Published November 23, 2016 at 6:41 PM Updated November 27, 2016 at 5:50 PM
A Guatemalan newspaper is reaching out to a community that has never received much attention in the country – the visually impaired. More than 100,000 people in Guatemala are blind or have partial vision.
Now a newspaper is being published in Braille to help inform them. This week’s Game Changer on “Americas Now” is “Publinews.”
The Braille edition of “Publinews” – or public news – is the first of its kind in Central America. The first edition of 2,500 was distributed around the country and new editions will be printed as monthly news magazines.
Check out this week’s Game Changer on “Americas Now.”
Central America’s first Braille newspaper is good news for the visually-impaired
A Guatemalan newspaper is reaching out to a community that has never received much attention in the country - the visually impaired. More than 100,000 people in Guatemala are blind or have partial vision.
Now a newspaper is being published in Braille to help inform them. This week’s Game Changer on “Americas Now” is "Publinews."
The Braille edition of "Publinews" - or public news - is the first of its kind in Central America. The first edition of 2,500 was distributed around the country and new editions will be printed as monthly news magazines.
Check out this week’s Game Changer on “Americas Now.”
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