By Priyadarshini Krishnan | Project Coordinator
Be the source of their smile!
Ann Foundation’s effort to mentor visually challenged students has always been a great success. The first quarter of this academic year has been a smooth sail at IELC. Thanks to our expanding volunteer network. We appreciate our volunteers’ dedication and enthusiasm; as a result of their efforts we have initiated computer classes for the sixth and seventh graders as well. This is a new territory for these students, they are learning with utmost curiosity and excitement. We have introduced monitoring techniques such as, weekly reports to understand each student’s progress, and class performance, which are useful to assess the impact of our efforts.
One of our tutors, Srivardhini who has been associated with us since June 2016 says the experience has been an “eye opener at a personal level”. In her words, “teaching visually-children has made me more sensitive to the needs of the differently-abled.” Shobana, one of our tutors teaching the intellectually challenged students, feels that it is a two-way street. She is imparting English knowledge to these children; in return she is learning the art of perseverance from them.
Dheelapan, grade 5, (Bhoopathy’s younger sibling- mentioned in our previous report) dreams of following his brother’s path to become an IAS officer with the help of Ann Foundation and you, the donors.
Benjamin Franklin says that “An investment in education pays the best interests” and this is what our mission is. For us to do a better job we need you. With your help, we will be able to ensure that these children will be better equipped to face life. And you can rest knowing well that it was because of you.
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