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Audio Books for Visually Challenged – Disability | Bhumi | National

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Audio book for visually challenegd (1)

The content of the books needed by the visually challenged would be sent to you as a PDF file,

  • Recording 20 pages would take you a week – approximately 4 hours of recording.
  • Background knowledge about any subject would not be required
  • Books are available in English and Tamil now.
  • Things required: A computer, Mobile or laptop with Microphone/Headset

Register Here

Treasure Hunt – Events | V-Excel | Chennai

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‘Give Me A Sign’ is a city wide treasure hunt organized by V-Excel. The treasure hunt is going to be held on 27th September 2015, Sunday. The treasure hunt would begin at Besant Nagar Beach, Chennai and each team would be given clues, which would lead them to their next location.  Each team would be made to perform high energy, crazy tasks at different locations before their next clue is handed over.

V-Excel Educational trust is a NGO committed to the education and rehabilitation of individuals with mental and developmental challenges. Their goal is to empower children and young adults with special needs and disabilities to become dignified independent and contributing members of the main stream society. They have been working on and making significant changes in the lives of individuals we serve.

VExcel Treasure Hunt

The treasure hunt is being conducted with an aim to

  1. Creating and spreading public awareness about V-Excel educational trust.
  2. Educate people about the learning methods used by differently abled children.
  3. Facilitating inclusion of differently abled in the mainstream society.
  4. Help raise funds for the trust to improve the quality of education of the students.

V-Excel requires 30 volunteers to conduct the event

Date: September 27, Sunday
Place: Beasant Nagar Beach, Chennai
Time: 8 AM – 12 PM
For any clarifications contact: Adhishwar | +91 9962681194 / [email protected]

Activity Based Learning – Education | Maarga | Chennai

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Maarga is an initiative focusing on identifying students’ interests and in turn assisting them in pursuing these interests. Maarga currently promotes activity based learning to make learning fun, meaningful and relevant.

Maarga

In the current project, Maarga is looking to implement a 10 week module for students. The module will focus on reading, listening, speaking and writing skills for students by conducting activities relevant to their interests. Maarga requires 25 volunteers for their project. It includes working with students in the classroom (On – field volunteers) and evaluation of student output/ feedback (Off – field volunteers). Volunteers will also be involved in knowledge transfer to students/ teachers/ school management/ Maarga PMOs and fellow volunteers.

Activity Days: Saturday
Time: 1.5 hours during the school session (anytime between 8:50 AM and 12:25 PM)
Place: Hindu Senior Secondary School, Adayar, Chennai
Contact: Aditya KS | Phone: +91 99520 71237