Agencies Serving Blind & Partially Sighted People
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Croatia
Croatian Association of the Blind
Draskoviceva 80, POB 736, 100000 Zagreb.
Contact person: Ivica Robic, Secretary General
Tel: +385 1 4812 501
Fax: +385 1 4812 507
Email: hrvatski-savez-slijepih@zg.t-com.hr
Web: www.savez-slijephi.hr
Activities: Main activities include: Improving education, rehabilitation and employment of the blind and visually impaired; Improving their habitual and general social care; Providing and teaching the use of technical aids for every-day life and work; Providing social activities such as, Braille and audio literature production, multipurpose magazines, rent-a-book library, music, acting and radio amateur groups, also sport and chess; To disseminate information about blindness prevention.
Last updated: 19/04/2007
Croatian Association of Deafblind Persons (DODIR)
(Hrvatska Udruga Gluhoslijepih Osoba)
Vodnikova 8, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.
Contact person: Mrs Sanja Tarczay, President
Tel: +385 1 4875 431
Fax: +385 1 4875 432
Email: dodir@zg.htnet.hr
Web: www.dodir.hr
Activities: Croatian Association of Deafblind Persons "DODIR"
is a non-profitable, national organization. Programmes include research
and development for the improvement of deafblind peoples' quality of life:
education, rehabilitation and occupational therapy; Continuous training
of staff, volunteers and associates; DODIR Support Service; Courses in
Croatian sign-language; Advisory support service, Seminars and campaigns
and DODIR Multimedia Service.
Last updated: 05/04/2006
Croatian Association of Long Cane Friends "HOMER"
Jelacicev trg 1/2, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia.
Contact person: Marija Hack, Principal
Tel: +385 51 211 607
Fax: +385 51 211 607
Email: homer@homer.hr
Web: www.homer.hr
Activities: The association’s mission is a continuous social integration of blind and visually impaired children, youth and other visually impaired people by increasing their quality of life during the aging process as well as achieving public awareness towards the problems faced by visually impaired people.
Last updated: 19/04/2007
Croatian Guide Dog & Mobility Association
Trg bana Jelacica 3/1, HR-10 000 Zagreb, Croatia.
Contact person: Mrs. Mira Katalenic, President
Tel: +385 1 48 16 155
Fax: +385 1 48 16 155
Email: udruga@psivodici.hr
Activities:
Guide dog and mobility training.
Last updated: 19/04/2007
Hrvatski Knjiznica za Slijepe
(Croatian Library for the Blind)
PO Box 231, Draskoviceva 80, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.
Contact person: Mrs. Sanja Frajtag, Director
Tel: +385 1 48 12 509
Fax: +385 1 49 12 507
Email: cl.blind@zg.htnet.hr
Web: www.hkzasl.hr
Activities: Audio and Braille production and lending library with
over 10000 examples. Library issues 6 audio and 4 Braille magazines. The
books and magazines are digitally recorded by the blind recording professionals,
copied to cassettes and shipped by post, free of charge, to the consumers
in Croatia or abroad.
Last updated: 19/04/2007
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