Dear Access Indians,
Greetings from Saksham! This mail is to announce the subsidy scheme available for the procurement of SmartCane. Saksham Trust is a non-profit organization devoted to the empowerment of persons with visual impairment and associated disabilities in India. Our organization plays a pivotal role in providing solution and services in assistive technologies, advocacy and services in the field of rehabilitation and education. At present, we have a very promising mobility aid named SmartCane, which fits onto the top fold of a foldable white cane and acts as a natural extension to it. To fulfill our conviction about empowering the community, we are working to create awareness, train and help procure newly emerged assistive technologies. We are delighted to announce our new subsidy scheme, which assists people in procuring this device at a subsidized price. A small number of devices are available at a subsidized rate of Rs. 400/ with the support of donors who would subsidize the total cost of Rs. 3,000/- by Rs. 2,600/-. These donations are for assisting persons with limited income, especially catering to students (schools, colleges) and young professionals who are highly mobile and travel for education and work. *Eligibility criteria* · Blind or severely low vision individuals who require assistance for their daily mobility · Users with a monthly disposable income, from all sources, under Rs. 20,000/- · Students in pursuing any course in universities or school *Verification documents* Income certificate and disability certificate are required for verification and would be submitted by the user to Saksham, New Delhi or partner organizations. *Note-* in case of minors or students, income certificate is not required, however, they will need to submit their school or college id card as a part of verification. Eligible beneficiaries will be enrolled by Saksham or their partner organization depending on their geographical location. Saksham will try to fulfill their requirement within 75 days of enrolment. Interested candidates please contact us (in the below email address) with following details: Name Gender Address Contact no. Monthly income We request you to call us on our helpline number: 011-64650655 We look forward to hearing from you -- Regards SmartCane Saksham 486 Double Storey, New Rajinder Nagar, New Delhi – 110 060, India Helpline : +91-11-64650655 Website : www.smartcane.saksham.org Email : [email protected] Clean India Campaign: Let us also chip in! Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
