Rainbow Club Nepal for the Blind was established in 1995 , based on the wishes of the teachers of Namuna Machindra Residential Secondary School, Lagankhel were fulfilled with financial support from Japanese blind person and social worker Morio Masuda. He supported to purchase a piece of land in Thaiba, Lalitpur and supported to construct a building for the club, Mr. Masuda contributed to the development of inclusive education and promoting opportunities for Nepali blind students to advance the learning materials in Braille script. He opened opportunity of inclusion of learners with visual impairment in education by providing many Braille books of international level from Japan. This organization has supported students of Namuna Machhindra School with Braille material, Braille paper, Abacus, audio tape books and scholarships to many visually impaired students since its establishment following its objective. After the untimely demise of Mr. Masao in 2001, the organization could not carry out its regular work as planned. The board was functional in the leadership of Mr. Aishworya Man Vaidhya, the club extended collaboration with the schools in the local community of Thaiba and linked them with Japanese schools to establish sisterhood relationship. The students exchange programs were continued for a couple …read more