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Independence for Keerthana: braille note-taker
Help Keerthana get a braille note-taker so She can go to school independently.
🇮🇳 411342, Pune, Maharashtra, India1,415 views
I live with an amputation below the knee. My occupational therapist at Pune General Hospital has assessed me and recommended a braille note-taker. The public scheme doesn't cover it, and the quote from the supplier is $1,100.
My current equipment is 13 years old and keeps breaking, which has confined me to home for 12 weeks.
With the right equipment I could go to school independently. It would change my everyday life and my ability to work from home.
We've applied to two charities already and received small contributions; this campaign covers the rest.
Funds go toward the equipment, delivery, fitting and a year of servicing.
Where the $1,100 goes:
• braille note-taker: $980
• Fitting and training sessions: $45
• Delivery and set-up: $15
• First-year servicing plan: $60
Glad we found this place.
- Keerthana
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- Noah Davis 🇺🇸 · $100
- Indira S. Natarajan 🇮🇳 · $100
“All the best. Hope the December deadline works out. - Warangal”
- Claire B. Rojas 🇬🇧 · $78
- Shapla Shima Barua 🇮🇳 · $55
- Hiroshi Shun Okamoto 🇯🇵 · $50
“Hang in there. This is from my last paycheck, glad to do it. - Sapporo”
- Saima Mehwish Hussain 🇵🇰 · $50
- Francisco Roberto Amaral 🇧🇷 · $50
- Anonymous 🇬🇭 · $33
- Lokesh H. Pillai 🇮🇳 · $30
- Henrique Fábio Correia 🇧🇷 · $25
“Happy to help. Thought of Keerthana all day after reading this.”
- Bello Kayode Coker 🇳🇬 · $25
- Shirin Shahana Ahmed 🇧🇩 · $25
- Yetunde Grace Akinwale 🇳🇬 · $25
“Hang in there. Thought of Keerthana all day after reading this. - Port Harcourt”
- Marcos Enzo Costa 🇧🇷 · $25
“Hang in there. Hope you get the rest soon. - Feira de Santana”
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- Fatima Tayyaba Lashari 🇵🇰 · $20
- Erlangga Bayu Ramadhan 🇮🇩 · $20
- Malak Farah Cherif 🇪🇬 · $20
“Get well soon. Only $20 but hope it helps. - Cairo”
- Ronaldo Rodrigo Medeiros 🇧🇷 · $10
- Krishna R. Sethi 🇮🇳 · $10
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Stay strong. Shared it with a few friends. Sent it to 26 people at work. Take care.
Keep going, Keerthana. Look after yourselves too, caregivers need rest. All the best.
Rooting for you, Keerthana. Reading this made my day a bit heavier but I'm glad I did. The breakdown of costs made it easy to trust.
It takes guts to ask. Well done. My daughter saw me on my phone and now she wants to give her pocket money. Thinking of Pune
so sorry you're going through this, Keerthana. Your post was clear and honest. Our whole street has been following this since the weekend.