Students in grades 3-5 at Creek Valley made braille books to send to the Devnar Foundation for the Blind in Hyderabad, India, organized for Global Youth Service Day by EHS junior Chetana Guthikonda.
Guthikonda, a member of the HandsOn Twin Cities Youth Advisory Board, created the project based on whether it was simple, sustainable and affordable.
She contacted the school in India to ask about its needs before deciding on the project.
Students created books for beginner readers with words like giraffe, bear, tiger and lion spelled in braille. Each book cost less than $1 to make in Edina, compared with more than $1,000 with a braille machine.
Making the books teaches Edina students about braille while teaching students in India how to read, Guthikonda said.
(Sun Current staff photos by Lisa Kaczke)
source: http://www.current.mnsun.com / Sun Current / Home> Education / by Lisa Kaczke / May 09th, 2014
Really cool! congrats Aakash