Birthday Flash Fundraiser for Min Yoongi: Finding #AnotherWayWithYoongi and ARMY for the Visually Impaired to Communicate with the World

The M in March stands for Min Yoongi, and in his birthday month, ARMYs chose to support people with disabilities. One In An ARMY is launching a 5-day fundraiser for Another Way of Seeing, an org working towards creating a pathway for the visually impaired to communicate with the world.

About Another Way of Seeing

Established in 1996, Another Way of Seeing is a South Korean non-profit organization that aims to create a creative educational and cultural infrastructure to support students and adults with visual disabilities through art classes, college admissions, art exhibitions, Braille tactile book production, and artist incubation projects. Taking a first-of-its-kind approach, the organization is creating a path of art education for the visually impaired that has never existed in Korean society.

Some ways in which the organization helps include:

• Conducting art classes at the school for the blind with professionals from various areas.
• "Not Taken Project" to support students attending art colleges by providing systematic support through arts education and opportunities.
• Publishing books that show art classes held in a blind school classroom and making efforts to establish a research base of visual arts education system.
• Collaborating with the IT development and technology team to digitize the art teaching materials, developing apps for viewing and listening, and producing audiobooks to use with tactile books.
• Development and production of Braille tactile books.
• Hosting an award for visually impaired students nationwide. It is designed to develop creativity and vitalize art education for visually impaired children and adolescents in Korea.
• Providing a systematic preparatory course for students with visual disabilities who wish to enter art colleges.

How to Donate

• Visit the donation page created for this fundraiser: bit.ly/AnotherWayWithYoongi
• Donate any amount (minimum of $1)
• Take a screenshot of your donation to submit it to our tracking form (cover up your personal information)
• Share this campaign on social media to help promote it.

We are completely aware that not everyone can contribute through a monetary donation. But your support, in any form, is significant to our campaign. You can retweet our SNS posts to help increase the reach and visibility of the org amongst your followers.

You can also find us on social media: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, Tumblr, Reddit, and Amino.