The ZERO Project is a global, research-driven initiative to support the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. In February it announced the winners of the Zero Project Award. It details 77 solutions from 43 countries around Inclusive Education and ICT.
Awardees include:
- the Timwerenge 365 Digital Book Project, a project in Malawi that uses digital books with sign language and audio for all children;
- the White Hands Chorus Nippon, an inclusive youth choir making music incorporating sign language in Japan;
- the Karachi Down Syndrome Programme in Pakistan that enables young children with Down syndrome to attend mainstream schools;
- a Turkish accessible education system with audio and tactile inclusive materials;
- Mais Diferencas, a training course for teachers on how to use the arts to make education practices inclusive in Brazil.