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For The Visually-Impaired
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A

ALBANIA

Institutii Nxenesve qe nuk Shikojne
Rr "Dibres", Tirana, Albania
Tel: + 355 42 34313

Union of the Blind in Albania
Rruga "Ali Visha" Pallati 2
Shkalla 5, Ap 45
Tirana
Tel/Fax (home) : +355 42 629 47

ALGIERS

Organisation Nationale des Aveugles Algeriens
4 boulevard Mohamed Khemisti
Alger, Algeria
Tel: +213 63 19 82

ARGENTINA

Argentina Federation of Institutions for the Blind and Visually Disabled People
46 Medrano Street, Piso 6 Dto B, Buenos Aires, 1178
Argentina
Tel: +54 1 981 0137

ASAC - Asociacion de Ayuda al Ciego
Centro de Rehabilitacion y Capacitacion del Discapacitado Visual
Venezuela 584, 1095 Buenos Aires, Argentina
Tel: +54 11 4331 5256

Instituto Helen Keller
Ciudad Universitaria AG, Postal Nr. 4, 5000 Cordoba
Argentina
Tel: +54 351 4334547

ARMENIA

Armenian Association of the Blind
18 Isaakian Street
EREVAN 375025
Armenia

AUSTRALIA

Blind Welfare Association of South Australia Inc.
1-3 Burman Avenue, Gilles Plains
South Australia, 5086, Australia
Tel: +61 8334 8000

Disability Information & Resource Centre Inc.
195 Gilles Street, Adelaide SA 5000
Australia
Tel: (08) 8223 7522

Royal Guide Dogs Association of Tasmania
164 Elizabeth Street
P.O. Box 82
North Hobart, Tasmania 7002
Tel: 03 6232 1222

Royal Society for the Blind
Knapman House
230 Pirie Street Adelaide
South Australia 5000
Tel: (08) 8232 2444

Statewide Vision Resource Center
360 Springvale Road
Donvale, Victoria
Australia 3111
Mail us at:
P.O. Box 201
Nunawading
Victoria, Australia 3131
Tel: 03 9841 0242 or International Phone: + 61 3 9841 0242

V.I.P. Net
Blind and Visually Impaired Persons Network

Vision Australia Foundation
Tel: 1300 365 560

AUSTRIA

Odilien-Institut
Center for Vocational Training and Rehabilitation
A-8010 Graz, Leonhardstrasse 130
A-8010 Graz
Austria
Tel: ++43 (0)316/32 70 75

AZERBAIJAN

Azerbaijan Association of the Blind
40 Chuluflu Street
370052 Baku
Tel : +994 12 640919 or 644566

B

BAHRAIN

Saudi-Bahraini Institute for the Blind
PO Box 33484, Isa Town, Bahrain
Tel: +973 780818
Fax: +973 780786

BANGLADESH

Bangladesh Blind Mission
75/B Indira Road, Tejgaon, Dhaka 1215
Bangladesh
Tel: +880 2 812 767
Fax: +880 2 816 865 189

Bangladesh Jatio Andho Kalyan Samity
Bangladesh National Society for the Blind
Section No-1, Mirpur, Dhaka 1216
Bangladesh
Tel: +880 2 801 4476
Fax: +880 2 801 6573

Helen Keller International
PO Box 6066, Gulshan, Dhaka 1212
Bangladesh
Tel: +880 2 8116156/4234

National Society of the Blind & Partially Sighted (NSBP)
PO Box 42, G.P.O: 9000
Boyra, Khulna, Bangladesh
Tel : +880-041-2850148

BARBADOS

Barbados Association for the Blind and Deaf
The Workshop for the Blind
St Paul's Avenue
Beckles Road, St Michael, Barbados, West Indies
Tel: +1 809 426 3438

National United Society of the Blind
Centre for the Blind and Deaf
St. Paul's Avenue, Bayview, St. Michael
Barbados, West Indies
Tel: +1 246 4263438

