Empowering The Blind | Tiffany Brar | TEDxVITVellore

In this talk, Tiffany Brar shares her stories and experiences on how she overcame numerous obstacles and is creating path breaking change in ways to empower the blind. Her story instills every listener to be inspired by her efforts to educate and train the visually impaired people in India Tiffany Brar is a young woman who is determined to bring a change into the lives of the visually impaired and is an active contributor to the "Braille without Borders" initiative. Tiffany launched her own project Jyothirgamaya, meaning from darkness to light. ‘Jyothirgamaya,’ that envisages to bring learning to the doorstep of blind children and is the first of its kind mobile blind school project in the country. The school is a three-wheeler vehicle equipped with a computer, printer, braille slates and white canes that are carried to homes across the city in Kerala. Tiffany’s goal in life is to indulge the blind in innovative and gratifying channels so that they flourish and thrive in life. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx