Your contribution is spent on two flagship projects unless otherwise specified:
Educational Sponsorship Program
The sponsorship covers the cost of tuition fees, and hostel fees levied by colleges and a small sum to cover their Braille updates, lunch expenses, internet etc. The students are given sponsorship of INR 12,000/- (US$ 140) for day scholars and maximum of INR 30,000/- (US$ 340) for hostel students. The Foundation is partnered with around 200 Colleges across the Country in 14 states. Most of the Colleges are NAAC rated and few of them are rated as top Universities to study in India.
Empowering through Mobility and Education Training (EMET) Program
One of the problems faced by visually-impaired graduates is employability. Mere education does not help them in the real world. They need to acquire several other skills to enable gainful employment. Technology, and the expanding digital world, has made it possible for people with visual impairment to cross the boundaries of confinement and enter the mainstream. In the light of this, HTBF has helped facilitate the process of integrating the visually-impaired with the mainstream by using a special skills training program called the EMET or the Empowering through Mobility and Education Training. It costs an average of INR 30,000 (US$ 340) per student per year (two year program) and a lap top for each student costs an average of INR 50,000 (US$ 600).
