2017 – DONATED A BRAILLE WRITER TO SANDAGALA SCHOOL, KURUNEGALA

With the generous support of DOT supporters a Braille Writer (Rs 140,000) was donated on June 2017 to the principal of Sandagala School Kurunegala, by one of our DOT Supporters Sirimewan Basnayaka.

Sandagala School (located near Kurunegala  is providing education to 110 students out of which 15 are blind, 75 are deaf and 20 are mentally handicapped.

The principal, Mr. Sumith has been in this school for more than 15 years. He has been a teacher, the deputy principal and now the principal of this same school. There are 19 teachers.

Currently this, school has only one working Braille machine. The principal says it would be wonderful to have 15 Braille machines to be used by each student.