Our Impact Stories
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Thirty-five-year-old Sarika Uike belongs to Yavatmal, Maharashtra. She was born sighted to a low income family. After completing her Class 12 in 2007, Sarika wanted to support her father and she managed to get a job as a resource teacher on a caste quota. But it was a temporary posting at a low salary because she hadn’t completed her D.Ed.
Once she completed her degree in 2016, Sarika... -
Twenty-eight-year-old Shobha Pawar hails from a village in Raigad, Maharashtra. She belongs to a low income family. Shobha was born sighted but when she was in Class 6, she got high fever, after which she lost her eyesight.
As a result, she had to drop out of school, unaware of any special schools for children with blindness. She hopelessly remained confined to her home for the next four... -
Rohini Bhutekar was born blind to a low income family in Jalna, Maharashtra. Despite the lack of awareness around living life with blindness in her community, and coming from a village, Rohini aspired to study and become independent.
Initially she went to a special school for blind girls where she studied till Class 8. Afterwards, her teachers encouraged her to go to Mumbai for higher... -
Persons with vision impairment are perceived to be dependent and non-contributing members of the society. The stigma around disability prevents us from thinking positively about persons with blindness. They remain deprived of opportunities of education, employment, social inclusion, or any form of independence. Given their vulnerability and marginalization, they are often made out to be easy...
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Twenty-three-year-old Vikas Karate was born totally blind to a poor family in Jalna district of Maharashtra. His paternal family only displayed apathy for the little boy, almost wanting to get rid of him many times. But Vikas’ mother made up for the love and care that his father never showed.
Due to lack of awareness and stigma associated with blindness, Vikas was seen... -
Umar Bandari lives in Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir. He and two of his siblings are visually impaired. After losing his mother at an early age, he learned to take care of household chores as his father was busy working around the clock to feed the family.
Despite the vision problems, Umar prioritized his studies and worked hard in pursuing his bachelor’s and master’s degree from Kashmir... -
Forty-one-year-old Aparna Singhal lives in Noida, Uttar Pradesh and works as a Software Engineer with a multinational company. She is married and has a child. Aparna started facing sight problems some years ago and she was diagnosed with Retinitis Pigmentosa, an eye condition that results is gradual vision loss.
This sudden deterioration of her eyesight impacted her functioning at work... -
Forty-five-year-old Prashant Jadhav hails from Jalgaon in Maharashtra. He experienced vision impairment from early childhood. His mother and brother are also visually impaired. Prashant studied in a special school for the blind till Class 8. After that he pursued higher education from a mainstream school.
On completing his education, he worked hard to look for a job as he wanted to... -
Twenty-two-year-old Ritu L lives in Bangalore, Karnataka. At the age of two, she started losing her eyesight due to a condition called Diabetic Retinopathy. Her parents still put her in a mainstream school, so she wouldn’t feel isolated or left out. However, in Class 7, Ritu faced another challenge when she underwent cataract surgery for one eye. This further deteriorated her vision.
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Eighteen-year-old Surand Sen was born blind into a low-income family in Chhatarpur district of Madhya Pradesh. Due to lack of awareness about educational facilities for blind children, he was sent to a regular school in the village.
Surand found it extremely hard to study alongside sighted kids or participate in any activity due to his blindness. Unlike in a special school, where he...
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