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“Arunodaya (sunrise) for the blind program: this program continued to be our flagship initiative in 2023, focusing on identifying and supporting visually impaired children from remote regions of india. It consumed approximately 70% of our resources. Number of blind children in the program: 187 (156 new enrollments in 2023) number of mentors (daily teachers): 79 number of special educators with expertise to teach blind children: 29 expanded to new regions: added andhra pradesh as our 5th state of operation added three new districts in uttar pradesh: kannauj, farrukhabad, and ghazipur. Inaugurated a resource room cum office in auraiya, uttar pradesh, serving as a library with braille books. Published two books: "arunodaya - dawn of enlightenment and emancipation- and "ananya - curriculum book" organized a conference on "prevention and treatment of visual challenges and educating children and adults with blindness" from 30-31 october 2023 in new delhi with more than 200 participants including experts from india, australia, mauritius, ireland, and the us. Impact: 561 (187 children and their parents); 5 states in india: uttar pradesh, west bengal, chhattisgarh, madhya pradesh, and andhra pradesh”

“High school leadership program: conducted 103+ webinars with 60+ professional mentors served 249 students across 4 partner schools in india and nepal organized the fifth annual entrepreneurship bootcamp in partnership with firstsource solutions limited conducted the third i-search project focused on sustainability & waste management signed mous with two partner schools: lamdon model senior secondary school (leh, ladakh) and n.k. Singh memorial english preparatory school (kathmandu, nepal). Impact: 249 students and their teachers across india and nepal”

“Internship program for us students: hosted interns from prestigious institutions: 4 students from new york university wagner school of public service (capstone project) 4 students from massachusetts institute of technology (spring 2023) 3 students from harvard university (february 2023) 2 students from mit for summer projects (data analysis and website development) nyu interns conducted fieldwork in auraiya, uttar pradesh to assess the arunodaya program's impact. Impact: meaningful contributions to program assessment and development while providing valuable experience to 13 university students.”

“4th accomplishment active learning program: formed new partnerships with sri ramakrishna mission college of education (coimbatore, india) and the avenues world school (so paulo, brazil) conducted 11 webinars with 30 active participants implemented a four-week training program covering mathematics, science, english, and social science student teachers from college of education prepared and delivered lessons using active learning strategies to students at avenues global school expected impact: all participating student teachers and their future students will benefit from improved teaching methodologies. 5th accomplishment nurturing youth leadership program: collaborated with 8 exceptional high school students serving as "ambassadors of change" from the us, india, and nepal supported various student-led initiatives: the "said" project for public speaking development the "eye to eye" initiative to integrate blind students into visual classrooms a micro greens project promoting environmental awareness sessions on stephen covey's 'seven habits of highly effective people' mathematics fair for high school leadership program students impact: direct benefit to program participants and indirect benefit to hundreds of students through ambassador-led initiatives”