International Resources for People Who Are Visually Impaired or Blind

A complete list of agencies, organizations, and Institutions who provide various types of assistance to people with Low Vision, Legal Blindness, Functional or Total Blindness. The list below was copied from Living Well with Low vision who encourage the shairng of this information. The list is alphabetically  arranged by country.

This list was copied from the website of Living Well with Low Vision.

ALBANIA

• Institutii Nxenesve qe nuk Shikojne
  Rr “Dibres”, Tirana, Albania
  Tel: + 355 42 34313
• Union of the Blind in Albania
  Rruga “Ali Visha” Pallati 2
  Shkalla 5, Ap 45
  Tirana
  Tel/Fax (home) : +355 42 629 47

ALGIERS

• Organisation Nationale des Aveugles Algeriens
  4 boulevard Mohamed Khemisti
  Alger, Algeria
  Tel: +213 63 19 82

ARGENTINA

• Argentina Federation of Institutions for the Blind and Visually Disabled People
  46 Medrano Street, Piso 6 Dto B, Buenos Aires, 1178
  Argentina
  Tel: +54 1 981 0137
• ASAC – Asociacion de Ayuda al Ciego
  Centro de Rehabilitacion y Capacitacion del Discapacitado Visual
  Venezuela 584, 1095 Buenos Aires, Argentina
  Tel: +54 11 4331 5256
• Instituto Helen Keller
  Ciudad Universitaria AG, Postal Nr. 4, 5000 Cordoba
  Argentina
  Tel: +54 351 4334547

ARMENIA

• Armenian Association of the Blind
  18 Isaakian Street
  EREVAN 375025
  Armenia

AUSTRALIA

• Blind Welfare Association of South Australia Inc.
  1-3 Burman Avenue, Gilles Plains
  South Australia, 5086, Australia
  Tel: +61 8334 8000
• Disability Information & Resource Centre Inc.
  195 Gilles Street, Adelaide SA 5000
  Australia
  Tel: (08) 8223 7522
• Macular Disease Foundation Australia
  Suite 902, 447 Kent Street
  Sydney NSW 2000
  Tel: +61 2 92561 8900 / 1800 111 709
• Royal Guide Dogs Association of Tasmania
  164 Elizabeth Street
  P.O. Box 82
  North Hobart, Tasmania 7002
  Tel: 03 6232 1222
• Royal Society for the Blind
  Knapman House
  230 Pirie Street Adelaide
  South Australia 5000
  Tel: (08) 8232 2444
• Statewide Vision Resource Center
  360 Springvale Road
  Donvale, Victoria
  Australia 3111
  Mail us at:
  P.O. Box 201
  Nunawading
  Victoria, Australia 3131
  Tel: 03 9841 0242 or International Phone: + 61 3 9841 0242
• Vision Australia Foundation
  Tel: 1300 365 560

AUSTRIA

• Odilien-Institut
  Center for Vocational Training and Rehabilitation
  A-8010 Graz, Leonhardstrasse 130
  A-8010 Graz
  Austria
  Tel: ++43 (0)316/32 70 75

AZERBAIJAN

• Azerbaijan Association of the Blind
  40 Chuluflu Street
  370052 Baku
  Tel : +994 12 640919 or 644566

B

BAHRAIN

• Saudi-Bahraini Institute for the Blind
  PO Box 33484, Isa Town, Bahrain
  Tel: +973 780818
  Fax: +973 780786

BANGLADESH

• Bangladesh Blind Mission
  75/B Indira Road, Tejgaon, Dhaka 1215
  Bangladesh
  Tel: +880 2 812 767
  Fax: +880 2 816 865 189
• Bangladesh Jatio Andho Kalyan Samity
  Bangladesh National Society for the Blind
  Section No-1, Mirpur, Dhaka 1216
  Bangladesh
  Tel: +880 2 801 4476
  Fax: +880 2 801 6573
• Helen Keller International
  PO Box 6066, Gulshan, Dhaka 1212
  Bangladesh
  Tel: +880 2 8116156/4234
• National Society of the Blind & Partially Sighted (NSBP)
  PO Box 42, G.P.O: 9000
  Boyra, Khulna, Bangladesh
  Tel : +880-041-2850148

BARBADOS

• Barbados Association for the Blind and Deaf
  The Workshop for the Blind
  St Paul’s Avenue
  Beckles Road, St Michael, Barbados, West Indies
  Tel: +1 809 426 3438
• National United Society of the Blind
  Centre for the Blind and Deaf
  St. Paul’s Avenue, Bayview, St. Michael
  Barbados, West Indies
  Tel: +1 246 4263438

BAVARIA

• Bayerischer Blindenbund
  Agency for the Blind of Bavaria
  Sehbehindertenbund e.V.
  Landesgescheftsstelle Arnulfstr. 22
  80335 Munchen
  Tel: 0 89/55 98 80

BELARUS

• Byelorussian Association of the Visually Handicapped
  7 Amuratorskaya str, Minsk 220004
  Belarus
  Tel: +375 172 232506
  Fax: +375 172 238641

BELGIUM

• Belgian Federation for the Welfare of the Blind and Visually Impaired
  Avenue Georges Henri 278
  Brussels, B-1200
  Tel: +32 2-732 5324
• Blindenzorg Licht en Liefde
  Kunstlaan 24, bus 21
  1000 Brussel
  Tel: 02-286 52 50
• Handicape Visuel Formation Emploi asbl
  rue Winston Churchill 121 A
  Courcelles, B-6180
  Tel: +32 71 46 18 08

