Help The Blind Foundation

• Location : Tamil Nadu, India
• Community Served: Visually impaired youth
• Focus: Education

Organization background

Since 2005, Help The Blind Foundation (HTBF) has been helping visually impaired students become more self-sufficient. They do this through a variety of ways:

• providing financial assistance to enable them to obtain degrees from local colleges
• providing learning aids such as laptops, and recording devices
• providing vocational training and life-skills training and conducting career awareness workshops

Project background

HTBF runs a holistic skills development program called Education, Mobility, Employability Training (EMET) with the objective of making students employable. This program includes a 2 year training program for students in their second & third year of university; equipping universities with accessibility tools; training students in English, computer & mobility training and other life skills; assistance securing employment and providing job specific training whenever needed.

GKF contributions to HTBF

• 2022,2023: Funding to provide the EMET program (skill training and scholarships) to visually impaired students