Indian Association for The Blind, Madurai (IAB)

INTRODUCTION:

Indian Association for The Blind, Madurai (IAB) is a Role Model Organization with consistent, concrete achievements in all the fields over the last two decades with a Higher Secondary School, a vocational rehabilitation centre, computer training, recording unit, a computerized Braille press, tutorial centre for the students under distance education and so on with nearly 300 blind inmates at our own built campus. Kindly go through our website www.theiab.org to know more about our activities and please visit us or depute your representatives to know about our genuineness.




To highlight the Bi-centennial Birth anniversary of Louis Braille – A TOUCH OF GENIUS - an excellent person who has carved a pathway for the Visually Challenged with his innovation of 6 Embossed dots known as BRAILLE. We have proposed to undertake some activities in remembrance of this great man. One of the main projects is the Production & Distribution of Braille Books in Tamil.




OBJECTIVE:

Visually Challenged people especially Muslims have no access to abundant Islamic literature available as there are no Islamic books available in Braille.As a part of our project we have decided to first produce one Islamic book which would give a basic knowledge of Islam .The name of the bok and the other details are as follows:




S.NO
BOOK NAME
AUTHORS NAME
PRINT PAGE
BRAILLE PAGE
RATE FOR MASTER COPY (Rs.20/ Braille page)
COST OF ADDITIONAL 20 COPIES (Rs.2/ Braille page)
TOTAL COST

1
Ithuthan Islam
( Muslim Literature)
Maulana Syed Abul A’laa Maudoodi
150
225
4500
9000
13500

FINANCIAL ABSTRACT:

Kindly note that one printed page comes up to 1.5 to 2 pages while converting it in to Braille. The cost for the preparation of the Master CD is Rs.20/- per Braille page as it involves a lengthy process such as Data Entry, conversion to Braille, alignment, proof reading and so on. The printing cost for additional copy is Rs.2/- per Braille page. We require a minimum of 20 copies initially to supply one copy to all the 20 Blind schools all over Tamilnadu free of cost. If further demand arises, we shall sell the books on subsidized rates.




RELEASE OF BOOKS:




We have planned to release the books on Jan 4th 2009 – LOUIE BRAILLE DAY




Conclusion:

A normal person can acquaint his knowledge by the ample resources available. But in case of differently- able people we have to take some measures for them to flourish and enhance their knowledge. Ignorance and dullness is also a darkness which has to be removed. It should not be a hindrance for them to survive. This proposal is to enrich spiritual knowledge in visually challenged and strengthen their Imaan of our fellow Muslim brothers and sisters which would be a priceless task. Kindly consider this proposal in order distribute books among the visually challenged and to enlighten their knowledge. You can contact us for further explanations about this project.




MODE OF PAYMENT:




ACCOUNT NAME :IAB TRUST

ACCOUNT NUMBER :601601081692

BANK NAME :ICICI BANK

BRANCH NAME :K.K.NAGAR, MADURAI

S.M.A.JINNAH
Founder & Secretary general,
Indian Association for the Blind
Sundarajanpatty,
Alagarkoil Main Road,
Arumbanoor Post,
Madurai - 625 104.
Tamil Nadu
India.
Web : www.theiab.org
Ph : +91 452 3291576