Undoubtedly education is the basic tool for the human empowerment more so for a disabled person. It is imperative for a disabled person to get basic as well as quality higher education of his choice. But studies and HANDICARE’s own experience shows that it is very difficult for a disabled person to get even basic education due to many reasons primarily being accessibility and fiancés and also lack of reading material as in the case with students with visually impairments.
Hence HANDICARE started a project aptly named HANDIEDUCATION to help poor disabled students get quality education. HANDIEDUCATION provides financial assistance, educational material, books or any other education related item needed for the education of disabled students.
So far under this project the following activities for students with disabilities were undertaken / performed.
- Eight solar lanterns were provided to PRAYAS – Government Boys High School for the Physically Handicapped, Lucknow
- Braille material for the students of SPARSH-Government Girls Blind Intermediate College, Lucknow. HANDICARE purchased following material from NIVH, Dehradun.
- 50 IP slates with stylus
- 5v kg Arth types
- 50 plastic stylus
- Movies shows were held twice at Lucknow’s prestigious Wave multiplex for the students of ‘PRAYAS – Government Boys High School for the Physically Handicapped’, Lucknow. Barring one none of these students had ever seen a movie in even cinema hall.
- About 200 hundred inspiring books (all new) were given to ‘PRAYAS – Government Boys High School for the Physically Handicapped’, Lucknow.
- Complete cricket kit was given to ‘PRAYAS – Government Boys High School for the Physically Handicapped’, Lucknow.
- Indoor games were given to ‘PRAYAS – Government Boys High School for the Physically Handicapped’, Lucknow.
- Loudspeaker with mike was given to ‘PRAYAS – Government Boys High School for the Physically Handicapped’, Lucknow.
- Raj Kumar alias Shashank Shekhar on HANDICARE’s advise joined B.Sc. in Computer Science at jagadguru Rambhadracharya Handicapped University Chitrakoot. His education fee, hostel and mess charges are regularly being paid under this project. Shashank Shekhar after successfully passing 1st and 2nd year is now in third year.