The CARE & SHARE projects 2003/2004
Here is an overview of projects to which you can contribute by buying CARE Shares. Projects in progress are also still open for contributions.
For any further information please contact us. We would be happy to send you our detailed CARE & SHARE project brochure.
Latin America and the Caribbean
AF03010
Ivory Coast
Development of Braille production unit - National Association of the
Blind and Volunteers for the Promotion of the Blind of Ivory Coast (ANAVPACI),
Abidjan
Main objective: production of school books in Braille
28,500 Euros
AF03020
Nigeria - Status:
IN PROGRESS
Network project - Nigerian Library Association
Main
objective: to
set up a network of Nigerian institutions involved in the provision
of accessible literature in order to coordinate people, work and
resources
9,200 Euros
Development of Braille production unit - Kigali Institute of
Education (KIE), Kigali
Main
objective: production
of school books in French and English Braille
18,500 Euros
Development of Braille Music Centre - Milton Margai School for the
Blind
Main
objective: to
allow easy creation, storage and sharing of Music Braille
13,000 Euros
Development of Braille production centre - Tanzania Braille Press,
Dar Es Salaam
9,200 Euros
AF0306A
Burkina
Faso
- Status: IN PROGRESS
Braille
paper supply - National
School for Blind Children, Ouagadougou
200 Euros
AF0306B
Mali
- Status: IN PROGRESS
Braille
paper supply - National School for the Blind, Bamako
AF0306C
Zambia - Status: IN
PROGRESS
Braille
paper supply -
National Library and Cultural Centre for the Blind, Lusaka
200 Euros
AF0306D Zimbabwe - Status: IN
PROGRESS
Braille
paper supply -
Dorothy Duncan Library for the Blind, Harare
200 Euros
Latin
America and the Caribbean
LA03010
Argentina - Status:
EXECUTED
Low vision reading aids for general reading room - National
University de Cuyo Library, Mendoza
Main
objective: to
make the library's collection accessible to partially sighted
sutdents and members of the general public
18,100 Euros
LA03020
Mexico
Braille Production unit - School for Teachers 'Manuel Avial
Camacho', Zacateca
Main
objective: provision Braille materials for
the school and school library
to improve the student teachers' knowledge of Braille and to produce
learning materials for the pupils
12,500
Euros
Childrens' Braille books in Spanish and indigenous languages -
ABAC, Cuernavaca
Main
objective: to
counter the major lack of children's books in Braille in the country
and to produce the first ever Braille books in indigenous languages
such as Nauhatl, Maya, Totonaca and Zapoteca
5,000
Euros
LA03040
Mexico
Swell paper for graphics - Escuela de Carentes de Vista y
Disminuidos Visuales, Merida
Main
objective: production
of tactile graphics and drawings for the education of blind children
in maths and sciences and for the preparation of very young blind
children for Braille reading
1,000 Euros
Braille Music production workshop - various institutions in
Mexico and Costa Rica
33,000 Euros
Provision
of Braille printer -
Helen Keller School for the Blind, Santiago
9,750
Euros
LA0306B
Guatemala
Provision
of Braille printer -
Central Blind Association of Guatemala
9,750
Euros
LA0306C Mexico
Provision
of Braille printer
- Association of the Blind 'Grupo Valentin', Mexico City
9,750
Euros
LA0306D
Panama
Provision
of Braille printer
- National School for the Blind, Panama
9,750
Euros
RU03010
Russia - Status: EXECUTED
Training workshop for the production of tactile diagrams - St.
Petersburg State Library for the Blind, St. Petersburg
Main
objective: creation
of a central, remotely accessible archive of tactile diagramms to
enable the production of specifc diagrams at short notice, to the
immediate benefit of blind students
9,200 Euros
RU03020
Russia - Status:
EXECUTED
Accessible
hybrid encyclopaedia - Russian State Library for the Blind, Moscow
Main
objective: creation
of a digital encyclopaedia
accessible to visually impaired and blind readers which will be
distributed to other special libraries free of charge
5,750 Euros
RU03030
Russia
Heater machine for swell paper - Saratov Regional Library for the
Blind, Saratov
2,450 Euros
SEA03010
Indonesia - Status: EXECUTED
Heater machine for swell paper - Mitra Netra Foundation, Jakarta
Main
objective: production
of tactile graphics and drawings for the education of blind pupils
and students and for the preparation of very young blind children
for Braille reading
2,450 Euros
SEA03020
Malaysia
Digital audio production - Sabah State Library (SSL), Kota
Kinabalu
Main
objective: to transfer spoken books from analogue to digital audio
13,500 Euros
Reading room for the visually impaired, part I: Equipment for blind
readers - National Library, Hanoi
Main
objective:
18,400 Euros
SEA0303B
Vietnam - Status: IN PROGRESS
Reading room for the visually impaired, part II: Equipment for
partially sighted readers - National Library, Hanoi
Main
objective:
12,600 Euros
SEA0304A
Vietnam - Status:
EXECUTED
Low Vision reading aids, part I: Main
reading room -
General Sciences Library (GSL), Ho Chi Minh City
18,100 Euros
SEA0304B
Vietnam - Status: EXECUTED
Low Vision reading aids, part II: Social Sciences and Humanities
reading room
7,200 Euros
SEA0304C
Vietnam - Status: EXECUTED
Low Vision reading aids, part III: Periodicals reading room
7,200 Euros
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