Blind Education and Rehabilitation Development Organisation

Blind Education and Rehabilitation Development Organisation
Founded 1991[1]
Type Non-profit
NGO
Location
Website berdo-bd.org

Blind Education and Rehabilitation Development Organisation (BERDO) is a nonprofit non-governmental organization which works to empower people with disabilities through programs such as microcredit financing and education.

Organization

BERDO was founded on July 17, 1991 in order to help people with disabilities in Bangladesh.[1] The executive director of BERDO, MD.Saidul Huq, called for "creating an environment where the people with disability can enjoy life with dignity" in 2005.[2] Its microcredit program is aimed at supporting people with physical disabilities and is one of its main support programs.[3][4] It also tries to support education initiatives for people with disabilities; the organization recently partnered with the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation to give scholarships to people with blindness.[5] BERDO also created a "talking library" to support education initiatives for blind people so they can continue on with school despite a lack of braille textbooks; the library holds hundreds of book on cassette tape so people who are blind can listen to them.[6] To help create more access to braille texts, BERDO helped to create and test a Bengali-to-braille software translator that will help to create braille books at 20% of the cost.[7] According to BERDO, there are 2,000,000 people in Bangladesh suffering from some sort of eye disability.[3]

BERDO often attracts government ministers to its events celebrating the rights of people with disabilities in Bangladesh.[8][9] Its 20th anniversary celebration brought a number of ministry leaders of Bangladesh to speak as guests.[8]

References

  1. 1 2 "BERDO home page". Blind Education and Rehabilitation Organisation. Retrieved July 18, 2012.
  2. ↑ "Formulate policy for mentally challenged children". The Daily Star. December 3, 2005. Retrieved July 18, 2012.
  3. 1 2 "Int'l White Cane Safety Day Today". The Daily Star. October 15, 2005. Retrieved July 18, 2012.
  4. ↑ "Microcredit Empowers Disabled Bangladeshis". oneworld.net. August 29, 2008. Retrieved July 18, 2012.
  5. ↑ "HSBC's support for visually impaired". The Daily Star. October 16, 2009. Retrieved July 18, 2012.
  6. ↑ Khan, Ashfaq Wares (May 29, 2004). "The Strength Within Undaunted Resilience". The Daily Star. Retrieved July 18, 2012.
  7. ↑ Masood, Aisha (April 23, 2011). "Sighting software to feel Bangla on the fingertips". The Independent. Retrieved July 18, 2012.
  8. 1 2 "State minister wants job of visually challenged in health ministry". The Daily Star. July 25, 2011. Retrieved July 18, 2012.
  9. ↑ "Int'l Day of Disabled Persons today". The Daily Star. December 3, 2004. Retrieved July 18, 2012.
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