The Foundation wishes to start a residential montessori, for visually impaired little girls, coming from economically backward homes. The immediate objectives are, to train the girls while in residence for 15/18 months, to be self sufficient and to teach them the beginnings of Braille, preparing them for inclusive education, and inclusive existence, as honourable, contributing citizens of our country, of this world, so that they can go back to their homes and live well in an integrated society.

Parents, peers, teachers in the child's life will all be given some training on how to handle disability of this nature.

A residential Montessori for the visually impaired is a new concept, and NAI DISHA will be the first of its kind in India. It is a 2 storey building with provision for another floor. The ground floor works as the training centre, and the first floor has bedrooms, with up to 7 girls in a room. The girls will be  trained at this home, to be later absorbed in inclusive education, along with normal, sighted children, where the teachers have training in methods of taking care of such children.

We are in touch with Mr. Jabesh Dutt, founder director of Divine Fellowship Blind School , a very well established residential home for visually impaired boys and girls from 4 to 16 years of age. Their programmes aim to build self-sufficiency by helping the visually impaired people meet three basic needs: Education, Rehabilitation and Integration. These are the objectives of our proposed NAI DISHA, too.

Calcutta Foundation is working towards establishing NAI DISHA.