Hyderabad: A city-based NGO, which runs a school for the blind in Nalgonda, received Rs 15 lakh of financial support from the government-run natural gas corporation, GAIL (India) Limited, for the construction of classrooms.
The Hyderabad-based NGO, Development and Welfare Association of the Blind (DWAB) and GAIL on Tuesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the construction of the classrooms in the blind school.
The MoU was signed by B Balaji Bukhya, Senior Manager, CSR, GAIL Rajahmundry, and P Chokka Rao, General Secretary of DWAB. According to the agreement, the construction of classrooms will be taken up by DWAB and will be completed by 31 March 2022.
The blind school, which recently completed 25 years of its existence, is run on donations from the public and is well known for its role and for delivering results.
Recognizing his efforts, several Governors, Prime Ministers, the President of India Abdul Kalam; Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other prominent public figures either visited the school or appreciated their efforts.
The school was founded on January 4, 1996 by Chokka Rao, a retired Gazetted Principal, who is himself visually challenged.
DWAB runs a secondary school called Nalgonda School for the Blind with residential facilities for the Visually Impaired students that offer free tuition and accommodation in a spacious four-storey building of a 15,000 sqm area.
The school currently houses about 97 blind students. Recently, the School also started English medium from Classes 1 to 7. The organization was able to build its school and residence building that could accommodate 300 Blind children [Boys & Girls] with all basic amenities.
More than 100 visually impaired students have secured government positions. About 600 students follow or have completed their higher education.
Source: The Siasat Daily