It was their first visit and they struck the right chord with Bengaluru. Driven by a motto just giving the 16-member undergraduate students from De Montfort University, Leicester, United Kingdom, made their two-week stay memorable by raising 8,000 pounds (approximately Rs 7.92 lakh) for the Sheila Kothavala Institute for the Deaf on Old Airport Road.
The team made an artistic impression too they painted the assembly hall of the school and adorned it with artworks. The India Immersion programme was organized by the Bharat Welfare Trust (BWT), UK, a British charity organization.
The fund was raised through JustGiving online forum. For 19-year-old Dushal Limbani, learning basic sign language to interact with nearly 155 school children and serving them mid-day meals was an exhilarating experience.
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