This is about providing audio books ("Bookshare India") for visually impaired
students. This is relatively very expensive in the US. They have given a very
good "deal" to the schools that have students with a "Qualifying Print
Disability" in India. The same package here would cost thousands of dollars,
but in India it would be offered at an extremely subsidized rate - to those
'qualified schools'. The main project is supported by U. S. Department of
Education, Office of Special Education Program.
So I was thinking why miss this great opportunity for the blind schools in
Assam?
I am not sure if you saw my earlier mail with an appeal to any organization to
take this up on a continuous basis. As I said earlier, I am willing to sponsor
5 schools (if needed) for this year only. After that the schools/organizations
will need to take it up from there on. I would have loved to be involved in
this myself on a continuous basis, but I have committeed to some other
projects, so my plate is kind of full.
The web site has the information on whom to contact - the paper work etc. will
have to be initiated and continued at the local level with the agencies
mentioned there.
Here is the information again:
> Rs. 400/year for 5000 books.
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> It will be great for the Blind school in Jorhat and all the others in Assam
> and everywhere else in India.
> Here is the link: http://www.bookshare.org/?c=en_IN
Thank you for taking an interest in this worthwhile cause.
Best,
-A. Sarangapani
Houston, Texas.
> Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2011 12:26:28 +0530
> From: barkak...@yahoo.co.in
> To: assam@assamnet.org
> Subject: Re: [Assam] information
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> I know about a Govt. Blind school located at Kahilipara, Guwahati. Their
> establishment is big. The students of this blind school participated in an
> interactive meet with Col. Mike Fince, a NASA Astronaut organised by FASS.
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> I shall contact them and get all the information including contact details.
> They may like to know the reason for collecting their contact details
> therefore please let me know why you want the list of blind schools in Assam.
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> Regards,
>
> Bidyananda Barkakoty
> Guwahati
> Cell : 9435046211
>
> --- On Sun, 13/2/11, Alpana B. Sarangapani <absarangap...@hotmail.com> wrote:
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> From: Alpana B. Sarangapani <absarangap...@hotmail.com>
> Subject: [Assam] information
> To: assam@assamnet.org
> Date: Sunday, 13 February, 2011, 12:17 PM
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> Anybody has any idea about how many 'blind schools' are there in Assam? And
> at least some of thier contact information?
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> Thanks for your help in advance. You can send it to me directly, if you wish!
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> -A. Sarangapani
> Houston, Texas.
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> “Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not
> attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy
> purpose.”
> - Helen Keller
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