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One Day Exposure Trip for Students with Visual Impairment

To provide exposure to the visually impaired school students about the History of Mahabalipuram and it’s architecture. Thirty-five visually impaired school students were taken on a one day trip to Mahabalipuram on 8th April, 2023.

Students with trainers resting under a tree

Meeting parents of visually impaired students

Meeting the parents of the children who are enrolled at Karna Vidya Foundation, to understand the learning level of the students and to understand the expectations of the parents with regard to the academic development of students. Thirty parents participated in the event conducted at KVF, Guindy centre on 2nd April, 2023 and explained their expectation for their child's academics.

Students and parents along with Karna Vidya Foundation staff members in the meeting room

Smart Phone Accessing Workshop for the Visually Impaired

Purpose of the workshop was
To instill confidence to pursue education through mobile device to nurture an independent and accessible learning environment.
Hands on experience was given to the participants on mobile operation with the help of external keyboard and without external keyboard.
Illustrate and demonstrate the mobile Devices and applications for independent mobile operation to carry out academic and personal routines.
Discussed the challenges and provide solution in carrying out academic routines through mobile device.

Venue: The Faculty of Disability Management and Special Education, Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Educational and Research Institute, Coimbatore.

This workshop was held between on 9th Feb, 2023 and 10th Feb, 2023

Orientation and Mobility Workshop for the Visually Impaired

Purpose of the Orientation and Mobility workshop for the visually impaired was to
To instill confidence to pursue education through technology to nurture an independent and accessible learning environment.
Illustrate and Demonstrate the Devices and applications for independent mobility.
Discuss the barrier in mobility and provide appropriate solutions for it.

This workshop was held at The Faculty of Disability Management and Special Education, Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Educational and Research Institute, Coimbatore on 31st Jan 2023 to 1st Feb 2023 by Mr Sasikumar.

Exposure Visit to Guindy National Park

Eight students enrolled for the Data Entry Operator course were taken for an exposure visit to the Guindy National Park

Purpose of the event was to
To provide hands on experience in event management role.
To develop planning skill, coordination skills, presentation skills and team leading skills among the trainees.
Share responsibilities
to plan and complete the task. Work with common people to get the work done.

Participants seen walking along the pathway in Guindy park. Deers are too seen in the picture

KVF Stall International Disability Day- Purple Bazaar-Visually Impaired

To create awareness of the assistive devices and opportunities in education and employment for the Person’s with Visual Impairment. Four school going children enrolled at KarnaVidya showcased the various assistive devices for the visually impaired.

Venue and date: Kalaivanar Arangam on 3rdDecember, 2022

children and KVF staff holding KVF banner

Placement Meet-FreshWorks

Interaction with the students about the importance of Career planning and its opportunity by Senior official from FreshWorks. Fifteen candidates participated in the placement meet.

Venue and date: Karna Vidya Foundation, Guindy centre on 1st December 2022

Science Trip For The Visually Impaired பகிர் மகிழ்

One day science trip was organised in association with Flextronics Technologies (India) Private Limited

Children were taken to Anna Centenary Library and Birla Planetarium on 10th November, 2022

Teaching English Workshop

Teaching Engish to Learners with Visual Impairment through Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL)”

Ms. Srilakshmi, a school student of Grade-8 from Karna Vidya Technology Centre, Guindy has helped for ‘live demonstration’ of Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL)  project, demonstrated by Janani G (Kvf Intern)

Venue: Shrimathi Devkunvar Nanalal Bhatt Vaishnav College For Women, Chromepet on 28thOctober 2022

Tactile Graphics Workshop

Two KVF staff attended the workshop to create and explore various tactiles for the use of visually impaired

Venue and Date: IIT Madras Campus on 16th October 2022

employers are seen standing and interacting with visually impaired students