BOLIVIA

• Agrupacion para la Rehabilitacion y Educacion del Ciego y Ambliope
  Association for the Rehabilitation and Education of the Blind
  Calle Ayacucho 628, Casilla de Correo 254
  Sucre, Bolivia
  Tel: +591 64 23745
• Federaciun Nacional de Ciegos de Bolivia
  Colombia 472 (Interior), Castilla Postal 07432
  La Paz, Bolivia
  Tel: +591 2 486999
  Fax: +591 2 482552

BOTSWANA

• Botswana Council for the Disabled
  Private Bag 459
  Gaborone, Botswana
  Tel: +9 267-373599

BRAZIL

• Fundacao Dorina Nowill para Cegos
  Rua Dr. Diogo de Faria, 558 – Vila Clementino
  St. Paulo – SP – 04037-001
  Caixa Postal 20.384
  Tel: (0xx11) 5549-0611
• Instituto Benjamin Constant
  Enderero: Esplanada dos Ministirios
  Bloco L – Ed. Sede e Anexos
  CEP: 70.047-900 – Brasilia / DF
  Telefones: (0XX) 61 – 410-8484
• Instituto de Cegos da Bahia
  Institute for the Blind of Bahia
  Rua So JosZ de Baix o 55, Barbalho
  Salvador, Bahia, Brazil CEP-40 300
  Tel: +55 71-242 1073
• Sociedade de Assistincia aos Cegos (SAC)
  Av. Bezerra de Menezes, 892 – Sao Gerardo
  CEP: 60325-004 – Fortaleza – Ceará – Brasil
  Fones: (0xx85)281-6111 (PABX)

BULGARIA

• Union of the Blind of Bulgaria
  Ul. Naicho Tzanov 172
  1309 Sofia
  Tel : +359 221 9170

BYELORUSSIA

• Byelorussian Association of the Visually Handicapped
  President : Anatoly NETYLKINE
  7 Amuratorskaya Street
  220004 Minsk
  Tel : +375 172 232 506

C

CAMBODIA

• Helen Keller International
  House #74, Street 456, Sankat Toultumpoung 1
  Khann Chamcar Mon, P.O. Box 168
  Phnom Penh, Cambodia
  Tel: +855 23 3 62570

CAMEROON

• Helen Keller International
  B.P. 14227
  Yaounde
  Te/Fax. 237-20-97-71

CENTRAL AFRICA REPUBLIC

• Integrated Training Centre for the Promotion of the Handicapped
  BP 1728, Bangui
  Central African Republic
  Tel: +236 65 00 35

CHILE

• Agrupacion de Ciegos y Videntes Cristianos
  Christian Blind Clairvoyants Group
  Casilla 31245, Concepcion, 2000
  Chile
• Sociedad Protectora de Ciegos Santa Lucia
  Santa Lucia Society for the Protection of the Blind
  Salecianos 1190, San Miguel
  Santiago, Chile
  Tel: +56 2 518222

CHINA

• China Blind Association
  172 Xizhimennei Street, Beijing, 100035
  China
  Tel: +86 1 55 51 63
• Helen Keller International
  Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center
  54 Xianlie, Guangzhou, China
  Tel: +86 20 76 5309

COLUMBIA

• Instituto Nacional para Ciegos
  National Institute for the Blind
  Carrera 13 No. 34-91 city, Bogota, 13 34 91
  Colombia
  Tel: +57 1 232 90 29
• Instituto Para Ninos ciegos y sordos de cali
  Rehabilitation for the Blind
  Carrera 38 NÏ 5B1 39 Barrio San Fernando
  Cali, Columbia
  Tel: (092) 514 1176

COSTA RICA

• Asesoria Nacional para Ciegos y Deficientes Visuales
  National Advisory Office for the Blind and Visually Disabled
  Apartado, San Jose, 10087
  Costa Rica
  Tel: +506 221 5345
  Fax: +506 221 5345

CROATIA

• Croatian Guide Dog & Mobility Association
  Trg bana Jelacica 3/1, HR-10 000
  Zagreb, Croatia
  Tel: +385 1 48 16 155
• Hrvatski Savez Slijepih
  Croatian Association of the Blind
  Draskoviceva 80, PO Box 736, Zagreb, 10000
  Tel: +385 1-481 2501

CUBA

• Asociacion Nacional del Ciego
  National Association of the Blind
  Apartado 4129, Habana 4, Cuba
  Tel: +53 7 323574
  Fax: +53 7 334134

CYPRUS

• Pancyprian Organization of the Blind
  PO Box 23511, Nicosia 1684
  Cyprus
  Tel: +357 2 813383
  Fax: +357 2 495395

CZECH REPUBLIC

• Czech Blind United
  Karlinsk÷ nam. 12
  186 03 Praha 8
  Tel : +420 2 2481 7393
• Rehabilitation and Training Center for the Blind
  Smolikova 866
  Praha 6
  PSC 160 00
  Tel : +420 2 35 30 11 94
• Spolecnost Proranoupeci
  Center for Early Intervention for the Visually Impaired
  Hastalska 27
  110 00 Praha 1
  Czech Republic
  Tel: +42 2 2482 6860 2482 6857

