Global Rainbow Foundation kick starts operations in India

The Global Rainbow Foundation Charitable Trust, kick started their operations in India in collaboration with the IIT Madras Research Park (IITMRP), India’s first University-based Research Park, and TorchIt.

The launch was marked by a cultural event that brought together over 50 People with Disabilities (PwD), in addition to experts across the disability domain and incubated assistive tech startups from the IITM Incubation Cell.

In addition to the launch, ten AI powered “Smart Canes” – developed by Torchit, were also distributed among beneficiaries.

Founded by former Mauritius education minister Prof. Armoogum Parsuramen in 2011, the Global Rainbow Foundation (GRF) was incepted with the aim of empowering differently abled persons and vulnerable groups through educating, enabling, and empowering persons with disabilities.

Across the last decade, GRF has worked extensively in Mauritius towards educating, enabling, empowering persons with disabilities, advocating for their rights and providing them with the opportunity for holistic human development so that they can lead a happy and rewarding life.

Original article at India CSR