Education programs honored with Confucius Prize for Literacy

Three educational programs were honored with this year's UNESCO Confucius Prize for Literacy on Tuesday night in Qufu, Shandong province, the birthplace of Confucius.

The program Accessible Literature from Brazil was honored for promoting inclusion and the social participation of people with disabilities through education, sport and culture.

Accessible Literature produces, reproduces and publishes books in multiple formats, which include simple reading in Braille, Libras (Brazilian sign language), audio description and pictograms. The program has benefited 2,022 learners, 55 percent of whom are girls and women, according to the program.