Esha is part of the Social
Innovation Program (SIP) of the School of Inspired Leadership (SOIL), were the business
school partners up with 25 NGOs. The students from SOIL work with an NGO
throughout the year identify the critical projects and needs of the NGO and
contribute towards fostering its growth. Every year four students from SOIL
team up with Esha. This year it was our turn to join hands with Esha and our
first task was to conduct a blind walk. We were asked to choose a small stretch
in a public place for doing the blind walk.
The experience we had after conducting
the walk was incredible. The moment we closed our eyes and started walking towards
the target area, which we felt was very close by and easily reachable we were
proven wrong. After a few steps we felt it really challenging. We were just
guided by our ears.
The place sounded pretty crowded,
every step was taken with so much effort not to hit anyone around. The fear
that we might fall anytime made it even more difficult. It took us 15 minutes
each to cover the stretch which would normally take a minute or two to cover.
There was one among us who found it quite easy, as he recently had an eye
surgery and had already experienced walking without the support of vision.
The activity also caught the
attention of the mixed crowd at Galleria, they were pretty curious as to what
was going around. It created a lasting impact in us which would drive us
further!!
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