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For India's Blind Women, A School with a Vision

Beejoli Shah

June 15, 2016 |

Bright Magazine |

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Response Location: India, Surendranagar, Gujarat

Since 1995, Pragnachaksu has paved a path to empowerment for blind women in India, offering academic and vocational classes in addition to braille instruction. The school provides free housing and tuition for girls looking for primary and secondary education, a service that is usually unavailable to the country's eight million blind citizens, and to visually impaired women in particular.

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