WHERE WE WORK
Date: April 16, 2019
KBTA in East Africa and Malawi
Tanzania
- Served approximately 2000 learners with visual impairments distributed across 30 special and integrated programs
- Has a total of 70 trained school-based technicians
- Provided more than 250 Braille machines. The Government inspired by the KBTA model provided 932 Braille machines and trained 15 additional technicians
- Repaired more than 6000 mechanical Braille machines since inception
- Distributed more than 20 tones of quality and affordable Braille paper
- Has the challenge of being the largest project in geographical coverage
Kenya Project
- Served approximately 1500 learners with visual impairments in 20 special schools and integrated programs
- Trained more than 60 school-based Brailler Repair Technicians
- Provided more than 450 new Braille machines
- Repaired more than 10,000 Braille machines since inception
- Provided more than 30 tones of quality and affordable Braille paper
- Pioneered that Orbit Reader 20 project

Uganda Project
- Served more than 1000 learners with visual impairments spread in 40 schools
- Supplied more than 250 new Braille machines
- Has 50 trained Braille Repair Technicians
- Repaired more than 8,000 Braille machines
- Provided 30 tones of quality and affordable Braille paper
Rwanda Project
- Supplied 3 tons of quality and affordable Braille paper directly to the Education Centre for the Blind led by the Franciscan Sisters in Kibeho
- Latest of the KBTA partnership with Rwandese Union of the Blind
- Piloting the Orbit Reader Project and Braille Literacy projects in 3 special schools
- Targeting 300 learners with visual impairments spread across a small geographical area.
Malawi Project
- Served more than 650 learners with visual impairments focussed in 15 resource centres across a fairly small geographical area.
- Has 15 Trained Brailler machine Repair Technicians
- Repaired 1,500 Braille machines
- Provided 5 tonnes of Braille paper
- Supplied 10 new mechanical Braille machines
- Implemented the Orbit Reader 20 project with 153 learners with visual impairments across 12 schools.
