More than 12 million* Indians live in absolute darkness (i.e. they suffer from total blindness). But there are many ways to reach out to them, and one of them is through Braille-typed text. This World Disability Day, let’s break barriers to build an inclusive society that ensures development for all. At a time when one doesn’t even buy a phone without an informed research, the right to information is being denied to people who are visually impaired or blind.
India has the more blind people (12+ million) than any other country in the world. That’s roughly equal to the total population of Jammu & Kashmir, or the total size of the electorate of Haryana in 2009. From a political perspective, this segment of the population will play an increasingly important role in deciding the outcome of an election, so political parties can no longer afford to ignore the rights and interests of people who are visually impaired.
*Source: NPCB* According to 2011 Census
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Sightsavers India and JSLPS organise an inclusive employment campaign for people with disabilities
Sightsavers India, a development organisation that has been protecting sight and fighting for disability rights launched “Employability Campaign for Persons with Disabilities” in Jharkhand.
Sightsavers with the support of HCL and the Rajasthan state government making education accessible for children with visual impairment
Amid a pandemic that engulfed almost the entire world and a lockdown, it became extremely difficult to manage the learning needs of blind and visually impaired children.
Sightsavers and SBI Capital Markets Limited join hands to prevent avoidable blindness in the cities of Chennai, Pune & Kolkata
Sightsavers with the support of SBI Capital Markets Limited - one of India's leading investment banks, as a part of its CSR programme under healthcare set up three mobile vision centres to strengthen the primary eye care services in the cities of Chennai, Kolkata, and Pune under its National Urban Eye Health Programme – Amrita Drishti.
