A North Richland Hills woman who is blind and studying overseas thought about the special needs of blind Ukrainians fleeing the violence.
She's collecting equipment for them, like braille tablets, to make their transition a little easier.
Wheeler founded the Laurel Wheeler Foundation five years ago. It provides technology and resources to blind people in Eastern Europe. Blind Ukrainians are crossing the border and struggling to find the necessary resources. That’s where she comes in. Once she made it to Poland, monetary donations bought nearly two dozen laptops and smartphones in bulk."I never imagined, at the end of the first day, I would be sitting here with all of this. It’s amazing," Wheeler said.
"Most people in Ukraine are using desktops, and of course, you can’t carry that in war, right?" she said."Often times, a lot of times, blind people who make it out are dependent on their social connections," Wheeler said. "Friends, family, neighbors, volunteers, they help them get to the train. Once they get to the train or cars or whatever they use to get out with, after that, the journey is unknown.
"In the background you can see Olga is working with the kids to get the computers set up," she said. "So that the war doesn’t stop their studies and doesn’t prevent their education and success."
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