Visual impairment affects approximately 285 million people worldwide, 39 million of who are blind, and 246 million of who have moderate to severe visual impairment. This is a huge community of people, and yet little attention is paid to developing new tools to assist them in navigating the world. Most rely on a combination of […]
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Dr. H. Wang and R. Katzschmann of prof. Daniela RUS Group at CSAlL ;MIT, Boston, US with Prof. L. Giarré, ABF scientific coordinator have visited October the 3rd Maestro Bocelli’s residence for a pre-demo of the system realized in the MIT FIFTH SENSE Project. The system is a wearable system designed to improve situational awareness […]
The Andrea Bocelli Foundation (ABF) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), with the intention of opening dialogue and bringing to public attention Italian and International excellence in the fields of scientific, technological, and economic development, hosted a workshop on October 24th entitled, “Working together to nurture food for bodies, for minds, for hearts. The […]
ABF represented by its Founder Maestro Bocelli and his family, have been in Philadelphia for the events dedicated to the World Meeting of Families attended by His Holiness Pope Francesco. Maestro Bocelli strongly wanted to take part in the initiative promoted by the Pontificium Consilium pro Familia. He wanted to be there to offer the gift of his […]
More than doubled the figures of last year The Andrea Bocelli Foundation and the Muhammad Ali Parkinson Center will be the beneficiaries of the event Great success for the second edition of Celebrity Fight Night in Italy which, thanks to Andrea Bocelli and his wife Veronica, this year, has collected more than 13 million Euros, doubling the […]
After the success of the first edition, Celebrity Fight night is back in Italy, and also this year the funds raised will benefit the Andrea Bocelli Foundation and the Muhammed Alì Parkinson Center. In the course of the past edition the funds, almost six million dollars, – minus the expenses – raised by the Italian […]
The Andrea Bocelli Foundation and the Muhammad Ali Parkinson Center are the beneficiaries of the new 2015 edition of the Celebrity Fight Night in Italy planned from the 10th until the 15th of September. For more details please visit www.celebrityfightnight.org
September, 8th is celebrated around the world, the International Day for Literacy, promoted by UNESCO. The aim of the Day is to raise the international community’s attention on the need to consider literacy as a human right place at the foundation of lifelong learning. Literacy is at the heart of the paradigm “Education for All” […]
