Braille Without Borders
Tibet-based organization for the blind From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tibet-based organization for the blind From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Braille Without Borders (BWB) is an international organisation for the blind in developing countries. It was founded in Lhasa, Tibet, by Sabriye Tenberken and Paul Kronenberg in 1998.
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| Abbreviation | BWB |
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| Formation | 1998 |
| Founder | Sabriye Tenberken, Paul Kronenberg |
| Founded at | Lhasa, Tibet, China |
BWB's mission is to give hope and practical skills to the blind and in particular to teach braille to the blind in developing countries; if no braille script exists for a particular language in a developing country, BWB must first develop it.
Formerly known as the Project for the Blind, Tibet, in September 2002 the project adopted the name Braille Without Borders.
In August 2017 it was made public that Chinese authorities will shut down the school for the blind as well as the vocational training farm without giving reasons.[1]
In 2004, Paul and Sabriye and a team of their blind students from Lhasa embarked upon the Climbing Blind expedition in Tibet under the leadership of blind Everest mountaineer Erik Weihenmayer. The prize-winning documentary Blindsight about this expedition was released worldwide to cinemas in 2006.
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