We thank Mrs. Uma Kalyani from Uma’s Nutriyoga. She is a well known dietitian, yoga trainer and nutritionist. She conducted a wonderful session on nutrition and healthy diet during our summer vocational camp exclusively for teachers. In this interactive session, she interacted with the teachers from Malappuram and Palakad who asked many interesting questions regarding prevention of lifestyle diseases, what is insulin, healthy diet practice and so on .

We thank Mrs.Uma Kalyani and the participants of this session for spending their valuable time and making this session more meaningful and significant.

A Small Initiative

“Big achievements come one small advantage at a time, one step at a time, one day at time”.

Yes, even a small initiative make a lot of change in the life of other people. Click to know more on how our empowerment training program has made changes in the life of blind people.

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“Break the barriers and stereotypes” is what we teach our blind students.

We took our current batch students to  GOGOLAND, located in the Poovar Islands, Trivandrum which is famous for adventurous sports.

Our blind students actively participated in rock climbing, trampoline and other play activities which was a very different experience for our students. It was a wonderful unique and exciting experience for the whole Jyothirgamaya team.

We thank GOGOLAND, team members and volunteers who helped us in making this trip a memorable one.

Our Founder participated in the Mathrubhumi International Festival, a literary festival organised in Kerala every year with eminent writers and literary personalities. Our Founder had an opportunity to interact with Sudha Murthy who is an Indian educator, author and philanthropist and chairperson of the Infosys Foundation.

What inspired our Founder was her love for fellow human beings, her zest and inner passion to serve the community. She spoke to our Founder about her encounter with many visually challenged people. She is also an ardent supporter of Khanthari, where our Founder marked her beginning.

Our Founder was honoured by “The Election Commission of India” as a state disability icon for spreading awareness about voter’s right and importance of inclusive elections.

Our Founder is indeed privileged to receive this honour from the Honourable Governor of Kerala, Shri Arif Mohammad Khan and the Election Commission of Kerala.

Our Founder, Tiffany Brar gave an insightful talk on “Disability and Inclusion” at the book festival conducted by Trivandrum parliament.

She told her story , the challenges she faced and stressed on the importance of “UNIVERSAL ACCESSIBILITY” of public spaces and digital information and urged all government officials to listen to the voices of the unheard and lift them up.

She enlightened them about the laws protecting the rights of people with disabilities. The honourable speaker presented memento to our founder.

Our Jyothirgamaya Foundation is indeed pleased and overjoyed to experience a multi cultural interaction with the participants of Kanthari an international institute for leadership and social entrepreneurs, in Trivandrum, Kerala .

The Founder of Kanthari and Braille without Borders Sabriye Tenberken also visited us along with her participants and co-catalyst Andrea from Germany. Sabriye Tenberken has been a mentor to Tiffany Brar since her young days. Sabriye Tenberken is too a visually challenged and has sowed the seeds of inspiration for many Blind people to live independently.

She and the participants interacted with our students asking them questions about their learning at Jyothirgamaya Foundation.

They also asked the students what their future plans and dreams are.

We all had a wonderful interaction.

On the 13th of November was the “Big Carnival’’ that we were all waiting for.

Our students took part in the DISABILITY OLYMPICS which was organised by the Big FM and Big Friends.Our students actively participated in short put, running, long jump, solo song and other activities.

It was indeed a wonderful experience for them.

We anticipate a very good collaboration with Big Friends and Sanathalayam in the future.

We really thank them for including our organisation in all its programs and giving a wonderful experience to our students.

Our Founder, Tiffany Brar has been the icon for the Kerala State Election Commission since the year 2018, advocating for inclusive and accessible elections.

On the National Election Virtual Commission meeting held last Friday, our Founder actively participated in the office of the Chief Electoral Officer of Kerala.

She represented Kerala in the virtual meeting and spoke about accessible voting and inclusive voting. She also gave a suggestion on providing training to people with disabilities on the voting app and its accessible interface.

The meeting was also attended by the Kerala Disability Commissioner and Director of Social Justice along with all the icons for persons with disabilities from other states and The Election Commission at national level in New Delhi.

The first ever inclusive fashion show Jyothirgamaya takes part in proudly.

Olympics and other activities for people with disabilities is being organised on the 13th of November by Big Friends, Big FM and Sanathalaya. In view of this, as a promotion Big Friends organised an inclusive fashion show on the 5th of November, Saturday which included people with disabilities, cancer patients and other achievers.

Our Jyothirgamaya students participated whole heartedly in this fashion show. We were also joined by Sristi KC, the Founder of Blind Rocks, an organisation working for inclusive arts and which is known worldwide.

Sristi KC is an international dance performer, a motivational speaker and a lover of inclusive arts and fashion. This fashion show was a wonderful experience for our students. Our students Manoj, Rajesh Heera, Adarsh and Christi all took part in this event. They looked magnificent in their costumes.

They were all presented with gifts by Big MJ Sumi and Kidilam Firoz from 92.7 Big FM. We thank all the Big friends team and everyone else who made this event a great success.