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All India Confederation of the Blind NGO Organization Members

All India Confederation of the Blind Source Funds

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All India Confederation of the Blind Key Issues and Operational Areas, Major Activiities & Achivements

Operational Districts: Central, East, New Delhi, North, North East, North West, South, South West, West,Gurgaon,Satna,Banda, Chitrakoot, Fatehpur

Operational States: DELHI, HARYANA, MADHYA PRADESH, UTTAR PRADESH

AchieveMents: ALL INDIA CONFEDERATION OF THE BLIND All India Confederation of the Blind (AICB) is a body of blind persons working for and with its blind brothers and sisters. It is made up of grass-roots and State-level Associations/Organizations working with the blind. It has 25 affiliates across the country. AICB is one of the three national affiliates of the World Blind Union—the sole representative body of the blind at the world level. The Confederation has now completed over 35 years of its existence. As we look back, we derive some satisfaction from the fact that we have traversed quite a long distance—from a small rented office to its own premises housing a variety of services; from just one part-time employee to the present number of over 80 staff members; from a meager fund of just a few hundred rupees to the present budget of over 35 million rupees; from hardly any activity to over 20 projects and services. The Confederation’s work has been receiving appreciation and commendation from various quarters. It has been adjudged the Best NGO in the disability sector for 2006 by the Government of India and presented the corresponding National Award by the then President of India on December 3, 2006. During the year 2009 and 2012, the Confederation’s Braille printing press was adjudged the best in the country and was awarded a Citation and cash Award of Rs. One Lakh each time on the occasion of 200th birth anniversary of Louis Braille in a grand function organized by the Government of India on 4th January, 2009 and on 6th February, 2013 respectively. Its Secretary General was honoured by the President of India on 31st March, 2014 by conferring Padma Shri Award for his outstanding service to blind community. The Confederation runs the following programmes and services: • Highly progressive School for blind children in a rural setting. • Training in vocational courses like Braille stenography and advanced IT skills. • Model Community-based rehabilitation programmes of the rural blind in several States. • Eye care, eye health and blindness prevention. • Training of the lately blinded. • Production of thousands of volumes of Braille books and journals for children and adults through the largest Braille printing press in the country. • Recording of college text books and making the same available to blind students free of charge. • Free hostel for college going blind girl-students. • Merit scholarships and computers/laptops for higher education of blind girls. • Capacity development, especially for visually impaired youth and women. • Care of the visually impaired elderly persons. • Research projects for opening up new educational and employment opportunities. • Bringing out a number of new publications and Handbooks for visually impaired women, teachers etc. • Intense lobbying and advocacy including judicial interventions for the visually impaired. For more information, please visit our website www.aicb.org.in