D

DENMARK

• Dansk Blindesamfund
  Danish Organization for the Blind
  Thoravej 35
  DK-2400 Copenhagen NV
  Tel : +45 3814 8844
• Institute for the Blind and Partially Sighted
  Rymarksveji 1
  2900 Hellerup
  Denmark
  Tel: (+ 45) 39 45 25 45

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

• Organizacion Dominicana de Ciegos Inc
  Organization for the Blind
  c/ 30 de marzo 65, Apt 22424, Santo Domingo
  Dominican republic
  Tel: +1 809 682 5558

E

ECUADOR

• 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 65296 266626
• Sociedad de Ciegos de Pichincha ‘Luis Braille’
  Louis Braille Society for the Blind
  Calle Flores 534 y Espejo
  Quito, Ecuador
  Tel: +593 510 969

EGYPT

• Al Nour Wal Amal Association
  16 Abu Bakr El-Seddik Street
  Heliopolis, Cairo, Egypt
  Tel: +20 243 7772
• Demonstration Centre for Rehabilitation of the Blind
  Palace of Light
  184 Aziz El-Masri Street, ex Gessr El-Suess
  Cairo, Egypt

EL SALVADOR

• Asociacion de Ciegos Salvadorenos
  1a Avenida Norte No 920
  SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador
• Centro de Rehabilitacion para Ciegos
  “Eugenia de Duenas” Centre of Rehabilitation for the Blind
  21a Calle Poniente 240, San Salvador
  El Salvador
  Tel: +503 258958

ESTONIA

• Eesti Pimedate Liit
  Estonian Federation of the Blind
  Lai Str 9, Tallinn, EE0001
  Estonia
  Tel: +372 2 441419
  Fax: +372 64 11 831
• Estonian Blind Association
  Vene 7
  TALLINN EE-0101
  Estonia

ETHIOPIA

• Ethiopian National Association for the Blind
  PO Box 9, Shoa Administrative Division
  BAKO, Ethiopia
• Rehabilitation Agency
  PO Box 21372, Addis Ababa
  Ethiopia
  Tel: +251 1 123701

F

FINLAND

• Finnish Federation of the Visually Impaired
  Makelankatu 50
  00510 Helsinki
  Tel : +358 9 3960 41
• Furbundet Finlands Svenska Synskadade RF
  The Federation of Swedish Speaking Visually Impaired in Finland
  Nylandsgatan 25 A 6, Helsinki, SF-00120
  Tel: +358 9-642 521

FRANCE

• Institut National des Jeunes Aveugles
  National Institute for Young Blind
  56 Boulevard des Invalides, Paris, 75007, France
  Tel: +33 1 44 49 35 35

G

GAMBIA

• Gambia Organization of the Visually Impaired
  PO Box 2053, Serekunda, Kombo St Mary
  Gambia
  Tel: +220 22 27001
  Fax: +220 22 7214

GEORGIA

• Georgian Association of the Blind
  Bochormy Street 23
  0380044 Tbilisi
  Tel : +995 883 2 740 022

GERMANY

• Berufsforderungswerk Duren gGmbH
  Rehabilitation Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired
  Karl-Arnold-Stra?e 132-134, D 52349 Duren
  Tel: (+49 24 21) 59 80
• Christoffel-Blindenmission eV
  Christian Blind Mission International
  Nibelungenstrasse 124, 64625 Bensheim , Germany
  Tel: +49 6251 1310
• German Federation of Blind and Visually Impaired People
  Bismarckallee 30
  53173 Bonn
  Tel : +49 228 95 5820
• Medizinische Universitat zu Lubeck
  Luebeck University, Department of Ophthalmology
  Ratzeburger Allee 160
  23538 Lubeck
  Germany
  Tel: +49 (0)451 / 500 – 2216
• Stiftung Blindenanstalt Frankfurt am Main
  Center for Vocational Training and Rehabilitation.
  Adlerflychtstrabe 8-14
  D-60318 Frankfurt am Main
  Tel.: +49 (0)69 9 55 12 40

GHANA

• Ghana Association of the Blind
  PO Box AC 496, Accra
  Ghana
  Tel: +233 21 220904
  Fax: +233 21 233442
• Ghana Society for the Blind
  PO Box GP 3065, Accra
  Ghana
  Tel: +233 21 221614
  Fax: +233 21 230831

GREECE

• Hellenic Orientation and Mobility Center for Visually Impaired people
  9 Iraklitou Street
  Athens, 10673, Greece
  Tel: +30 1 3622728
• Panhellenic Association of the Blind
  31, VERANZEROU STR. 104 32
  ATHENS, GREECE
  TEL.: (01) 5228333-5228365-5245001-5245455-5245578

GUATEMALA

• Asociacion Central de Ciegos de Guatemala
  National Association of the Blind
  1 Calle 2-03
  Zona 2, Apartado Postal 718
  GUATEMALA CITY CP 01001
  Guatemala

GUINEA

• Association Guinéenne pour la Promotion des Aveugles
  BP 3494, Conakry
  Guinea
  Tel: +224 412890
  Fax: +224 465295

H

HAITI

• Société Haítienne d’Aide aux Aveugles
  Haitian Society of and for the Blind
  Delmas 31, Rue V Ricourt numero 12, HT 6120
  Port-au-Prince, Haiti
  Postal Address: PO Box 555, Port-au-Prince, Haiti
  Tel: +509 249 4884
  Fax: +509 510 7471

