Braille library plays a critical role in education in 2021.
Braille House has launched their “End of Financial Year Fundraising Campaign” and this year it features Eva who is 8 years old and is a Braille reader. Eva became a member of the Braille House library after she attended the Braille Challenge which is a reading and writing challenge designed to encourage Braille usage and also to promote friendship and camaraderie for children who are blind or have low vision.
Vision is the most dominant of our senses and plays a critical role in every facet and stage of our lives. We take our vision for granted, but without vision, we struggle to learn to walk, to read, to participate in school, and to work. Vision loss occurs when an eye condition affects the visual system and one or more of its vision functions. Vision impairment has serious consequences for the individual across their lifetime. Braille House empowers people who are blind or have low vision to be literate and to be able to read whatever they want.
These tiny dots support them to live independently, attain their desired level of education, increase their chances for employment and enable them to interact with communities just like everyone else. This campaign is running nationally and Braille House hopes to get the message to people who can help them to produce more Braille.
The end of the financial year is a time of year where many businesses and individuals are looking to donate because of the tax deduction. This works when an amount of $2 or more is donated to an eligible non-profit organisation, such as Braille House.
“If you can find a way to help support Eva and others with low or no vision with a donation, it will make a world of difference” Said Richard Barker, General Manager of Braille House.