BAVARIA

Bayerischer Blindenbund
Agency for the Blind of Bavaria
Sehbehindertenbund e.V.
Landesgescheftsstelle Arnulfstr. 22
80335 Munchen
Tel: 0 89/55 98 80

BELARUS

Byelorussian Association of the Visually Handicapped
7 Amuratorskaya str, Minsk 220004
Belarus
Tel: +375 172 232506
Fax: +375 172 238641

BELGIUM

Belgian Federation for the Welfare of the Blind and Visually Impaired
Avenue Georges Henri 278
Brussels, B-1200
Tel: +32 2-732 5324

Blindenzorg Licht en Liefde
Kunstlaan 24, bus 21
1000 Brussel
Tel: 02-286 52 50

Handicape Visuel Formation Emploi asbl
rue Winston Churchill 121 A
Courcelles, B-6180
Tel: +32 71 46 18 08

Koninklijk Instituut Spermalie
Institute for the Visually Impaired
Snaggaardstraat 9
BRUGES B-8000
Belgium

BOLIVIA

Agrupacion para la Rehabilitacion y Educacion del Ciego y Ambliope
Association for the Rehabilitation and Education of the Blind
Calle Ayacucho 628, Casilla de Correo 254
Sucre, Bolivia
Tel: +591 64 23745

Federaciun Nacional de Ciegos de Bolivia
Colombia 472 (Interior), Castilla Postal 07432
La Paz, Bolivia
Tel: +591 2 486999
Fax: +591 2 482552

BOTSWANA

Botswana Council for the Disabled
Private Bag 459
Gaborone, Botswana
Tel: +9 267-373599

BRAZIL

Fundacao Dorina Nowill para Cegos
Rua Dr. Diogo de Faria, 558 - Vila Clementino
St. Paulo - SP - 04037-001
Caixa Postal 20.384
Tel: (0xx11) 5549-0611

Instituto Benjamin Constant
Enderero: Esplanada dos Ministirios
Bloco L - Ed. Sede e Anexos
CEP: 70.047-900 - Brasilia / DF
Telefones: (0XX) 61 - 410-8484

Instituto de Cegos da Bahia
Institute for the Blind of Bahia
Rua So JosZ de Baix o 55, Barbalho
Salvador, Bahia, Brazil CEP-40 300
Tel: +55 71-242 1073

Instituto Penido Burnier
Ophthalmic Eye Hospital
R. Dr. Mascarenhas, 249
CEP 13020-050
Av. Andrade Neves, 683
CEP 13013-161
Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil35

Sociedade de Assistincia aos Cegos (SAC)
Av. Bezerra de Menezes, 892 - Sao Gerardo
CEP: 60325-004 - Fortaleza - Ceará - Brasil
Fones: (0xx85)281-6111 (PABX)

BULGARIA

Union of the Blind of Bulgaria
Ul. Naicho Tzanov 172
1309 Sofia
Tel : +359 221 9170

BYELORUSSIA

Byelorussian Association of the Visually Handicapped
President : Anatoly NETYLKINE
7 Amuratorskaya Street
220004 Minsk
Tel : +375 172 232 506

C

CAMBODIA

Helen Keller International
House #74, Street 456, Sankat Toultumpoung 1
Khann Chamcar Mon, P.O. Box 168
Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Tel: +855 23 3 62570

CAMEROON

Helen Keller International
B.P. 14227
Yaounde
Te/Fax. 237-20-97-71

CENTRAL AFRICA REPUBLIC

Integrated Training Centre for the Promotion of the Handicapped
BP 1728, Bangui
Central African Republic
Tel: +236 65 00 35

CHILE

Agrupacion de Ciegos y Videntes Cristianos
Christian Blind Clairvoyants Group
Casilla 31245, Concepcion, 2000
Chile

