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Naseema Mohammed Amin HurzukRegion: Kolhapur
She is paraplegic since the age of 16 and lives in Kolhapur. She looked beyond herself and founded ‘Helpers of the Handicapped’, an NGO that has assisted in the rehabilitation and employment of over 8,000 people.
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Rahul Vasantrao DeshmukhRegion: Pune
He has been visually impaired since birth. Rahul comes from a family of agricultural workers and went to Pune to do his schooling at a blind school. While in class XII, he started Snehankit (Association for the Non-seeing Friends) that helps the visually impaired, in particular the youth from rural Maharashtra, to achieve independence, self-confidence and dignity. Snehankit now also offers training on basic MS Office skills andprogramming languages like C and C++ using speech enabled software – JAWS to the visually impaired.
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