ABFA: Volunteer-based distance learning platform for people with visual impairments
Channel: Zero Project
Date: 2021-07-14

Welcome to the awardee video of  Engelsiz Erisim Dernegi´s Online Learning Platform, a winner of the 2020 Zero Project Award on Education.


The Association of Barrier-Free Access (ABFA, known as Engelsiz Erisim Derneği in Turkish) is an NGO based in Istanbul working to remove social and physical barriers that prevent people with disabilities from living an independent and integrated life. ABFA has developed a barrier-free online learning platform offering courses to people with visual impairments according to the users’ needs and interests, with the overarching aim of improving their independent living skills. Since 2016, the platform has been used by more than 70 learners per week.


Speaker:
Sevda Yilmaz, Engelsiz Erisim Dernegi, Turkey

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