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VISIT TO RAJASTHAN NETRAHEEN KALYAN SANGH, JAIPUR
The students of BSc HSc Sem V and MSc HSc (HD) Sem III visited the school on 1st October 2019 escorted with the teacher Dr. Nalini Totuka. Rajasthan Netraheen Kalyan Sangh (RNKS) is not-for-profit organization with the motive of providing education and boarding facility to the visually impaired and the blind since past 44 years. They organize an array of activities to enhance the help extended to the sightless.
Office address: Rajasthan Netraheen Kalyan Sangh, Langar ke Balaji ka Rasta, Gangauri Bazaar, Jaipur-302001, Rajasthan, India.
Contact number: +91- 141- 2411634. +91- 9414454705
E-mail address: info@rnks.org
The various activities at the school ensure that the deprived learn and master skills which will help them to fetch them good jobs. They also prepare them for self-employment. All this, so that the visually impaired can live a comfortable life and sustain their families. A ray of hope for the visually impaired, Rajasthan Netraheen Kalyan Sangh did a tremendous job for the betterment of its students.
The sangh provide the education and boarding facility for children. The school is from 1st standard to 12 th standard. There were 15 teachers which includes blind and normal teachers. There is well established hostel for boys and girls separately. The rooms are around 15 for boys and 8 for girls. In each room there were approximately 3-4 children. The students are provided 4 meals daily, breakfast, lunch ,tea and dinner.
The education, provided to the kids is free of cost. In addition, free boarding and lodging facilities are also rendered. Their only aim is to nourish and develop them so that each and everyone can live a normal life. And can break the superstition surrounding them that the blind cannot live well.
Computer education has become a necessity in every walk of life. Keeping that in view, RNKS started computer center and learning resource center in collaboration with Amway Opportunity Foundation. The objective of computer education is to empower the students so that they can keep up with the development of the technology. In turn, it will fulfill the criteria of making the visually impaired, job-ready.
Braille is the standard script to read and write in the world for the visually impaired and blind people. It’s the only measure by which they can learn. Hence, RNKS has set up a Braille Production Center comprising contemporary equipment and a team of well-qualified professionals, to publish books and magazines based on Braille. Furthermore, they publish the only braille newspaper ‘Braille Samacharpatra‘ that informs and inspires the visually challenged people.
RNKS has come up with the digital audio books recording project. The books are recorded and then distributed to the destitute free of cost. RNKS has established a library consisting of braille and talking books. Any person of any age can access the books here, at zero cost.
The students really were surprised with the school, hostel and the facilities. It was a memorable experience and students learned how to use Braille and teaching aids.
