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THKA

Tokyo Helen Keller Association, INC.

in Japanese
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Hold Your Torch A Little Higher To Light Up The Way Of The Blind

Past Helen Keller & Anne Sullivan Award recipients

2005
Mrs. Sonoko WANAMI

Founder representative of Accompany group (The oldest guide and assistant service society for the Blind in Japan)

2004
NHK radio broadcasting program "Shikaku Shogaisha-no Minasan-e (To the visually handicapped persons)"

2003
Mr. Yasuyuki HOSHIKAWA

Senior managing director of Kyoyo-Hin Foundation (Kyoyo-Hin and Kyoyo services are designed to be used by as many people as possible, including the elderly and those with disabilities.)

2002
Mr. Kenichi SHIOYA

Founder Chairman, The Eye Mate, Inc. (The biggest guide dog association in Japan)

2001
Mr. Katsuhiko MATSUMOTO

Founder Chairman, Mutsu-boshi Yamano-kai (The oldest alpine club for the blind in Japan)

2000
Mr. Chiaki SHIBA

President, Hamamatsu Welfare Works with the Blind

Founder and Director, Hamamatsu Workshop with the Disabled - With

1999
Mr. Sadao ENDO

Founder, "Mojin-to Engeki-wo Miru-kai (The oldest theater fan club for the blind in Japan)"

1998
Mrs. Yukiko NEGISHI

Instructor, Japanese classics literature reading

1997
Dr. Lakshmi Narayan PRASAD

Founder Chairman, B. P. Koirala Eye Foundation, Since 1991

Founder Chairman, Nepal Association for the Welfare of the Blind, 1985 - 1990

President, Nepal Medical Council, 1982 - 1985

Chairman, Committee for Postgraduate Medical Education, Institute of Medicine, Tribhuvan University, 1982 - 1986

1996
Mr. Hiroshi KAWAMURA

Member of the DAISY Consortium's Board and manager of the DAISY for All projects

Project Manager to the DAISY Consortium

1995
Hirotsugu JITSUMOTO

President, National Committee of Welfare for the Blind in Japan

1994
Mr. Hikoji SIMOZONO

Volunteer of Braille Transcription Service (He made 13,000 books and distributed it to the Blind student free of charge.)

Former teacher, St. Dominico Gakuen High School

1993
Professor Sumiro KOJIMA

Chief Director, Japan Deaf-Blind Association

The professor, Faculty of Letters of the Chiba University

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