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AWARDS
& RECOGNITIONS
- Mar 2012 Europa School Bornheim: - Paul Kronenberg and Sabriye Tenberken received the "Bornheimer Award" from the Europa School in Bornheim.
- May 2011 India - INCITE Excellence Social Entrepreneurship award 2011 (Dr Abdul Kalam, former presidente of India is one of the board members of INCITE)
- Jan 2010 – China - Who warmed your heart in 2009 Award
- Jan 2010 - Chinese
Connection - Top Ten International Friends of China
- Nov 2009: “You bring Charm to China Award”,
Tianjin TV, China Right here
- April 2009 “Marburger
Leuchtfeuer” (Award given by the city of Marburg
- Dec 2008 Sabriye
Tenberken was
chosen as one of 15 most influential overseas experts over the past
30 years in China.
- Dec 2008
Sabriye
Tenberken received the "Life Award" in
Innsbruck, Austria.
- Nov 2008 Sabriye
was awarded
with the “Goldene Bild der Frau”
Award in Germany. The award was given by Germanies largest women’s
magazine
“Bild der Frau”.
- Nov 2008 the
National Braille Press in Boston handed Sabriye the “Hands
On Award” for her book “My path leads to Tibet”.
- Oct 2006 Sabriye Tenberken received the
"Mother Theresa Award".
- Oct 2006 Braille Without Borders received the
"Mother Theresa Award".
- Oct 2006 Sabriye Tenberken received the
"National Friendship Award"
from the Chinese government in Beijing.
- Sep 2006 Sabriye Tenberken received the
"Chomolongma Friendship Award"
from the government of the Tibet
Autonomous Region.
- Dec 2005 Sabriye Tenberken und Paul
Kronenberg received the "National Fundraising Award 2005"
- 04 Oct 2005, the German president, Dr.
Horst Koehler, handed the "Bundesverdienst kreuz" to Sabriye
Tenberken. www.bundespraesident.de
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Feb 2005 Sabriye Tenberken received the Leila
Luce Hadley award for courage from the
World Wings Quest Trust. www.wingsworldquest.org
- Jan 2005 Sabriye Tenberken was chosen a "Young
Global Leader" by
the World Economic Forum.
- 10-11-2004 Sabriye Tenberken received the Time
magazine Asia's HERO award.
- 26-10-2004 Sabriye Tenberken received the Time
magazine European HERO award.
- 26-02-2004 Sabriye Tenberken
received a Christopher award
for her book "My path leads to Tibet".
- 08-02-2004 Paul Kronenberg received
the "Bronzen Peelhaas" in his home village Venray.
- 07-10-2003 the Dutch Ambassador, Mr
F.de Heer, honered Sabriye Tenberken and Paul Kronenberg on behalf of
the Dutch Queen with the "Ridder in de orde van Oranje Nassau"
decoration
("Knighthood in the order of Oranje Nassau").
- Sep 2002 the project was awarded
with the "Nuernberger Teddy fuer Menschenliebe".
- Sep 2002 the Wolfgang von Goethe
Association awarded Sabriye Tenberken and Paul Kronenberg with the Albert
Schweizer Award.
- Jan 2001 Sabriye Tenberken was chosen as a
"Global Leader of Tomorrow" by the
World Economic Forum.
- May 2001 Sabriye Tenberken and Paul
Kronenberg were awarded with the "Zilveren Jandaia" handed out by the
"Stichting kerk en Wereld" in Holland.
- Dec 2000 Sabriye Tenberken was awarded with
the "Charity Bambi"
handed out by Burda in Germany.
- Sep 2000 Sabrie was chosen as "Women of the year" by the Frankfurt
International Women's club.
GENERAL INFORMATION & ACHIEVED GOALS
- The rehabilitation and training centre for the Blind,
Tibet has been officially
recognised by the government of the PR China.
- The program co-ordinators Sabriye
Tenberken and Paul Kronenberg are co-operating with the Tibetan
Disabled Person's Federation, a sub-organisation of the famous and
successful handicapped organisation of the PR China. This
organisation was founded in the 80s by Deng Pu Fang, a son of Deng
Xiao Ping, who is himself handicapped.
- The location of the rehabilitation and
training centre is situated in the Langdun-house, a well known old
Tibetan style building. The property is situated in the centre of
Lhasa. A contract was signed in which our counterpart assures that
this property will be used as the rehabilitation and training
centre for the blind in the TAR for an unlimited period of time.
- In the summer and autumn of 2000 most of
the rooms of the property have been renovated.
- A new building including massage-training
centre, three classrooms, two dormitories, a Braille-production
centre, toilets, showers, infremary and several staff rooms has
been built during the summer of 2001 and is at present being used.
- 30 students, Children and adults, receive
education in 6 separate classes
a. The Rabbit
Class: the students in this class will soon be integrated into regular
elementary schools.
b: The Tiger class: This is
a class for all new studentsolder than 6 years of age.
c: The Mouse class: This is
the early childhood class for students between 4 and 6 years
of age.
d: Two Medical massage and
physiotherapy training classes. In total 5 students are being
trained to become professional physiotherapists or medical masseurs.
Two
of these students will start their own medical massage clinic later in
2003.
e: Music-class: four
students (two boys, two male adults) attend the music-class.
- In August 2001 the first Tibetan Braille
school books were produced.
- In November and December 2001 Four
Tibetans, three teachers of the project and the Vice president of
the Tibet Disabled Person`s Federation went to Marburg, Germany.
They all were intensively trained in orientation, mobility and
special techniques for the blind.
- In the spring of 2002 a blind Dutch
computerspecialist (Jan Bloem) trained several students in the use
of computers.
- In the autumn of 2002 the first cheese
has been produced. A Swiss cheesemaker with 20 years of experience
in making cheese under similar conditions in the Swiss alps came
to Lhasa to develop a special method that enables blind people to
make cheese. Not only Tibetan cheese will be produced but also
Western cheese. The first cheese produced has been called the
"Lhasarella Naturale".
- In the Autumn of 2003 the
(self)-integration programme started, 4 students were integrated
into a regular school, two students started their own medical
massage and physiotherapy clinic and two students started their
own teahouse. One student started her own shop and one student was
integrated in his home village. One of the teachers will regularly
visit these students to see how the integration process works out.
- In the spring of 2004 the trainingfarm
projectstarted. In this farm nomads and farmers who became blind at
later age are trained in special techniques for the blind so they will
be able to perform parts of their old jobs again and can self-integrate
into society. The trainees are trained in: animal husbandry, cheese,
butter, milk and yoghurt production, market gardening, carpet weaving,
knitting, pottery etc.
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