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Mitra Jyothi

Bangalore, Electronic City

Disabled Education Poverty

Since: 27 year(s)

No. of beneficiaries :

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Mitra Jyothi initially worked for the empowerment of visually impaired people but subsequently extended its reach to cover people with other disabilities as well. Over the years, it has conducted a variety of training courses and support programmes to assist people with disability to become independent and instil in them the confidence to achieve their goals Show More

Mission

Jyothi provides accessible educational and general reading material to people with visual disability.

About The Founder

Ms. Madhu Singhal

Ms. Madhu Singhal was born in Harayana and spent her early life there. With great encouragement from her parents she attended regular school and learnt Braille from a teacher after school hours. While all children wrote with pen and pencil, she made her notes in Braille in the classroom. She was an ambitious and self driven child who fought against all odds to not only successfully complete her education but excelled all the way. She was the “Best Student” of her college and her passion for hindustani classical music led her to complete her Master’s degree in Hindustani music.

Ms. Madhu Singhal came to Bangalore in the early 80s. She wanted to do something significant for the cause of the blind, she wanted to use her life experiences and enrich the lives of others with the life lessons she had learnt.

Her brother-in-law Mr. G. P. Goyal encouraged her to drea Show More

Summary

Mitra Jyothi is a registered trust (under Indian Trust Act) located at Bangalore in the State of Karnataka and has been working for people with disability in general and visually impaired in particular for the past 26 years. Ms. Madhu Singhal founded Mitra Jyothi in 1990. Mitra Jyothi’s mission is to assist visually impaired individuals and enable them to lead independent and dignified lives through Education, Training, Counselling and Communication & Technology so as to integrate them into mainstream families and the society at large.

Mitra Jyothi has served thousands of disabled people in Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Bihar, Orissa and other states.