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 →
With new revelations surrounding the hacking of Amazon founder, and Washington Post owner, Jeff Bezos’ phone, the growing pervasiveness of mobile hacking and surveillance tools has won national attention. This… read more →
My name is Brooke Mumbi Wandia, I participated in the Digital Essay Competition in 2019 and emerged as the top winner. I was awarded scholarship money, a tablet, a t-shirt,… read more →
2019 was a year of many milestones for Benetech. We surpassed 15 million books delivered through Bookshare, piloted Benetech Service Net to increase access to social services in the Bay… read more →