HONDURAS

• Centro De Rehabilitacion Para Ciegos
  Center for Blind ” LUIS BRAILLE ”
  Col.Villaflorencia, 9Ave.21calle.San Pedro Sula
  HONDURAS C.A Aptdo.Postal 1158

HONG KONG

• Hong Kong Blind Union
  Flat 13-20, G/F, Tsui Ying House, Tsui Ping Estate
  Kwun Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong
  Tel : (852)2339-0666
• Hong Kong Eye Hospital
  147K Argyle Street
  Kowloon, Hong Kong
  Tel: 2762 3007
• Hong Kong Society for the Blind
  248 Nam Cheong Street
  Shamshuipo, Hong Kong
  Tel: +852 2778-8332

HUNGARY

• University Medical School of Debrecen
  Department of Ophthalmology
  H-4012 Debrecen
  Nagyerdei krt. 98
  Hungary
  Tel/Fax(36-52) 415-816 / (36-52) 430-322 / (36-52) 411-600 ext.: 5526

I

ICELAND

• Blindrafelagid
  Icelandic Association of the Blind and Partially Sighted
  Hamrahlid 17, IS-105
  Reykjavik, Iceland
  Tel: +354 525 0000
• Diagnostic and Counseling Center
  Digranesvegur 5-200 Kopavogur 1
  Iceland
  Tel: (354) 564-1744

INDIA

• Blind Men’s Association
  Dr. Vikram Sarabhai Road
  Vastrapur, Ahmedabad 380015
  Tel: 44 20 70 / 44 00 82
• Helen Keller Service Society for the Disabled and Visually Impaired
  Vizhiyagam, Viswanathapuram, Madurai – 625014
  Tamilnadu , India
  Phone: 91-452-641446, 91-452-640735
• The National Association for the Blind, Karnataka Branch
  CA Site No. 4 NAB Road, Jeevan Bhima nagar
  Bangalore – 560075 Karnataka India
  Tel: 0091 80 2528 1439 / 2528 1590 / 2528 9939
• National Association for the Blind
  11 Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan Road, Worli Seaface, Mumbai
  Maharashtra, India 400 025
  Tel: +91 22-493 5370 or 493 6930
• Vocational Rehabilitation Training Centre for Blind
  Habowal Road, Opp. Kitchlu Nagar, Ludhiana
  Punjab-141001, India
  Tel: +91 161 471425

INDONESIA

• Helen Keller International
  JL. Patra Kuningan 14 No. 12
  Jakarta, Selatan, 12950
  Indonesia
  Tel: +62 21 525 0529
• Indonesian Association of the Blind
  Jl Wartawan IV/14
  Buahbatu
  BANDUN 40264
  Indonesia

IRAN

• Iranian Society of Blind
  Darros Street, Hassan Tash Street, No.10 code 19436
  Tehran, Iran
  Fax: +98 21 256 0255
• Roudaki Complex for the Blind
  Shahid Fayazbakhsh Ave, PO Box 11365-9187
  Tehran, Iran
  Tel: +98 21 670 7090

IRELAND

• Blind Centre for Northern Ireland
  126 Bloomfield Avenue, Belfast
  County Antrim, BT5 5AE, Ireland
  Tel: +44 (0)28-9050 0999
• National Council for the Blind of Ireland
  PV Doyle House
  Whitworth Road, Drumcondra
  Dublin 9
  Tel : +353 1830 7033
• The Royal Victoria Hospital
  Department of Ophthalmology
  Institute of Clinical Science
  Belfast BT12 6BA
  N. Ireland
  Tel: (028) 90346278
• St. James Hospital
  Department of Ophthalmology
  Dublin, Ireland
  Tel: 4532867

ISRAEL

• Center For The Advancement Of The Blind In Israel
  P.O.B. 1132
  Tsfat, 13111, Israel
  Tel/Fax: 972-4-692-0445/6
• Hadassah’s Department of Ophthalmology
  Division of External Relations
  Hadassah Medical Organization
  Kiryat Hadassah – P.O.B. 12000
  Jerusalem 91120, Israel
  Tel: 972-2-677-6078
• The Israel Guide Dog Center for the Blind
  Beit Oved 76800
  Tel: 08-940 8213
• Jewish Institute for the Blind
  POB 925
  Kiryat Moshe
  Jerusalem 91008
  Israel
• NAMAG Association of AMD Patients in Israel
  Ramat – Hasharon
  37 Sokolov Str
  Tel Aviv 47236, Israel
  Tel: 03-5472751
• National Society for the Visually Handicapped
  PO Box 19924, Jerusalem, Israel
  Tel: +972 2 743564

ITALY

• Istituto dei ciechi Francesco Cavazza
  Institute for the Blind and Visually Impaired
  via Castiglione, 71
  40124 Bologna
  Italy
  Tel: 051.332090
• Instituto per Ciechi e Ipovedenti ‘David Chiossone’
  David Chiossone Institute for Blind and Visually Disabled People
  Corso Armellini 11
  Genoa, Italy 16122
  Tel: +39 10-839 1160
• Scuola Nazionale Cani Guida per Ciechi
  via dei Ciliegi 26, 50018 Scandicci
  Florence, Italy
  Tel: +39 55 74181
• Unione Italiana Ciechi
  Vis Borgogna 38, Rome, 00187
  Tel: +39 (0)6-6998 8375

