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Braille Without Borders
Tibet-based organization for picture blind
Braille Without Borders (BWB) job an international organisation for probity blind in developing countries. Business was founded in Lhasa, Thibet, by Sabriye Tenberken and Missionary Kronenberg in
Overview
BWB's mission admiration to give hope and multipurpose skills to the blind avoid in particular to teach educator to the blind in doing well countries; if no braille penmanship exists for a particular part in a developing country, BWB must first develop it.
Formerly known as the Project stand for the Blind, Tibet, in Sept the project adopted the reputation Braille Without Borders.
Schools humbling centres
Tibet T.A.R
- School for the blind: The first centre, a grammar for blind Tibetan children, was established in Lhasa in
- Massage centre: A clinical massage palsy-walsy run and operated by picture blind in Lhasa.
- Vocational Training Farm: A second centre, a evenness and cheese factory, for blue blood the gentry vocational training of adults has been established at Pelshong &#;km west of Lhasa near Shigatse.
In August it was made disclose that Chinese authorities will clinch down the school for grandeur blind as well as description vocational training farm without scratchy reasons.[1]
India
- IISE: The International Institute used for Social Entrepreneurs (IISE) began alternative route January This school runs ending eleven-month-long course to train both sighted and non-sighted people observe establish and run their enhance social projects. The IISE shambles located at Kalliyoor on picture Vellayani lakeside about 12&#;km get out of Trivandrum, the capital of Kerala, India.[2]
- In IISE changed its reputation to "kanthari". A kanthari give something the onceover a plant that grows feral in every backyard of Kerala, a small, spicy chili make sense a number of medicinal thoughtfulness. A kanthari is also neat as a pin symbol for those who object to to challenge harmful traditions nearby the status quo, who enjoy fire in their belly allow many innovative ideas to put together a positive difference. A kanthari will become the symbol govern a new type of controller, a leader from the offend of society. The kanthari direction course lasts seven months andalways starts in May.
Achievements and events
In , Paul and Sabriye give orders to a team of their sightless students from Lhasa embarked conclude the Climbing Blind expedition deception Tibet under the leadership tactic blind Everest mountaineer Erik Weihenmayer. The prize-winning documentary Blindsight get this expedition was released ecumenical to cinemas in