History
Lady IDA Augusta Rieu, daughter of the Late John Adwards J.P. of Ireland was with her husband at Karachi and other 12 places in Sindh till 1917. During her stay in Karachi and elsewhere she devoted her life to various activities for her social welfare, chiefly amongst the poor »»Read More.
Visitor's Message
“what a nice school! How wonderful it is to be with you my sons and daughters! Always be happy and cheerful. Never curse your fate. You can do every thing in this world” HELEN KELLER’s message to the students of IDA RIEU when she visited the school in 1956. »»Read More..
DAISY
A TECHNOLOGY THAT CAN ASSIST THOSE WITH IMPAIRMENT DYSLESIA AND LEARNING DISABILITIES
VISUAL
DAISY (Digital Accessible Information System) is an open International Standard for accessible multimedia and for producing digital talking books as well and in near future US Publishing Law will make it compulsory for all books to be published in Daisy Technology.
DAISY FOR ALL PROJECT
Daisy for All (DFA in short) mission is to deploy DAISY Technology and address goals and objectives which include capacity building in developing countries and to serve as a catalyst to generate broader alliances supporting the global sharing of human knowledge in the information Society DAISY for All is funded by the Nippon Foundation as a five years project starting from 2003. Its target region is Asia.
The Ida Rieu under the collaboration with the Rotary Club of Karachi Midcity has established a Digital Talking Books Section the Daisy Way in our Computer Lab with most modern facilities and with more sophisticated equipments. The Daisy Way is proving very helpiul and assistive for the blind and print disabled persons.
We have trained two of our teachers who are working on this project. We are appreciate of the efforts of Mr. Dipindra Minocha and also Rotarian Azhar Rizvi who took keen interest in this project from the very beginning and has donated a Soundproof Recording Booth in memory of his beloved mother.