Balukaka, 87 [As on end 2012] is an retired employee of State Bank of India and volunteer of Satya Sai Sevak Samiti. On retirement he volunteered for reading books for blind students at Deaf & Dumb School. That gave students a lot of happiness. The hurdle for the blind students was lack of books in Graduation & Post Graduation [FYBA to TYBA, MA, B Ed] Balukaka got a mission and with his determination of recording books for college going blind students. He got books and volunteers and created library of 4022+ Audio Cassettes. He ensured the cassettes where sent to respective students and also collected back as well the quality of the recording was maintained. He wished blind students could do B Ed, M Ed. A lot of students who got cassettes from him are today working on well paying jobs.
He ensured best practice where maintained when recording the cassettes so none of the blind students would find any difficulty. Every cassette was marked with book name and number. He used new cassettes for every recording. He also duplicated the cassettes as needed to avoid repeat recording. He promoted readers to speak their name and contact number in every cassette to ensure blind students can approach the reader in case of difficulty. He never took the money for the expenses incurred from poor blind students.
He also helped blind students to get writers for their exams. [ All University and School board do not provide writers to blind students] This activity had helped more than 45 blind students to graduate. He has dedicated his entire retired life and majority of his wealth to this noble cause. His activities acted as motivation for Shri Kantibhai who than found Navjyot Andhjan Mandal.
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