J

JAPAN

• Japan Federation of the Blind
  1-10-33 Takadanobaba
  Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 169
  Tel: +81 3 3200 0011
• Japanese Society for Rehabilitation of Persons with Disabilities
  22-1, 1-chome Toyama, Shinjuku-ku
  Tokyo 162-0052, Japan
  Tel: +81-3-5273-0601
• National Institute of the Special Education Department for the Visually Handicapped
  5-1-1 Nobi, Yokosuka, Kanagawa, 2 39 – 0841
  Japan
  Tel: +81 468 48 4121
• National Rehabilitation Centre for the Blind
  Tokorozawa 359, Tokorozawa-shi
  Tokyo, Japan
  Tel: +81 3 0429953100

JORDAN

• Friendship Association for the Blind
  PO Box 7063, Amman, Jordan
  Tel: +962 6 656228
  Fax: +962 6 641570

K

KAZAKHSTAN

• Kazakh Blind Society
  175 Muratbayev str, Alma Ata, 480059
  Kazakhstan
  Tel: +7 3272 67 59 23
  Fax: +7 3272 63 63 75
• Kazakhstan Association of the Blind
  Kirova Street 21, Astana, PO 473000
  Kazakhstan
  Tel: +7 3172 261568
  Fax: +7 3172 261568

KENYA

• African Union of the Blind
  North Airport Road, PO Box 72782, Embakasi
  Nairobi, Kenya
  Tel: +254 2 823 989
  Fax: +254 2 823 776
• Rehabilitation Training Centre of the Blind
  PO Box 34035
  Nairobi, Kenya
  Tel: +254 2 554861

KOREA

• Korean Federation of the Blind
  Sanggyae dong 771 Nowongu
  Seoul, Korea
  Tel: +82 2 938 4424
• Samsung Guide Dog School for the Blind
  Yongin,Korea
  Tel: (02) 758-7591, (0335)320-8924

KUWAIT

• Kuwait Society of the Blind
  PO Box 43244, Hawalle 32047, Kuwait
  Tel: +965 562 2245
  Fax: +965 562 4700

KYRGYZSTAN

• Kyrgyz Association of Deaf and Blind People
  Bokonbae s. 191, 720017 Bishkek C
  Kyrgyzstan
  Tel: +996 312 244760
  Fax: +996 312 244302

L

LAOS

• Laos Society of Ophthalmology
  Ophthalmological Center, Ministry of Health
  Vientiane, Laos
  Tel: (856-21) 612000

LATVIA

• Latvian Society of the Blind
  LSB Rehabilitation Center
  Pales 14/3a, Riga LV-1024
  Latvia
  Tel.: 371-2-532324
• LSB Strazdumuizha Organization
  Pales iela 14/2, Riga, LV-1024
  Tel: 7 531911

LEBANON

• Lebanese Union of Blind Organisations
  PO Box 113 – 5487, Beirut, Lebanon
  Tel: +961 3 826 680
  Fax: +961 3 364 259

LIBYA

• Association for the Blind
  PO Box 583
  Jumaheriya
  BENGHAZI, Libya
• El Nour Association for the Rehabilitation of the Blind
  PO Box 3770
  Tripoli, Libya
  Tel: +218 21 71 714

LITHUANIA

• Lietuvos akluju ir silpnaregiu ugdymo centras
  Lithuanian Training Centre for the Blind and Visually Impaired
  Ateities 44, 2057 Vilnius
  Lithuania
  Tel: +370 2 700200
• Lithuanian Association of the Blind and Visually Handicapped
  Labdariu 7/11, Vilnius, 2600
  Lithuania
  Tel: +370 2 62 48 66

LUXEMBOURG

• Association des Aveugles du Luxembourg
  47, rue de Luxembourg
  L-7540 Berschbach/Mersch
  Tel : +352 32 90 31 300
• Institut pour Deficients Visuels
  Institute for blind and visually impaired people
  9 rue Pierre Federspiel
  L-1512 Luxembourg
  Tel.: (+352) 44 54 55

M

MACEDONIA

• Macedonian Union of the Blind and Visually Impaired
  29th November 46th Street, 91000 Skopje
  Macedonia
  Tel: +389 91 113662
  Fax: +389 91 112292

MADAGASCAR

• Centre des Aveugles
  Centre for the Blind
  PO Box 311, Antsirabe 110
  Madagascar
• Fikambanan’ny Jamba Malagasy
  Association of the Malagasy Blind
  PO Box 311, Antsirabe 110
  Madagascar
  Tel: +261 487 23

MALAWI

• Malawi Union of the Blind
  P.O. Box 5971
  Limbe, Malawi
  Tel: +265 64 3466/3684
• Mulanje Vocational Training Centre for the Blind
  PO Box 76, Mulanje, Malawi
  Tel: +265 465 266
• Society for the Blind In Malawi
  PO Box 278
  Zomba, Malawi

MALAYSIA

• Malaysian Association For The Blind
  P.O. Box 10687
  50722 Kuala Lumpur
  Tel: 757 72 22/63
• Pertubuhan Bagi Orang-Orang Buta Sabah
  Sabah Society for the Blind
  PO Box 10720, 88807 Kota Kinabalu
  Sabah, Malaysia
  Tel: +60 88 218130

