2021 Prizewinner
Malunda will use the Holman Prize to provide computer, orientation & mobility and social skills training to blind Zimbabweans in rural locations.
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Maud Rowell, UK
2021 Prizewinner
Maud will travel across Japan independently including visits to rural and remote areas, solely by foot and public transportation.
Aaron Cannon, USA
2021 Prizewinner
Aaron will use the Holman Prize to build accessible math training modules containing many lessons showing how blind people can learn to do math. These will be shared on a website.
Robert Malunda, Zimbabwe
Cassie Hames, Australia
2022 Prizewinner
Cassie will develop “See Me”, an app that communicates with bus drivers to request them to stop to allow a visually impaired person to board, making independent travel on public transportation safer and more accessible for the blind
Tafadzwa Nyamuzihwa, Germany
2022 Prizewinner
Tafadzwa, an experienced DJ, will open recording studios in Zimbabwe and Uganda that will employ and train blind and low vision people to become radio presenters.
Abby Griffith, USA
2022 Prizewinner
Abby will empower blind and low vision youth in Ethiopia by providing Braille reading and writing devices for home use to students at the School for the Blind in Wolayta.
And the 2022 Holman Prizewinners Are…
Meet the 2019 Semifinalists
Read about our 41 Semifinalists and dive into their pitch videos on our YouTube playlist.
Robert Malunda, Zimbabwe
2021 Prizewinner
Cassie Hames, Australia
2022 Prizewinner
Tafadzwa Nyamuzihwa, Germany
2022 Prizewinner
Abby Griffith, USA
2022 Prizewinner
India West
San Diego, California, USA
Claire Spector
Santa Rosa, California, USA
Robert Rodriguez
El Cajon, California, USA
Lance Mathena
Lakebay, Washington, USA
Jon Jelinski
San Jose, California, USA
Warren Davis
Saint Peters burg, Florida, USA
Megan Paul
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, UK
Joseph Nelligan
El Cajon, California, USA
India West
India worked with science and engineering students from the University of Michigan to develop software for the blind. With the Holman Prize, she would train blind people to work as consultants across the United States,to educate others about the blind and visually impaired community.
Claire Spector
Claire is a textile artist. With the Holman Prize, she would bring together blind weavers and blind textile artists to create new art, develop online and traveling exhibitions, and strengthen confidence in art-making.