Pragnachakshu Mahila Seva Kunj

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Surendranagar, India
Women

200+Blind Beneficiaries
1200Handicaps Beneficiaries
70Employees

About

Established in May 1995, Shri Kulinbhai Luthiya of “Manav Jyot”, a resident of Mumbai inaugurated Pragna Chakshu Mahila Kunj. They assisted the noble cause to improve the socio-economic and educational status of the blind women. The founders (Mr. Pankaj Darji and Mrs. Mukta Dagli) of the organization took a momentous decision to adopt the blind thrown out girls and bring all happiness into their lives. These girls were mostly from the remote village areas of Saurashtra, Gujarat, and Assam. In general, 120 blind women have already trained under this program. At present, around 200 girls are taken care off under the organization. They aimed to provide with the amenities of food, shelter, education, and clothing without charging a penny.

Vision

“Their vision is to empower and encourage the disabled to be self-reliant and provide services to work steadily in the different fields.”

Mission

“The mission of the organization is to make the blind girls self-employed by giving vocational training and educating them in varied fields.”

Certification Names

Rashtrapati award
Mahatma Mahavir award
Nilam Kanga award

Our Journey

Being blind themselves, the founders (Mr. Pankaj Darji and Mrs. Mukta Dagli) started this organization near Surendranagar. They began by adopting four blind girls and at present, are proud parents of 200 blind girls. The vision was to adopt the blind girls and sparkle their lives. They also looked after their shelter, clothes, food and education. The founders are also playing a parental role in marrying the blind girls to their blind counterparts leading to a prosperous life. The institution decided to cherish the lives of the blind girls and started different activities to learn through which they can be trained in different fields.

How is your money Spent?

All the money received from donations is spent on various day to day activities of the organization.

Activities

Education of Braille Script:-
To educate these blind girls, the program starts with basic teaching of Braille to read and write. They are also provided with the braille books to practice and learn more about the world.
Mobility Training :-
This training is imparted in such a way that blind girls can do entire cleaning of their house by themselves and also make all types of food items, feeding the members of the house and guests by making them independent. They are also trained to operate the household appliances such as domestic-mill, mixture, electric-plate, gas cylinder by themselves.
Computer Operating and Typing:-
Here language is not a barrier. With appropriate training given in both Hindi and English young girls are able to to operate the computer with the use of the latest voice assistance.
Teacher Training Center:-
In the state of Gujarat, there are only two centers giving training to the blinds in fields of teaching. Unfortunately, there is no training center offering services in the field of mentally retarded but for deaf-dumb, you will find one in the entire Saurashtra-Kutch at Bhavnagar. And that’s the reason why all the aspiring young men and women are unable to get admission here. As a result, the NGO began to prepare teachers for blind, deaf-dumb and mentally retarded children after obtaining the approval of R.C.I. Delhi.
Along with this, the institution also provides training through different activities such as Craftwork, Beautician course, Music and Dance, Electric Wiring, Cloth sewing and Embroidery as well as Physiotherapy.
Pragnachakshu Mahila Seva Kunj also looks after the social development of the blind girls. Hence, they also help by marrying them to other blind counterparts. So that they can rehabilitate well in the mainstream of social life. They also own a maternity home.
Looking at the difficult problems faced by old blind ladies, the NGO has put a thought to run a separate home for them. At present, five such women are taking shelter in this home. The institution has also provided them with housekeepers so that they do not face any problem.