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As no blind student had ever before ventured to enroll in these kinds of studies, Sabriye could not fall back on the experience of previous students, so she developed her own methods of studying her course of study. By 1992 Sabriye had developed Tibetan Braille, which later became the official reading and writing system for the blind in Tibet.Tibetan Braille is based onGerman Braille, modified to accommodate theTibetan script. For example, Tibetanka, kha, ga, nga are written with the standard Braille letters fork, c, g and loweredg. It was submitted for examination to a Tibetan scholar, who found it to be readily understandable, simple, and easy to learn.[citation needed]
In 1997, Sabriye travelled to Tibet alone in order to assess the situation of the blind there. Returning in 1998, she founded the Centre for the Blind inLhasa, the capital of Tibet, to educate blind people, together withPaul Kronenberg whom she had met there the year before.[2] Before that, most blind children were hidden away from the world by their family members who were reluctant to send them to school. The school started with five children, with Sabriye initially teaching the children herself, as well as serving as coordinator and advisor. She then began training native Tibetans as teachers, selecting and supervising all staff-members of the centre.
The project's progress was not without difficulties and setbacks. Sabriye was able eventually to turn over the running of the centre to one of her former students who trained as a teacher.
In 2017, her visa was no longer extended, and the school was threatened with closure.[3]
In 1998 Paul joined Sabriye in establishing the Project for the Blind, Tibet. In September, 2002, the name was changed toBraille Without Borders, BWB. In addition to the school in Lhasa BWB runs a vocational training centre for blind adults with a farm and cheese factory nearShigatse.
In 2009, Sabriye Tenberken and her partner Paul Kronenberg also begankanthari international (name intentionally spelled with all letters in lower case) in a village nearThiruvananthapuram, India, They also established an International School for Development and Project Planning nearTrivandrum, Kerala,India. The school focuses on discovering and developing the hidden talents of persons from all over the world who often are socially neglected, especially because of disabilities, and empowering them to be innovators and leaders.
2005-12 awarded the National Fundraising Award inBerlin,Germany, together withPaul Kronenberg, forfundraising methods emphasizing the strengths and motivation of blind people rather than appealing to donors' pity
2006-10 Sabriye andBraille Without Borders were honored as Laureates of the Mother Teresa Award
2011-01 The Chinese Connection chose Sabriye Tenberken as one of the - "Top Ten International Friends of China"
2011-05 Sabriye Tenberken received the "INCITE Excellence Social Entrepreneurship award 2011". Dr Abdul Kalam (1931–2015), former President of India, was one of the board members of INCITE)
2012-03 Sabriye Tenberken and her partner Paul Kronenberg received the "Bornheimer" Award from The Europa School in Bornheim (Germany)
2000 Documentary film titledMit anderen Augen (German for "With Other Eyes") about theBraille Without Borders project. (This won Sabriye the 2000 CharityBambi Award.)
2006 release of the documentary filmBlindsight about the climbing project withErik Weihenmayer and teens from the School for the Blind/Lhasa in theHimalaya
