Young Australian Wins Braille Essay Contest Award

 

 

The ABF was delighted to learn from the World Blind Union Asia-Pacific that Ria Andriani had won the Excellent Prize in Category A (14 to 25 years) for the essay she entered in the WBUAP Onkyo Braille Essay Contest 2009. This is a great win in any year but particularly so this year, the Bicentenary of Louis Braille’s birth.

 

The Sponsors of the Contest, Onkyo Corporation and Braille Mainichi of Japan, together with the WBUAP Onkyo Selection Committee, selected Ria’s essay, Some Things are Meant To be True, because of its “clear message of hope concerning the role of Braille in helping you to appreciate music and achieve success”. They also judged that, in her essay, she was able to depict a struggle of determination and positive outlook despite great odds to fulfill her life’s goal in the field of music.

 

Ria received her prize of $US500.00 on 24 November as part of the presentations for the annual Braille Writing Competition held by the NSW Subcommittee of the Australian Braille Authority and attended by a large group of students, teachers and families.

 

The ABF wishes Ria Andriani much success and happiness in her pursuit of music through the use of Braille.