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FORCE is international
The
acronym
FORCE stands for Foundation for
Resource Centres and Libraries for Print-Handicapped
in Developing Countries. Currently the organisation
consists of four separate
foundations:
-
FORCE
Foundation UK based in Sheffield, UK,
- Stichting FORCE
based in The Hague, in the Netherlands,
- Stiftung FORCE in
Germany and
- FORCE Worldwide,
also based in
the Netherlands,
and which functions as the coordinating body.
The four organisations are independent, but work
together in many areas of project organisation and planning.
FORCE UK
FORCE Foundation UK officially
received registered charity status in May 2005. Based in
Sheffield, South Yorkshire, it has close links with the RNIB
and Share the Vision. It is hoped that this new branch of
the FORCE Foundation, together with the partner
organisations in the Netherlands and Germany, will enable
much needed expansion of activities and that more and more
blind and visually impaired people in developing countries
will benefit.
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