A bus for a blind school
The Bhairuratan Damani Blind School is a residential school for visually-impaired students established in 1987 by late Shamsundar Toshniwal, a member of RC Solapur North, RID 3132. The club has equipped the school with all basic facilities including a braille library, gender-specific toilets, bedrooms, kitchen and dining hall, need-based classrooms, trained teachers and caretakers for the students. Vocational training such as making candles, handloom products, bags and artificial flowers are also imparted here for them.
![Members of RC Solapur North at the inaugural of the new bus at the school.](https://rotarynewsonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/A-bus-for-a-blind-school.gif)
Although the school has residential facility, there are some day scholars for whom regular commute was a challenge. The parents were hesitant to send their children to school by public transport because of their handicap. So last year, the club under the leadership of Nihar Burte, facilitated a 30-seater bus costing ₹27 lakh, gifted by Shriram Reddy, an entrepreneur, to the school.
The club is planning to set up a computer lab with braille-supporting hardware and software at the school and also help in marketing the handmade products made by the students.