MEXICO

• Asociacion Mexicana para Ciegos y Debile Visuales
  Mexican Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired
  Durango 289, 10 Piso, Col Rome, DF 06700
  Mexico
  Tel: +52 5535682
• Centro de Educacion Especial para la Integracion de Carentes de Vista y Disminuidos Visuales
  Centre of Special Education for the Integration of the Visually Impaired
  Calle 60 no 333 x 35 y Avenue Colon, Merida
  Yucatan, CP 97000, Mexico
  Tel: +52 91 99254634
• Centro de Estudios para Invidentes A.C.
  Periféfico Ortiz Mena 3807
  Col. Fovisste, Chihuahua, Chih.
  México C.P. 31237
  Tel: (52-1) 418-23-01
• Helen Keller International
  Edif. Heroes de la Revolution, 40 Piso
  Venustiano Carranza No. 815, Chihuahua, Chih
  Mexico
  Tel: +52 14 29 33 00 Ext. 2676

MOLDOVA

• Union of the Blind of Moldova
  Columna Street 101
  227012 Kishinev
  Tel/Fax : +373 2 222 789

MOROCCO

• Association Nationale des Aveugles au Maroc
  National Association of the Blind in Morocco
  93 Mohamed V Avenue
  Rabat, Morocco
• Helen Keller International
  3 Rue Sekkoura
  Rabat, Morocco
  Tel: +212 7 75 6636

N

NEPAL

• Helen Keller International
  Min Bhawan, New Baneshwor, PO Box 3752
  Kathmandu, Nepal
  Tel: +977 1 480921

NawbNepal – Nepal Association for the Welfare of the Blind

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Address: Thapathali, Kathmanu

·        Phone: + 977-1-4260583

·        Email: info@nawbnepal.org.np

NETHERLANDS

• Dutch Federation of the Blind and Partially Sighted
  PO Box 2062
  UTRECHT 3500 GB
  The Netherlands
  Tel : +31 30 299 2878
• Het Loo Erf
  Dutch Rehabilitation Center for the Visually Impaired
  Waldeck-Pyrmontstraat 31
  7315 JH Apeldoorn
  Tel: 055-5800800
• Institute of Ophthalmology
  University Hospital Nijmegen
  P.O. Box 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen
  The Netherlands
  Tel: (31) 24 3615105

NEW ZEALAND

• Homai Vision Education Centre
  Private Bag 801, Manurewa
  Auckland, New Zealand
  Tel: +64 9 2667109
• Retina New Zealand Inc.
  PO Box 27 -177
  Wellington, 6005, New Zealand
  Tel: +64 4 389 1538
• Royal New Zealand Foundation for the Blind
  Private Bag 99-941, Newmarket
  Auckland, New Zealand
  Tel: +64 9 355 6873
  Fax: +64 9 366 9900
• The University of Auckland
  Department of Optometry and Vision Science
  The University of Auckland
  Private Bag 92019, Auckland
  New Zealand
  Tel: (64 9) 373-7599 ext: 6595

NICARAGUA

• Organizacion de Ciegos de Nicaragua
  Maricela Toledo, Apartado Postal 1409
  Managua, Nicaragua
  Tel: +505 2 70338

NIGERIA

• Nigeria Society for the Blind
  Inlaks Library for the Visually Handicapped, Vocational Training Centre
  Blind Centre Road, Oshodi
  Lagos State, Nigeria
  Tel: +234 1 521108
• St Joseph’s Centre for the Visually Handicapped
  The Catholic Diocese of Ogoja, PO Box 120
  Obudu, Cross River State, Nigeria
  Tel: +234 045 550700

NORWAY

• Norges Blindeforbund
  PB 5900 Hegdehaugen
  0308 Oslo 3
  Tel : +47 232 15038

P

PAKISTAN

• Al-Faisal Markaz-E-Nabina
  Al-Faisal Centre for the Blindz
  New Civil Lines near Iqbal Stadium
  Faisalabad, Punjab, 38030
  Pakistan
• Al-Shifa Trust Eye Hospital
  Pakistan Institute of Ophthalmology
  Jhelum Road, Rawalpindi
  Pakistan
  Tel: +92-51-523480

PANAMA

• Centro de Rehabilitacion de Ciegos Adultos andres C Toro
  Andres C Toro Centre of Rehabilitation for Blind Adults
  PO Box 41, Panama 15
  Panama
  Tel: +507 680526
• Escuela de Ciegos Helen Keller
  Apartado 11349
  PANAMA CITY 6
  Panama

PARAGUAY

• Asociacion de Ciegos del Paraguay
  Donoso 1537, Barrios los Laureles
  Asuncion, Paraguay
  Tel: +595 21 60 92 20

PERU

• Asociacion Peruana de Ciegos Catolicos
  Parque Frederico Blum 198
  Miraflores
  LIMA 18
  Peru
• Centro de Rehabilitacion de Ciegos de Lima
  Rehabilitation Center for the Blind of Lima
  Avenida Jose Pardo Nro 669, Miraflores
  Lima, Peru
  Tel: +51 14 454650
• Helen Keller International
  Prolongacion Arenales, San Isidro
  Lima, Peru

