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Ghana
Centre for Deafblind Children
PO Box 33, Mampong-Akwapim, Ghana.
Contact person: Mr. H.K. Ahlijah
Tel: +233 21 81 2223
Activities: Daily living skills, Braille, orientation and mobility, cookery, communication
skills, vocational skills, sensory training, gardening. Additionally we undertake Outreach programmes
for public awareness of the Deafblind and home visits during vacations so see our students. Annual
workshops are held for parents of these children to get them involved in the education and training
of their wards.
Last updated: 26/03/2007
Ghana Society for the Blind
PO Box GP 3065, Accra, Ghana.
Contact person: Dr. Koray, President
Tel: +233 21 221614
Fax: +233 21 230831
Email: socblind@ghana.com
Web: ghanablind.tripod.com
Activities: GSB offers programmes related to blind education and curriculum development, job training, client rehabilitation and counselling, braille printing and materials distribution.
Last updated: 26/03/2007
Sight Savers International
West Africa Regional Office, 58 Patrice Lumumba Road, Airport Residential Area, Airport-Accra, Ghana.
Contact person: Mr. Simon Bush, Regional Director
Tel: +233 21 774210
Fax: +233 21 774209
Email: waromail@sightsavers.org.gh
Web: www.sightsavers.org
Activities:
Working to prevent and cure blindness in developing countries and to provide education and training for irreversibly blind children and adults. Working with partner organisations in poor and least served communities to help establish and support permanent activities that prevent and cure blindness, restore sight and provide help for irreversibly blind people. Sight Savers promotes the concept of community-based rehabilitation, bringing training which enables blind people to come to terms with their disability and take a full and active part in their societies.
Last updated: 06/04/2006
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