Agencies Serving Blind & Partially Sighted People

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Ecuador

Asociacion de Ciegos del Guayas (ACACIG)
Boquedano, 355, Entre Reina Victoria y Juan Leon Mora, Quito, Ecuador.
Tel: +593 4236 0336
Email: acacig@easynet.net.ec
Last updated: 13/04/2007

Federación Nacional de Ciegos del Ecuador (FENCE)
(National Federation for the Blind of Ecuador)
Boquedano 355, Entre Reina Victoria y Juan Léon Mora, Quito, Ecuador.
Tel: +593 7 288 8227
Email: cuenca@fenceec.org
Web: www.fenceec.org
Activities: An umbrella organisation for institutions and organizations of and for the blind. FENCE coordinates, advises on, and defends the rights of blind and visually impaired people.
Last updated: 13/04/2007

Fasinarm
(Foundation for Psycho-Pedagogic Assistance for Children, Adolescents and Adults with Mental Retardation)
CDLA, Kennedy Norte, Mz. 17 Solar 3 (Atrás de Radio Sucre), Guayaquil, Ecuador.
Contact person: Alegria Barrezueta de Vera, Director
Tel: +593 4 2680620; +593 4 2680651; +593 4 2680637; +593 4 2682413
Fax: +593 4 2680620; +593 4 2680651; +593 4 2680637
Email: directiva@fasinarm.org or fasinarm@fasinarm.org
Web: www.fasinarm.org
Activities: Private, non-profit organization eastablished in response to a need for special education in the city of Guayaquil. Our educational and employment centres provide a series of services beginning with early childhood development and the integration into the work place. A technical unit reinforces the centres activities and offers a full array of the following services: medical, psychological, physical, language and occupational therapy, social work, arts and recreation.
Last updated: 05/04/2006

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 65 296
Activities: Provides rehabilitation resources for Blind adults.
Last updated: 13/04/2007

Sociedad de Ciegos de Pichincha 'Luis Braille'
(Louis Braille Society for the Blind)
Calle Flores 534 y Espejo, Quito, Ecuador.
Contact person: Mr. Hernan Boada, President
Tel: +593 510 969
Email: scplb@andinanet.net
Activities: Fights for the societal rights of blind and visually impaired adults.
Last updated: 13/04/2007

Sociedad de no videntes del Azuay (SONVA)
Calles Las Herrerias 2-12, Los Arupos, Cuenca, Ecuador.
Contact person: Mr. Gabriel Pina Cuenca, President
Tel: +593 7 288 9291
Fax: +593 7 281 1365
Email: sonva@azuay.net
Last updated: 13/04/2007