Wang Huiling is a post-90s visually impaired girl, but on the Internet, she has another identity - a Himalayan anchor and "voice volunteer". After graduating in 2022, Wang Huiling has successively performed more than 5 million words of audio novels in the Himalayas. Later, she opened her own podcast channel. With the help of sound, she not only records her own life and the social phenomena she observes, but also provides audio guidance for the visually impaired for free. "There are three or four hundred people around me who are sound anchors or want to become sound anchors, and sound has become a light that we can't see." I hope to make more blind people have multiple career options. She said.
According to statistics, there are more than 85 million people with disabilities in China, of which more than 18 million are visually impaired. For this group of people, their career choices are subject to many restrictions due to physical reasons. However, in the field of network audio, these limitations can be broken.
As a leading enterprise in the field of Internet audio in China, Himalaya has been combining the characteristics of its own audio products in recent years, together with "sound volunteers", to help the disabled and visually impaired groups achieve diversified employment. Voice volunteers and anchors like Wang Huiling have many more in the Himalayas, such as Ma Yinqing, Wolong Xuexue, Mo xin, Black Music Radio, etc., they belong to the disabled group, live their own wonderful life in the Himalayas through sound, find the light in life, and together with Himalayas, help more people in this group through sound. Currently, there are more than 10,000 disabled anchors on the Himalayas.
While the audio world has brought more employment opportunities to the disabled group, it has also allowed more special groups to find a "spiritual home". In China, many special children need more attention and companionship due to various reasons such as physical and social identity.
In 2020, Himalayas and actor Zhou Xun launched the public welfare project "ONE NIGHT for Children" for special children, and the radio station of the same name was launched in Himalayas. Zhou Xun incarnated as a "voice volunteer" and a program anchor, using his voice to accompany children to explore the mysterious peach blossom source in the story, focusing on children's general enlightenment, and the topics covered science, nature, biology, art and other dimensions. Since its launch, the project has helped more than ten special children's groups, including blind children, poor children, left-behind children, deaf-mute children, obese children, abducted children, children with dyslexia, and children of prisoners. At the same time, the 97-year-old famous conductor Cao Peng and his Shanghai Cao Peng Public Welfare Foundation launched the autism care public welfare album "Love Classroom X Cao Er Affiliated Middle School Note Exchange Project" and "Love Coffee Reading Club" in the Himalayas, allowing children to convey love with their voices and help autistic groups to speak out.
Sound is an emotional medium, which uses the most sincere verbal expression to knock on the door of the special child's heart, allowing countless "closed" families to open the atrium and connect into an oasis. With the joint help of Zhou Xun, Cao Peng and other individuals and many organizations and organizations, special children and their families are no longer lonely and marginal, and jointly support each other to run to a sunny future.
In addition, public welfare organizations such as the China Blind Association, one foundation, China Rural Development Foundation, China Youth Development Foundation, China Greening Foundation, Lang Lang Art Foundation and other public welfare organizations, together with Himalayas, convey the concept of public welfare with their voices.
In August 2022, himalayas celebrated their tenth birthday. On this occasion, Himalaya awarded the "Voice Volunteer" medal to pay tribute to the anchors, public welfare partners and all sectors of society who have worked with Himalaya for many years to make love with their voices. "Voice volunteers" come from all walks of life, including artists and stars, experts and scholars, primary school students, retired elderly people, individuals, and public welfare organizations. In the future, Himalayas will join hands with more "voice volunteers" to use their voices to make love and help society become better.
Responsible Editor Liu Wanxin
Text Qu Lichun
Source Pudong Release