Mobility training support for visually impaired women.The proposed project is to get financial support for the short stay hostel for visually impaired women run by Prerana Resource Centre. The following paragraph outlines the need for the project:
A large members of Blind/ Disabled Teen girls from various parts including rural areas are approaching for jobs. The Organization has experienced that the employers of industries/ Factories prefer only experienced candidates. Hence providing training for the job to his disabled is a must. Which gives them a right to employment need. Rural Blind/ Disabled teen age girls have no facilities to stay during their training period . Hence there is a need for running the short-stay home for a batch of 60 candidates for 6 months on continuous basis.
Funding requested from AID-SC chapter is regarding Maruthi van for mobility of Blind persons of Prerana
The objectives behind running the short stay hostel facility are:
• To provide a short stay home facility for the visually impaired and other disabled teen age girls from different rural parts to enable them to get suitable training in and around Bangalore.
• To develop mobility skills for the needy visually impaired to enable them for independent living.
• To provide short stay facility for 6 months to a batch to enable to get on the Job Training at various Industries so as to have disabled/blind girls a right to employment.
• During the period of their short stay to develop the skills of Independent living and group living.
• To infuse confidence and courage to take any given task during training and after placement by providing orientation.
• To continue short stay home facilities to the rural blind/disabled teen age girls in batches of 6 month period on continuous basis.
• The ultimate objective is to provide facility and security during training and make the disabled teen age girls suitable in all respect to have a right to employment needed.