Sociedad Protectora de Ciegos Santa Lucia
Santa Lucia Society for the Protection of the Blind
Salecianos 1190, San Miguel
Santiago, Chile
Tel: +56 2 518222

CHINA

China Blind Association
172 Xizhimennei Street, Beijing, 100035
China
Tel: +86 1 55 51 63

Helen Keller International
Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center
54 Xianlie, Guangzhou, China
Tel: +86 20 76 5309

COLUMBIA

Instituto Nacional para Ciegos
National Institute for the Blind
Carrera 13 No. 34-91 city, Bogota, 13 34 91
Colombia
Tel: +57 1 232 90 29

Instituto Para Ninos ciegos y sordos de cali
Rehabilitation for the Blind
Carrera 38 NÏ 5B1 39 Barrio San Fernando
Cali, Columbia
Tel: (092) 514 1176

COSTA RICA

Asesoria Nacional para Ciegos y Deficientes Visuales
National Advisory Office for the Blind and Visually Disabled
Apartado, San Jose, 10087
Costa Rica
Tel: +506 221 5345
Fax: +506 221 5345

CROATIA

Croatian Guide Dog & Mobility Association
Trg bana Jelacica 3/1, HR-10 000
Zagreb, Croatia
Tel: +385 1 48 16 155

Hrvatski Savez Slijepih
Croatian Association of the Blind
Draskoviceva 80, PO Box 736, Zagreb, 10000
Tel: +385 1-481 2501

CUBA

Asociacion Nacional del Ciego
National Association of the Blind
Apartado 4129, Habana 4, Cuba
Tel: +53 7 323574
Fax: +53 7 334134

CYPRUS

Pancyprian Organization of the Blind
PO Box 23511, Nicosia 1684
Cyprus
Tel: +357 2 813383
Fax: +357 2 495395

CZECH REPUBLIC

Czech Blind United
Karlinsk÷ nam. 12
186 03 Praha 8
Tel : +420 2 2481 7393

Rehabilitation and Training Center for the Blind
Smolikova 866
Praha 6
PSC 160 00
Tel : +420 2 35 30 11 94

Spolecnost Proranoupeci
Center for Early Intervention for the Visually Impaired
Hastalska 27
110 00 Praha 1
Czech Republic
Tel: +42 2 2482 6860 2482 6857

D

DENMARK

Dansk Blindesamfund
Danish Organization for the Blind
Thoravej 35
DK-2400 Copenhagen NV
Tel : +45 3814 8844

Institute for the Blind and Partially Sighted
Rymarksveji 1
2900 Hellerup
Denmark
Tel: (+ 45) 39 45 25 45

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

Organizacion Dominicana de Ciegos Inc
Organization for the Blind
c/ 30 de marzo 65, Apt 22424, Santo Domingo
Dominican republic
Tel: +1 809 682 5558

E

ECUADOR

Instituto Nacional de Ciego Ecuatoriana
National Institute for the Blind of Ecuador
Cdla Atahualpa Avenue Teniente Hugo Ortiz, s/y Quevedo, Plaza Bremen
Quito, Ecuador
Tel: +593 2 65296 266626

Sociedad de Ciegos de Pichincha 'Luis Braille'
Louis Braille Society for the Blind
Calle Flores 534 y Espejo
Quito, Ecuador
Tel: +593 510 969

EGYPT

Al Nour Wal Amal Association
16 Abu Bakr El-Seddik Street
Heliopolis, Cairo, Egypt
Tel: +20 243 7772

Demonstration Centre for Rehabilitation of the Blind
Palace of Light
184 Aziz El-Masri Street, ex Gessr El-Suess
Cairo, Egypt

Rehab Egypt
Al-Obour 24, Salah Salem Avenue
P.O.Box 46/Panorama
Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt
Tel: (202) 403 - 2384

EL SALVADOR

Asociacion de Ciegos Salvadorenos
1a Avenida Norte No 920
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador

Centro de Rehabilitacion para Ciegos
"Eugenia de Duenas" Centre of Rehabilitation for the Blind
21a Calle Poniente 240, San Salvador
El Salvador
Tel: +503 258958

ESTONIA

Eesti Pimedate Liit
Estonian Federation of the Blind
Lai Str 9, Tallinn, EE0001
Estonia
Tel: +372 2 441419
Fax: +372 64 11 831

Estonian Blind Association
Vene 7
TALLINN EE-0101
Estonia

ETHIOPIA

Ethiopian National Association for the Blind
PO Box 9, Shoa Administrative Division
BAKO, Ethiopia

Rehabilitation Agency
PO Box 21372, Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Tel: +251 1 123701

F

FINLAND

Arla Institute
Center for Training and Rehabilitation of the Visually Impaired
Arla Institute Puustellinmiki 4 - 6 SF-02600
ESPOO FINLAND
Tel: + 358 - 9 - 511 081

Finnish Federation of the Visually Impaired
Makelankatu 50
00510 Helsinki
Tel : +358 9 3960 41

Furbundet Finlands Svenska Synskadade RF
The Federation of Swedish Speaking Visually Impaired in Finland
Nylandsgatan 25 A 6, Helsinki, SF-00120
Tel: +358 9-642 521

FRANCE

Centre de Reducation Fonctionnelle pour Aveugles ou Malvoyants
Domaine des Ombrages F-78160 Marly-le-Roi
France
Tel : 01 39 58 48 20

Institut National des Jeunes Aveugles
National Institute for Young Blind
56 Boulevard des Invalides, Paris, 75007, France
Tel: +33 1 44 49 35 35

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G

GAMBIA

Gambia Organization of the Visually Impaired
PO Box 2053, Serekunda, Kombo St Mary
Gambia
Tel: +220 22 27001
Fax: +220 22 7214

GEORGIA

Georgian Association of the Blind
Bochormy Street 23
0380044 Tbilisi
Tel : +995 883 2 740 022

GERMANY

Berufsforderungswerk Duren gGmbH
Rehabilitation Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired
Karl-Arnold-Stra?e 132-134, D 52349 Duren
Tel: (+49 24 21) 59 80

Christoffel-Blindenmission eV
Christian Blind Mission International
Nibelungenstrasse 124, 64625 Bensheim , Germany
Tel: +49 6251 1310

German Federation of Blind and Visually Impaired People
Bismarckallee 30
53173 Bonn
Tel : +49 228 95 5820

Medizinische Universitat zu Lubeck
Luebeck University, Department of Ophthalmology
Ratzeburger Allee 160
23538 Lubeck
Germany
Tel: +49 (0)451 / 500 - 2216

Stiftung Blindenanstalt Frankfurt am Main
Center for Vocational Training and Rehabilitation.
Adlerflychtstrabe 8-14
D-60318 Frankfurt am Main
Tel.: +49 (0)69 9 55 12 40

GHANA

Ghana Association of the Blind
PO Box AC 496, Accra
Ghana
Tel: +233 21 220904
Fax: +233 21 233442

Ghana Society for the Blind
PO Box GP 3065, Accra
Ghana
Tel: +233 21 221614
Fax: +233 21 230831

GREECE

Hellenic Orientation and Mobility Center for Visually Impaired people
9 Iraklitou Street
Athens, 10673, Greece
Tel: +30 1 3622728

Panhellenic Association of the Blind
31, VERANZEROU STR. 104 32
ATHENS, GREECE
TEL.: (01) 5228333-5228365-5245001-5245455-5245578

GUATEMALA

Asociacion Central de Ciegos de Guatemala
National Association of the Blind
1 Calle 2-03
Zona 2, Apartado Postal 718
GUATEMALA CITY CP 01001
Guatemala

GUINEA

Association Guinéenne pour la Promotion des Aveugles
BP 3494, Conakry
Guinea
Tel: +224 412890
Fax: +224 465295

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