Stars Impact Award 2009- Sense International (India)

Sense International (India) has won a $100,000 award from the STARS Foundation. The award will assist us in our work throughout India. We were chosen for an Education Award because of our partnership approach. And for seting up South Asias first teacher training and mentoring course in deafblindness (combination of sight and hearing loss).

We are reaching out to 27,000 deafblind people in India and working with 37 partners in 19 states. The award will mean Sense International (India) can continue its programmes with some of the most vulnerable children in India. Our goal is to reach 70,000 deafblind people by 2017.

For more than ten years Sense International (India) has been empowering deafblind people in India. To be one of just six organisations in the world to receive this award is a real honour and demonstrates our track record for transforming deafblind peoples lives. We are deeply grateful to The STARS Foundation for the recognition but most of all it will help us to reach thousands more people and continue our campaigning work in the region.- Akhil Paul, Director of Sense International (India).

Please visit our website- www.senseintindia.org and donate generously!
Thanks!

Video Courtsey- Stars Foundation and Tim Short

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