Ten visually challenged are currently part of the livelihood project.
Lit The Light Trust, a Chennai-based non-profit known for connecting the visually challenged with scribes, has embarked on a livelihood project in wire chair canning.Launched recently with the support of various organisations, the project seeks to give visually challenged adept at wire chair canning a leg-up.To start with, 10 visually challenged persons drawn from various areas of Chennai are being offered advanced skill development and work opportunities.Barath SN, founder, Lit The Light Trust, says the biggest hurdles faced by these weavers are: getting work orders and difficulty in travelling to a customer’s place to undertake the work.Both these concerns have been addressed by Lit The Light Trust. “Voluntary Health Services (VHS) Multi Speciality Hospital in Taramani has a space by the name ‘Centre for Visual Rehabilitation’ where we can undertake training and design fresh chairs with wires,” says Barath.The plan is to make this space at VHS a one-stop point for this project. The Trust will be procuring raw materials that the visually challenged can work on from the premises.“They would also be happy to go to homes for repairs or recanning and the payment can be made directly to them. We are only the bridge helping them get work and market the products made by them,” says Barath.