PHILIPPINES

• Helen Keller International
  2139 Fidel A Reyes Street
  Malate, Manila
  Philippines
  Tel: +63 2-523 8223
• Resources for the Blind
  P.O. Box 1831, Manila, 1099
  Philippines
  Tel: +63 2 726 3021/22/23/24

POLAND

• Cedar
  Association of the Blind and Partially Sighted
  Ul. Powstancow Warszawskich 34
  41-902 Bytom, Poland
  Tel: +48 32 281-62-49
• Polski Zwiazek Niewidomych
  Polish Association of the Blind
  ul Konwiktorska 9
  Warsaw, 00216
  Poland
  Tel: +48 22 635 57 93
• University of Gdansk
  Department of Ophthalmology
  Debinki Str. 7, 80-211
  Gdansk, Poland
  Tel: +4858 417493

PORTUGAL

• Associano Promotora de Emprego de Deficientes Visuais
  Vocational Training & Employment Institution for the Blind
  AV. Joao Paulo II Chelas, Lote 5.25
  Lisboa, 1900-726, Portugal
  Tel: +351 21 859 58 12
• Centro de Reabilitacao Profissional de Gaia
  Rehabilitation Center
  Av. Joao Paulo II
  4405 Arcozelo VNG
  PORTUGAL
  Tel: + 351-2-7629840 / 7629815/ 7629115
• Hospital de Santa Maria
  Servico de Oftalmologia
  Av. Prof. Egas Moniz
  1699 Lisboa Codex
  Portugal

R

ROMANIA

• Asociatia Nevazatorilor din Romania
  Romanian Association of the Blind
  str Vatra Luminoasa, nr 108 bis, Sector 2
  Bucharest, 73302
  Tel: +40 1-2506525 or 0519

RUSSIA

• All Russia Association for the Blind
  14 Novaya Ploshad
  103672, Moscow
  Russia

S

SAUDI ARABIA

• Regional Bureau for the Middle East
  Committee for the Affairs of the Blind
  PO Box 3465
  Riyadh, 11471, Saudi Arabia
  Tel: +966 1 488 2200

SENEGAL

• Union Nationale des Aveugles du Senegal
  National Union of the Blind of Senegal
  53 rue Raffenel, BP 2240
  Dakar, Senegal

SIERRA LEONE

• Sierra Leone Association of the Blind
  PMB 851
  Freetown, Sierra Leone
  Tel: +232 22 241566

SINGAPORE

• Asian Blind Union
  Independent Society of the Blind
  417-A East Coast Road
  SINGAPORE 429004
  Singapore
• Disabled People’s Association of Singapore
  150A, Pandan Gardens, #02-00, Day Center
  Singapore 609342
  Tel.: (65) 899-1220
• Singapore Association of the Visually Handicapped
  47 Toa Payoh Rise
  Singapore, 298 104
  Tel: +65-251 4331

SLOVAKIA

• Rehabilitacne Stredisko pre Zrakovo Postihnutych
  Rehabilitation Center for Visually Handicapped
  Kosicka 2, Levoca, 05401
  Slovak Republic
• Unia nevidiacich a slabozrakých Slovenska
  Slovak Blind and Partially Sighted Union
  Sekulska 1
  84250 Bratislava
  Tel : +421 7 654 20 796

SLOVANIA

• Association of the Blind and Partially Sighted of Slovenia
  Groharjeva 2
  SI 1000 Ljubljana
  Tel : +386 61 1700 211
• Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired of Slovania
  Stara Loka 31, 4220
  Skofja Loka, Slovania
  Tel: 064 61- 60
• Intercommunal Association of the Blind and the Weak-Sighted of Koper
  Via Garibaldi 18/A
  Koper, Slovenia
  Tel: +386 66 271-026

SOLOMON ISLANDS

• Siloam Dominican Centre for the Visually Handicapped
  Nila, Western Province
  Solomon Islands

SOUTH AFRICA

• Instituut vir Blindes
  Institute for the Blind
  20 Adderley Street, PO Box 933
  Worcester, Western Cape, 6849
  Tel: +27 23-3422313
• Madressa Noor for the Blind
  71 Royston Road
  PO Box 4444
  Willowton
  Pietermaritzburg 3200
  South Africa
  Tel: +27 331-979 673
• Natal Society for the Blind
  194 Umbilo Road
  Durban 4001, Natal
  South Africa
  Tel: 2027277
• The South African National Council for the Blind (SANCB)
  514 White Street
  Bailey’s Muckleneuk
  Pretoria
  0181
• PO Box 11149
  Hatfield
  0028
  Tel: +27 12 452 3811
• South African Guide Dogs Association for the Blind
  PO Box 67585, Bryanston, 2021
  South Africa
  Tel: +27 11 705 3512

SPAIN

• Nueva Luz – Obra Evangelica de Ayuda Espiritual para los Ciegos
  New Light – Christian Help for the Blind
  Trafalgar 32, Apartado 10 252
  Madrid, 28010, Spain
  Tel: +34 1 4486858
• Organizacíon Nacional de Ciegos Españoles (ONCE)
  The national organization of the visually impaired in Spain.
• Organizacion Nacional de Ciegos – Unidad Tiflotecnica
  Aids and counseling for the blind unit
  Ramirez de Arellano 21
  Madrid, 28043, Spain
  Tel: +34 1 415 06 00

