EY partners with the National Association for the Blind for ‘Talking Books’
EY employees will record over 40,000 pages for the audiobooks in a period of one month National, 20 December 2024 . EY India has partnered with the National Association for the Blind (NAB) to create over 600 audiobooks, aiming to benefit more than 1,00,000 people with visual impairment across India. The initiative is part of EY Ripples program, where EY employees devote their time to SDG-focused projects, bringing together their combined skills, knowledge and experience to positively impact wider sections of the society. Named ‘Talking Books’, this is the second edition of the initiative by EY Ripples team in collaboration with NAB to enable enhanced availability of learning resources for the personal development of several members of the visually impaired community. As part of the initiative, EY employees will record over 40,000 pages for the audiobooks in a period of one month. There are an estimated 5 million blind people in India (0.36% of the total population), 35 milli...