Deniz, Yunus, Utku and Mina are from Turkey. With the Holman Prize, they would take the Trans-Siberian Express from Moscow to Beijing and create a documentary about it to inspire blind children to travel independently.
2019 Candidates
Rachel Longan
Rachel wants to increase the inclusion of blind people in community experiences. With the Holman Prize, she would create a toolkit to help choirs be more accessible to blind and visually impaired people who wish to join.
Bonface Massah
Bonface is a human rights activist. With the Holman Prize, he would create parent circles, so parents could discuss how to raise children with albinism and change the perception of children with albinism in Malawi.
Nate Barnes
Nate is a musician and a producer. With the Holman Prize, he would open a music technology lab and teach blind and visually impaired individuals with accessible tools.
Akilah Nesbitt
Akilah likes to bring people together to learn different perspectives. With the Holman Prize, she would open a club for people with disabilities, including children, and invite people who don’t have disabilities to come learn.
Susan Stearns
Susan is a stand up comedian. She would use the Holman Prize to travel and share comedy with blind and sighted people.
Ness Vlajkovic
Ness is finishing up her degree in journalism. She would use the Holman Prize to open a braille bookstore in Perth, for blind and Deafblind people to have easy access to hard copy braille books.
Trevor Attenberg
Trevor loves science and the outdoors. With the Holman Prize, he would travel and teach blind people to identify birds by sound and explore other natural soundscapes.
Virginia Gay Young
Virginia Gay volunteers her time with a prison ministry. With the Holman Prize, she would provide incubators for premature babies at a medical clinic in Douala, Cameroon.
Brian Malvin Sithole
Brian Malvin Kudakwashe co-founded Alive Albinism Initiative Trust. With the Holman Prize, he would open a manufacturing plant in Zimbabwe that produces sunscreen for people with albinism.