Mathru

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Mathru

• Asha CNJ Know Your Projects Session
• October 2006

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Mathru Background

• Residential school for visually impaired
  children, from poor economic background
• Located in Yelahanka, suburb of Bangalore.
  Started by an individual Ms. Gubbi Muktha, in
  2001
• Serving the section of society
• Challenged, distressed economic background
• Partially or fully visually challenged children
• Are generally dependent, ill-treated and ignored.
• Rarely accepted, employed or get equal
  opportunity

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Mission

• Mathrus purpose is to give quality education to
  visually impaired children from grades 1 through
  10 and prepare them to live a fulfilled life. The
  school is recognized by the Department of Welfare
  of the Disabled, Government of Karnataka..
• Mathru provides the following to its children
• Since the students are from poor families in the
  surrounding rural/semi-urban areas, the school is
  residential. Food and health care are provided
• Well rounded education based on their skill level
  and abilities Most importantly, love, affection
  and a sense of belonging that is absent in their
  own domestic background
• Statistics
• 40 children (29 Girls) Age group 5-17
• Adult blind 6 Age group 18-27
• 5 Full time teachers, 3 part time, 5 non-teaching
  staff
• Teachers Training (TT), Diploma for Teaching the
  Blind (DTB)NIIT certificate for computer
  education
• Parent involvement

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Mathrus Activities

• Primary Aims
• Providing quality education
• Providing vocational training and skills
  development
• Seeking and providing job opportunities
• Secondary Aims
• Teaching daily living skills
• Teaching mobility and orientation skills
• Teaching public awareness about the cause,
  remedies and prevention of blindness
• Offering community health services
• Assisting the visually impaired adults in joining
  the mainstream of the society
• Community Development
• Vocational training and skills development for
  the adult blind
• Education in the field of arts, music and drama
• Conducting free eye, dental and health care camps
  for the community
• Participating socio-cultural activities of the
  community

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Asha CNJ and Mathru
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Asha CNJ and Mathru
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Asha CNJ and MathruFinancial Details
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Current and Future Plans

• Beyond Monetary Aid - Innovations
• Braille Tutor program through Carnegie mellon
  Univ. spear headed by Nidhi Kalra.
• Nutritional Program through UIUC is starting to
  provide soy milk and supplement to increase
  protein diet.
• Ways to help
• Cheaper technology and ways to replicate this to
  other schools
• Community awareness and enable policies to employ
  the visually impaired
• Similar schools near you could share the
  knowledge
• Create or provide business ventures to produce
  cheaper accessories make them independent.
• And much more