2. Project status : Call for action.
The name of your project : Vision.
Team leader : Krithiga Kamaraj.
Impacted underprivileged group of youth : Visually Challenged.
Number of people in the team : 3.
Volunteering hours : Going to start from Dec 15
(4-6 hours a week).
Number of youth going to be impacted : 10.
Period of project/action : Indefinite.
3. Project
Vision is an initiative to help visually challenged
people and provide a platform to enhance their
employment skills.
It is basically a mentorship program.
Vision identifies the real passion, dreams and
guides them in the path they have chosen for themselves.
Vision also supports those unemployed visually
challenged individuals who are above the age 18,ie
conducting job fairs exclusively for them.
4. Mission
The mission of Vision is to enhance the employment skills
of the visually challenged.
Why visually challenged ?
5. Reasons
Visually challenged individuals do not have the right
platform to show case their potential.
More than half of the world’s blind live in India (9
million), Africa (7 million) China (6 million) and Arab region (7
million) and it still grows. (1)
A long time dream to help this people
Recently, a visually impaired man in India, Kiran got
his PhD in music.(2) I feel, we have the moral responsibility of
bringing out the hidden talents in them.
6. Action Plan – Short term
At present, we have initiated at Chennai, India
IARC (Indian Astrobiology Research Centre) is offering
IYF 2011 certification program for schools and student in India
and a special edition short term course. (3)
We have talked with member of IARC and they
accepted to offer the special edition course for free for 15
visually challenged persons
Vision team talked with the “College students &
Graduates Association for Blind” (4) Chennai, regarding the
program.
The institution accepted with happiness and the team
is going to help the students for their certification.
7. Course details
IARC provides the necessary materials once the students enrol
and certificates after the successful completion of the course.
The exam is scheduled for February 2012.
The team apart from being the program co-ordinators, is
also involved in teaching the course..
Course benefits
Participants will learn about the latest concepts of forest
conservation and the role of forests in global warming
Above all The United Nations Environmental Programme
(UNEP) Green Jobs Report 2008 clearly states there will be over 20
million green jobs (over 2 crore green jobs) created worldwide by
2030.
9. Long term plan
• Conduct regular workshops in diverse fields.
• Personality Development Programs.
•Web development courses.
•Develop user friendly software for the visually challenged.
•Organise job fairs exclusively for the visually challenged.
WITH THESE SMALL INITIATIVES,WE WISH TO MAKE OUR LITTLE
CONTRIBUTION TO THE YOUTH OF TODAY.
