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Kerala
Institution for the Blind |
Add: Alppara
Kannara
PO Thrissur - 680 652
Kerala
Tel: 91-0487-2283002
Email: keralainstitutionfortheblind@yahoo.com
Website:
Contact: Viswambaran PV
Purpose: Agriculture, Art and culture, Child welfare,
Disability, Disadvantaged communities, Education, Employment,
Grants/Aids, Training, Women's issues
Aim/Objective/Mission: KIB is a non-governmental voluntary
agency registered during the year 1994 under charitable
society act of 1860 and ministry of Home Affairs with
permanent FCRA 052900329. The project is located at Kannara
Village, Ollokkara Block in Thrissur district of Kerala.
KIB was started by a dynamic visually impaired team who
all were educated and committed. The idea of forming an
association for themselves mooted during their college
days, when they realised the degree of rights denied to
them just because of their visual loss. All this incidents
motivated them to work for other differently abled persons
in the community. Initially KIB raised local fund of about
45 lacs by way of door-to-door donations and by stamp
sales among school students across the state with that
fund they bought 2.5 acre of land in which they had built
their own building and the balance amount was utilised
as capital to start vocational training units. Every year
KIB would have 50 persons with disabilities as trainees
under various trades including their board members of
which 35 would become residents in KIB and other 15 would
be day scholars. One batch of trainees would be there
for two years and then they would go back to their community.
So far KIB has provided vocational training to more than
300 disabled persons under various trades like umbrella,
agarbatti, candles and washing soap etc. |
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