Sunday, 4 March 2018
Saturday, 3 February 2018
SVH creates awareness about community service for the Blind jointly with St Xavier's College, Kolkata
03 February 2018
Dept of Social Work, St Xavier's College, Kolkata deputed to SVH BCom Hons students in two lots: one, from day session four boys Nitish Himatsingka, Rahil Jaysawal, Tushar Shah, Raunak Pareek & two, from Evening session girls Avantika Agarwal, Nikita Dudweta,,Nikita Golchha, Sakshi Saraf, Saloni Dalmia, Shrestha Anand & Varsha Daiya to complete their 30 hours of social work under NSS scheme.,
For the boys we gave four assignments i.e. raise small funds from friends & relatives to purchase Braille paper, go to the paper shop at Sealdah & buy to understand the difficulty a Blind student has to face to buy paper independently, to take an interview of Mr Dilip Loyalka the first Blind Chartered Accountant (1983) in India, an LLB & an Income Tax Practitioner managing his CA firm J Loyalka & Co & computer editing of digital audio books for Blind students. They have completed their assignments and video-recording was done of the entire task. Due to technical problem it was not possible to upload the material here.
For the girls as you will see from the photos below they were given an orientation about the digital audio book recording through a Voice Recorder by our Section in-charge Mrs Chandralekha Sinha. Next they were shown by SVH front office staff Sangeeta Hazra,the technique of editing raw data recorded through the software Soundforge.They were then given clips of recordings to complete editing at home & submit.
Dept of Social Work, St Xavier's College, Kolkata deputed to SVH BCom Hons students in two lots: one, from day session four boys Nitish Himatsingka, Rahil Jaysawal, Tushar Shah, Raunak Pareek & two, from Evening session girls Avantika Agarwal, Nikita Dudweta,,Nikita Golchha, Sakshi Saraf, Saloni Dalmia, Shrestha Anand & Varsha Daiya to complete their 30 hours of social work under NSS scheme.,
For the boys we gave four assignments i.e. raise small funds from friends & relatives to purchase Braille paper, go to the paper shop at Sealdah & buy to understand the difficulty a Blind student has to face to buy paper independently, to take an interview of Mr Dilip Loyalka the first Blind Chartered Accountant (1983) in India, an LLB & an Income Tax Practitioner managing his CA firm J Loyalka & Co & computer editing of digital audio books for Blind students. They have completed their assignments and video-recording was done of the entire task. Due to technical problem it was not possible to upload the material here.
For the girls as you will see from the photos below they were given an orientation about the digital audio book recording through a Voice Recorder by our Section in-charge Mrs Chandralekha Sinha. Next they were shown by SVH front office staff Sangeeta Hazra,the technique of editing raw data recorded through the software Soundforge.They were then given clips of recordings to complete editing at home & submit.
Tuesday, 16 January 2018
Tuesday, 9 January 2018
HNAF, Siliguri, north Bengal, India Dec18-23, 2017 Nature study camp for children with special needs
Nature Study & Adventure Camp for children with special needs
Venue: Sakam Forest, Kalimpong Diust, north Bengal, India
Hosted by The Himalayan Nature & Adventure Foundation, Siliguri, WB, India
This annual Camp of HNAF is unique in the sense that it empowers trainees with vision, hearing, mobility impairments and those with cerebral palsy. Animesh Bose, the founder-Secretary of HNAF, is apart from being a reputed environmentalist, mountaineer, photographer by his own right, has managed over the years 26 above camps which demand professional help and adequate financial resources. However the joy he has been able to generate in the mind of these Trainees defies all descriptions. These trainees eagerly wait for a year to attend this Camp which is a breather for them! We from Society for the Visually Handicapped, Kolkata deputed three volunteers, two female and one male, to acquire skills from this practical exposures. Their training fee was sponsored by The Hans Foundation.
Wednesday, 20 December 2017
Birth centenary of Mrs Geeta Basu 16 December 2017
Relatives and friends of late Mrs Geeta Basu organized a get together followed by a Seminar on 16-12-2017 at Turiyananda Hall, Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Gol mPark, Kolkata from 2 to 6PM.
Mrs Geeta Basu, wife of Dr A K Basu, a distinguished surgeon of Kolkata, initiated the process of approaching the Govt for a piece of land to set up an institution for the rehabilitation of the Blind. She had been a pioneering social worker with an advanced educational background and an exposure to Western Culture. In 1970 she motivated her friends & wellwishers and set up Welfare Society for the Blind, east of Majherhat Bridge, Kolkata. At that time the city of Kolkata had only three Blind schools and hardly any center for the training of the adult Blind.
Applying her innovative mind she opened various employable training programs and music programs for the Blind
Mrs Geeta Basu, wife of Dr A K Basu, a distinguished surgeon of Kolkata, initiated the process of approaching the Govt for a piece of land to set up an institution for the rehabilitation of the Blind. She had been a pioneering social worker with an advanced educational background and an exposure to Western Culture. In 1970 she motivated her friends & wellwishers and set up Welfare Society for the Blind, east of Majherhat Bridge, Kolkata. At that time the city of Kolkata had only three Blind schools and hardly any center for the training of the adult Blind.
Applying her innovative mind she opened various employable training programs and music programs for the Blind
Social Role Valorization Workshop Dec 05-08, 2017
Social Role Valorization Workshop Dec 05-08, 2017
This Workshop was hosted by the Keystone Institute of India & supported by The Hans Foundation, New Delhi at Hotel Piccadilly, Janakpuri (W), New Delhi.
Invited delegates from various parts of India participated.
Mrs Elizabeth Betsy Newville with the assistance of four other Resource Persons conducted this Workshop in a lecture mode followed by Group discussions.
The term "Devalue" came up as a vital issue in handling persons who are kept deprived, who are not able to fight for their own rights, remain left behind in the community. Majority of the participants spoke for persons with autism and mental illness as well as mental retardation.
Very sensitive terms such as "mindset" changing, "attitude" changing came up again and again.
This Workshop was hosted by the Keystone Institute of India & supported by The Hans Foundation, New Delhi at Hotel Piccadilly, Janakpuri (W), New Delhi.
Invited delegates from various parts of India participated.
Mrs Elizabeth Betsy Newville with the assistance of four other Resource Persons conducted this Workshop in a lecture mode followed by Group discussions.
The term "Devalue" came up as a vital issue in handling persons who are kept deprived, who are not able to fight for their own rights, remain left behind in the community. Majority of the participants spoke for persons with autism and mental illness as well as mental retardation.
Very sensitive terms such as "mindset" changing, "attitude" changing came up again and again.
Tuesday, 19 December 2017
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