Figure 1: Charles presenting to the Hack Davis crowd during the opening ceremony We arrived at UC Davis, Saturday morning, January 18th, as students poured into the ARC pavilion. At… read more →
Dear Friends, In January, we delivered over 2,055 ebooks for the Kenyan Curriculum to Dr. David Lewis Heritage Primary and Secondary Schools, in Kenya’s Kakamega County, and we trained the… read more →
At Benetech, we value diversity of background, thought, and life experience. We want our board to reflect our work and the communities we serve. I recently had the pleasure of… read more →
The Bookshare Global team is delivering on a bold plan to empower blind students to read and pursue education in India and South Asia. Vision plays a critical role in… read more →
Ensuring information is free and equally available to everyone through accessible ebooks Access to information is a fundamental human right, and local libraries play a critical role in ensuring this… read more →
Benetech’s Bookshare initiative was named a Zero Project 2020 Innovative Practice in inclusive education. The award recognizes organizations across the globe working to improve access to education for people with… read more →
Mother of two who is blind uses Bookshare to earn a college degree and increase employment opportunities in the Philippines “Dear Bookshare, I am 32 years old, a mother of… read more →
The 2020 Digital Essay Competition (DEC) program kicked off with regional visits to schools across Kenya. We have visited schools in Bungoma, Kakamega, Trans-Nzoia, Uasin-Gishu, Kiambu, Nyeri, Meru, and Samburu… read more →
The Impact of Not Fully Accommodating Students with Reading Barriers Adds Up One hundred eighty million. That is the number of times that we estimate a student with a disability cannot read a textbook during a school… read more →
Dear Friends, We’ve begun the 2020 Digital Essay Competition (DEC) with visits across Kenya to schools in Bungoma, Kakamega, Trans-Nzoia, Uasin-Gishu, Kiambu, Nyeri, Meru and Samburu Counties to recognize the… read more →
