[Blindtlk] fw: [nabs-l] fwd: Brailler for Haiti

[Chris Nusbaum]

Hi everyone,

I think this is a wonderful cause and one worth supporting! As 
blind people, most of us know how important Braille is to us in 
our daily lives (and the sighted people I'm forwarding this to 
know how important it is to the blind people you are associated 
with,) so let's help blind children who are less fortunate learn 
the code so they too can experience literacy, both for learning 
and for pleasure! If you have a Braillewriter that could be 
donated for the kids in Haiti, please contact Amelia Dickerson at 
ameliadickerson at gmail.com or me at dotkid.nusbaum at gmail.com.  If 
you contact me, I will forward your email to Amelia.  Sorry, I 
don't have a phone number at this time.  Ross, can you put this 
in the Ziegler's Special Notices section, and Gary (Wunder) in 
the Monitor wherever appropriate? Please feel free to pass this 
on to anyone you feel might have a helpful resource or would know 
someone who does.  By the way, the email below came to me from 
the NFB's National Association of Blind Students (NABS) list 
serve.
Thanks,

Chris Nusbaum

Here is the original message from Amelia:

I am sending this to a broad swath of people who just might 
possibly
have access to some sort of resources.  If nothing else, you 
might know
someone else who would have access to resources.

In exactly a month, I will go to Haiti, where I have a chance to
follow up with a Haitian kid who is in an orphanage and is blind.  
A
couple of weeks before, a TVI will have just a few days to teach 
him
the beginning of braille and reading, and than I can pick up with
teaching him a little bit more based on what he has done in the
intervening couple of weeks.  The person who is going before me 
is
going to two orphanages to work with two blind kids, and she will
bring one brailler with her.  The two orphanages are far enough 
apart
to require either a very long drive or a plane ride, so only one 
kid
will get a brailler.  However, if I could bring a brailler with 
me, she
could leave the brailler with the orphanage I will not be able to 
go
to, and I could bring one for the kid who is in Port au Prince.  
Do any
of you know of a brailler that could use a loving home? That 
would be
the easiest solution.  However, another option is that maybe you 
know
of a brailler that could be purchased at cost or for less than 
the
full market value.  And finally, maybe you would be willing to 
donate
towards purchasing a brailler.  Any donations can receive a 
receipt for
tax deductions.

If you want more information, I am happy to give it to anyone who 
is
interested.  And if you can help me with networking to track down 
a
brailler, I would appreciate that greatly.
Amelia

--
Amelia Dickerson

What counts can't always be counted, and what can be counted 
doesn't
always count.
Albert Einstein

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