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20.11.2009
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Korea Braille Library
510-23, Amsa-dong, Kangdong-ku, Seoul 134-052, Korea.
Tel: +82 2 3426 7411 4
Fax: +82 2 3426 7415
Email: kbll@kbll.or.kr
Web: www.kbll.or.kr
Activities: The library develops and produces mute letter and Braille mixed books, sense of touch based books for infants and children to supply to visual impaired children and institutions to provide the opportunity for the visual impaired children and non-visual impaired children and for parents of visual impaired children to study along with their children, contributing to the increased awareness of impaired people and to the integrated education.
Last updated: 11/12/2006
Korea Welfare Foundation for the Visually Handicapped (KWFVH)
126 Sangil-dong, Kangdong-gu, Seoul, 134-090, Korea.
Tel: +82 2 440 5200
Fax: +82 2 440 5219
Email: oksjm@hanmail.net
Web: www.sori.or.kr/intro/sigak.asp?mcode=6
Activities: The aim of KWFVH is to help all visually handicapped people to overcome barriers,
and to live happy lives as members of the community with status and interests by giving them social,
medical, psychological, cultural and vocational assistance. KWFVH have the following departments:
Welfare Service, Braille Production, Rehabilitation, Sports Centre for the Blind and Hostel for the
Blind.
Last updated: 11/12/2006
Samsung Guide Dog School for the Blind
310 Jeondae-ri, Pokog-Myon, Yongin-si, Kyonggi-Do, 449-715, Korea.
Contact person: Mr Dong Hoon Lee, Executive Director
Tel: +82 335 320 8922
Fax: +82 335 320 8934
Web: http://mydog.samsung.com/eng/index.asp
Activities: The Samsung Guide Dog school was established in an effort to improve the independence
of the visually impaired both in the workplace and in the community in general.
Last Updated: 11/12/2006
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