICIENT : NAB WAS ESTABLISHED TO EMPOWER THE BLIND THROUGH EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN BECOMING SELF SUFFICIENT NAB, India Established in 1952 by Mangulal Jethalal Shah with a determination to establish NAB as the icon of unlimited service to the blind
It was registered under the Bombay Public Trusts Act, 1950
Is determined to establish NAB Is the largest non government voluntary organization in India
Has 19 state and 65 district level branches across India
NAB, Delhi Established & registered in 1979 under the Society Registration Act as the state branch of NAB, India
Initial scope of activities included education facility from preparatory level to senior secondary level of CBSE for the blind, a unit for the multi-handicapped and a unit for the deaf blind, a talking book library, a hostel for the blind children, and a computer training department
These have now expanded to prevention of blindness, organizing weekly eye camps, free cataract surgeries for the urban/ rural poor, providing education upto senior secondary level, computer training for the blind, a Braille press and a CD recording studio
NAB Delhi is now catering to the needs of ~500 visually impaired students Description
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CURRENTLY NAB PROVIDES VARIOUS SERVICES THAT ENABLE THE VISUALLY HANDICAPPED TO INTEGRATE WITH DIGNITY IN THE MAINSTREAM : CURRENTLY NAB PROVIDES VARIOUS SERVICES THAT ENABLE THE VISUALLY HANDICAPPED TO INTEGRATE WITH DIGNITY IN THE MAINSTREAM Residential Facilities
Hostel accommodation is provided to ~200 children free of cost
Services include shelter, boarding, clothing, medical facilities, transportation, school fees, uniforms etc. are also provided free of cost
Children of both preparatory and integrated education can avail of this facility Other Facilities
Talking Book Library: Produces audio books in CDs / cassettes on topics that range from school and university textbooks to classics, fiction, poetry and short stories
Computer Center: With twenty computers in three different labs, it caters to the need of visually handicapped students.
Its goal is to provide working knowledge of computers
Eye Camps: Organizes regular eye camps in collaboration with VENU eye institute. In 2004-2005, 580 cataract surgeries were done and 729 needy persons were given spectacles
Service for Elderly Blind: Runs a home for the aged blind who have been neglected by their families. Various services like lodging, clothing are provided free of cost. Other activities like yoga, martial arts, are also taught. NAB also pays them pension of Rs. 200 p.m. Multi-Handicapped Unit
Caters to the needs of the blind children with additional disabilities like hearing, speech, locomotor or mental impairment
Currently ~62 children are enrolled in this program Education
Preparatory unit: Children in the age group 5+ are admitted and provided training in mobility, daily living skills, reading and writing Braille. It currently has ~95 students
Integrated Education: After preparatory unit, visually handicapped children are admitted to various well-known English and Hindi medium schools (like DPS, TIS, St Mary’s, Mt Carmel, Kendriya Vidhyalaya etc). The effort of this program is to give the children an opportunity to study with the normal sighted children and bring them to mainstream of the society through education.
BLIND EMPOWERMENT
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INNOVATIONS @ NAB, DELHI : INNOVATIONS @ NAB, DELHI Training of Trainers Description Computer Programming Group NAB Delhi has conducted special training modules for trainings of other organizations
Computer trainer trainings for Blind welfare organization, Sikkim, NAB Haldwani, Vocational Rehabilation Center; Govt of India
Braille production training for JNU An initiative has been taken for developing programming skills in blind persons. The objective of this program is that blind persons themselves should be capable of designing software required by them E-text Library The e-text library was started in November 2003 with the help of ICEVI is making good progress
This library now has a collection of more than 2500 books. This has become the largest collection of materials in accessible format of books of Indian interest
College students are the biggest beneficiaries of this project who never had access to books before Establishment of Centers NAB Delhi has entered into an agreement with Discipleship Center at Mukherjee Nagar to offer NAB training modules. This center was established to cater to the needs of students with blindness in North Delhi, who faced problems in reaching South Delhi (R.K.Puram)
NAB Delhi has also helped in the establishment of ‘Computer Reading & Training Center’ at Delhi University, NAB Chandigarh and NAB Haldwani next
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VARIOUS GOVERNMENT AND NON GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS SUPPORT NAB IN ITS OPERATIONS : VARIOUS GOVERNMENT AND NON GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS SUPPORT NAB IN ITS OPERATIONS Government Description Others Directorate of Social Welfare, Govt. of Delhi supports NAB for running a preparatory school for visually handicapped children
Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India supports the Integrated Education Program
Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Govt. of India provides support for running a hostel for ~200 children, transportation, MH units and a print unit HPS Social Service Foundation
Sense International India
Kaushalya Rani Charity Trust of Calcutta
Ayappa Seva Samiti
M/S Kajaria Plus Ltd.
Lala Dewan Chand Trust
Inner wheel Club of Delhi Mid-West
Rotary Club of Delhi, South End
Punjab National Bank
Lucent Technologies (CAF America)
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YOU CAN DO A NUMBER OF THINGS TO HELP US OVERCOME SOME OF THESE CHALLENGES : All donations to NAB are
exempt from Income Tax
under Sec 80 (G) of IT Act 1962 YOU CAN DO A NUMBER OF THINGS TO HELP US OVERCOME SOME OF THESE CHALLENGES Financial Assistance Become a Volunteer Description For Corporates:
Become a corporate sponsor for one/more of our facilities
For Individuals:
Donate generously. Consider one/more of the following options:
Rs.2,400/- per annum or Rs.200/- per month for the pension to an elderly blind
Rs.3000/- per annum or Rs.250/- per month to adopt a blind elderly person at the Home of the Aged Blind
Rs.1000/- for sponsoring an eye operation with IOL
Rs.300/- for set of talking books for a blind student
Rs.400/- for a set of linen for a child for one year
Rs.6000/- per annum or Rs.500/- per month for sponsoring a middle and secondary level student
Rs.3000/- per annum or Rs.250/- per month for a primary level student’s education
Rs.9000/- per annum or Rs.750/- per month a sponsor a blind college going student
Rs.2,000 for sponsoring of meals for students in the hostel Dedicated volunteers are the backbone of NAB. As a volunteer you can:
Help raise awareness and funds
Give your voice for talking books recorded at talking book recording studios
Read books directly to students
Become writers for students appearing in examinations in the main-stream schools
Help children with their homework and tutorials participate in projects and programs like raised maps creation
Help in editing books for Braille printing on computers
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CONTACT US : CONTACT US National Association for the Blind, Delhi
(Regd. under Societies Registration Act XXI of 1860-Registration No. s/10184)
Sector-V, R.K Puram
New Delhi-110022
Phone: 91-11-26102944, 26176379, 26175886
Fax: 91-11-6187650
E-mail: nab@vsnl.com
Website: www. nabdelhi.org
Contact persons:
Mr. C.D. Tamboli
Mr Ashok Bhattacharya
Mr O.P. Makhija
“With your support and best wishes, we are confident that NAB will continue to fulfill its mission”