Baotou campaign promotes blindness awareness

By Lu Wei (chinadaily.com.cn)

Updated: 2017-01-19

“We heard the stories you have read for us. Thank you.” two blind students from a special education school in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, were expressing their gratitude to people who had participated in a special campaign for blind children.

Participants in the campaign, which involved more than 800 students from six kindergartens, eight primary schools and three training institutions in Baotou, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, read poems and sang songs for the blind children. A total of 20 audio books lasting three hours and 20 minutes were recorded and 113,129 yuan ($16,519) in funds were raised. The audio books and the funds had been donated to schools for the blind.

This non-profit campaign was launched by a team in Hohhot on Oct 15, 2015 to increase public awareness of the blind and help them to read more.

“Blind children live in a black world. We like to present a fairytale world in front of them by using our voices,” a team leader said at the launch of the long-term campaign.

The launch of a campaign targeting blind children in Hohhot. [Photo/wenming.cn]

Students try special devices for blind children at Baotou library on Nov 14, 2015. More than 200 students from schools in Baotou,in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region, took part in the activity aimed at promoting awareness of blindness. [Photo/Baotou Daily]

Children at Baotou Tielu No 3 Kindergarten learn how to tell stories under the guidance of professionals from TV and radio stations on Nov 17, 2015 in Baotou. [Photo/Baotou Tielu No 3 Kindergarten]

A student from Nankai Primary School records The Little Girl at the Window, a children's book written by Japanese TV personality and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Tetsuko Kuroyanagi, on April 9, 2016. [Photo/Baotou Daily]

Students from Baotou give a singing performance, Jan 7, 2017. [Photo/wenming.cn]