NAMV is dedicated to multi-faceted development of visually challenged students who want to pursue higher studies after passing SSC or 10th examination.
While others will start preparing for the celebration of Diwali vacations, a group of 30-35 visually challenged students in Pune will harness the opportunity to earn through a unique chocolate making activity at Niwant Andh Mukta Vikasalay (NAMV).
NAMV is dedicated to multi-faceted development of visually challenged students who want to pursue higher studies after passing SSC or 10th examination. The students are taught all the core subjects in addition to imparting skill training that would enable them to integrate into the society with dignity. This year, around 35 students pursuing their education at various levels are engaged in chocolate making activity which would manufacture and sell around 700 kg of chocolates this Diwali.
The founder of Niwant Andh Mukta Vikasalay, Meera Anand Badwe, said, "With more than 1,000 students associated with Niwant, we have created 15 Braille libraries for the visually challenged. Chocolate making is yet another activity which will happen during Diwali holidays."
He says, "This year too, it was these students who went to Mumbai markets to buy raw material. We have already started making chocolates at Niwant."
This year, Nilesh Bavdhankar, a third year BA student of Wadia College in Pune, who hails from Sangli, is heading the team which will make 700 kgs of chocolate. 10-12 partially sighted students are assigned the responsibility of melting the dark chocolate by heating and putting it in the moulds. After this, the moulds are kept for cooling. The students then wrap these handcrafted chocolates in attractive and colourful paper of various sizes and shapes..
The state of the art recording and documenting facility is also run by these visually impaired students. Details and every day records of such activities as well as every student's daily work records are maintained by the students minutely. These students are then paid after being assessed on their work. Profits are shared between the students after Diwali celebrations are over. Many students pay their fees or send the money back home or even help out other students of their school.
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