eti brochure
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General information about the non-profit organization Empowerment Through Integration - Vision.TRANSCRIPT
empower. integrate.etete itit
all children dream,but some don’t get
the chance to pursue them. I want everyone
to have a chance
sara minkaraETI founder
Phone: (781) 519-9436E-mail: [email protected]
the PRoblem:OVER 300 MILLION PEOPLE IN
THE WORLD HAVE VISUAL IMPAIRMENTS, AND NEARLY 90% OF THEM LIVE IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES WHERE FINANCIAL RESTRICTIONS AND CULTURAL
STIGMAS HAVE EXCLUDED THEM FROM SOCIETY.
the PRoblem:OVER 300 MILLION PEOPLE IN
THE WORLD HAVE VISUAL IMPAIRMENTS, AND NEARLY 90% OF THEM LIVE IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES WHERE FINANCIAL RESTRICTIONS AND CULTURAL
STIGMAS HAVE EXCLUDED THEM FROM SOCIETY.
empower. integrate.etete itit
EMPOWERMENT THROUGH INTEGRAT ION
empower. integrate.etete itit
founderETI empowers blind youths to become active and integrated
members of their society. We achieve this through four major approaches:
1) Provide training in assistive technologies and other life skills to overcome difficulties arising from blindness, specifically those
encountered when in pursuit of an education;
2) Introduce popular local recreational activities to encourage awareness, teamwork and independence among blind and
sighted youths;
3) Collaborate with companies to create internships that allow blind young adults to integrate into a professional work force;
4) Empower and aid the blind population to advocate for support of full inclusion and non-discriminatory behavior toward people with
blindness on a local, regional, and national level.
the MISSIONMail in a donation:
Please make your check out to Empowerment through Integration and mail it to:
ETI Donations
P.O. Box 812636
Wellesley, MA 02482
For more informationplease visit our website:
http://www.eti-vision.org
DonationsSara Minkara is a blind Lebanese-American on a mission: to get blind youths to dream. BIG. During her frequent travels between the US and Lebanon, Minkara noticed that the help she received differed between countries.
“You can help a person to help him become more independent or you can help him to encage himself.”
In the short run, it was easier to both offer and receive the latter form of help. In the long run, this was severely separating blind youths frrom their community and their ability to dream.
Through ETI, Minkara is working towards her mission. When will she consider her mission fulfilled?
When blind youths around the world can confidently say,
"When I grow up I want to be..."