New Delhi (thestates.news)| In an initiative that would help lakhs of visually impaired people, global consulting firm EY has partnered with National Association for the Blind (NAB) wherein the EY employees will record over 40,000 pages for the audiobooks and create “Talking Books” for blinds.
EY India has partnered with the NAB to create over 600 audiobooks, aiming to benefit more than 1,00,000 people with visual impairment across India. The initiative is part of EY Ripples program, where EY employees devote their time to Sustainable Development Goals (SDG-focused) projects, bringing together their combined skills, knowledge and experience to positively impact wider sections of the society, it said in a release.
Named ‘Talking Books’, this is the second edition of the initiative by EY Ripples team in collaboration with NAB to enable enhanced availability of learning resources for the personal development of several members of the visually impaired community. As part of the initiative, EY employees will record over 40,000 pages for the audiobooks in a period of one month.(UNI)
EY to create over 600 audiobooks for visually impaired people; partners with NAB