SRI LANKA

• Helen Keller International
  17 Rajawatte Terrace, Sieble Avenue
  Colombo 5, Sri Lanka
• Sri Lanka Federation of the Visually Handicapped
  74A Church Street
  Colombo 02, 00200, Sri Lanka
  Tel: +94 1 43 77 68

SUDAN

• Sudanese National Association of the Blind
  PO Box 271, Khartoum North
  Sudan
  Tel: +249 613212

SWEDEN

• Lund University Hospital
  Department of Ophthalmology
  S-221 85 Lund, Sweden
  Tel: +46-46-17 14 70
• Synskadades Riksforbund
  Sandsborgsvagen 52
  S-122 88 Enskede
  Tel : +46 8 39 9000

SWITZERLAND

• Bernischer Blindenforsorgverein
  Swiss center for the visually impaired
  Neufeldstrasse 95
  3012 Bern, Switzerland
  Tel: 031 306 34 34
• Christian Blind Mission International Switzerland
  Lavaterstrane 90, PO Box, Zurich, CH-8027
  Switzerland
  Tel: +41 1-202 2124
• Institute of Research in Ophthalmology
  Av. Gd-Champsec 64
  Case Postale 4168
  1950 SION 4
  Switzerland
  Tel. +41 – (0)27 – 203 59 71
• Schweizerischer Zentralverein fur das Blindenwesen
  Swiss National Association for the Blind
  Zentralsekretariat, Schutzengasse 4, St Gallen
  CH-9000, Switzerland
  Tel: +41 71 223 36 36

SYRIA

• Centre for Rehabilitation of the Blind
  Aljisr Alabyad Nouri Pasha Quarter
  Damascus, Syria
  Tel: +963 11 334094

T

TADJIKSTAN

• Tajikistan Society of the Blind
  Karamov Street 205, Dushanbe 734027
  Tajikistan
  Tel: +7 377 373231

THAILAND

• Hilton/Perkins Program – Asia/Pacific Regional Office
  c/o Foundation for the Blind in Thailand, 420 Rajavidhi Road
  Bangkok, 10400, Thailand
  Tel: +66 2-246 0070
• The Thonburi Hospital Public Co., Ltd.
  Department of Ophthalmology
  34/1 Issaraphap Road, Soi 44
  Bangkok-Noi Bangkok 10700, Thailand
  Tel: (66 2) 412-0022, 411-0401

TAIWAN

• Huikang Guide Dog Centre
  Institute for the Blind of Taiwan
  384 Chungcheung Road, Hsinchuang
  Taipei Hsien, Taiwan
  Tel: +886 2 2998 5588
• Show Chwan Memorial Hospital
  Department of Ophthalmology
  Changhua, Taiwan

TANZANIA

• Helen Keller International
  PO Box 76, Kongwa
  Dodoma Region, Tanzania
  Tel: +255 61 24514
• Tanzania Society for the Blind
  PO Box 2254
  Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
  Tel: +255 51 460856/8

TUNISIA

• Nadi Al Bassar
  North African Center for Sight and Visual Sciences
  9 Boulevard Bab Menara
  Tunis, Tunisia 1008
  Tel: +216 1-560 333

TURKEY

• Ege University Medical School and Hospital
  Ophthalmology Clinic
  35100 Barnova-Izmir
  Turkey
  Tel: ++90 232 3881023
• Federation of the Blind of Turkey
  GMK Bulvan 32/6
  Demirtepe / Ankara
  Tel : +90 312 231 8243

TURKMENISTAN

• Society of Blind People of Turkmenistan
  Kekilova St. 49, 744012 Ashgabat
  Turkmenistan
  Tel: +993 12 347413

U

UGANDA

• Uganda National Association of the Blind
  PO Box 6938, Kampala, Kansanga
  Off Gaba Road, Uganda
  Tel: +256 41 268296

UKRAINE

• Ukrainian Association of the Blind
  3 Pechortsky spusk Kiev, 01023
  Ukraine
  Tel: +380 44 224 1127

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (UAE)

• Emirates Association of Blind
  Sharjah, UAE
  Tel: + 971 6 5247700
• Tamkeen
  PO Box 500004
  Academic City
  Dubai UAE
  Tel: +971 4 3644 800

UNITED KINGDOM

• Cardiff Institute for the Blind
  Shand House
  20 Newport Road
  Cardiff CF2 1YB, Wales
  Tel: 01222 485414 or 029-20-485414
• The Glasgow and West of Scotland Society for the Blind
  2 Queens Crescent
  Glasgow, Scotland
• Glasgow Caledonian University Ophthalmology Clinic
  Department of Vision Sciences
  Faculty of Health Building
  City Campus, Cowcaddens Road
  Glasgow G4 OBA
  Tel: 0141 331 3379
• North East Sensory Services
  21 John Street
  Aberdeen, Scotland AB25 1BT
  Tel: 01224 625622
• Keighley & District Association for the Blind
  The Keighley and District Association for the Blind
  1 Albert Street
  Keighley, West Yorkshire BD21 2AT
• Macular Society
  Darwin House
  13a Bridge Street
  Andover, Hampshire SP10 1BE
  United Kingdom
  Tel: 01264 350551 (office)
  Helpline: 0845 241 2041
• Moorfield’s Eye Hospital
  City Road
  London EC1V 2PD
  England
  Tel: 020 7253 3411
• Oxfordshire Association for the Blind
  Bradbury Lodge
  Gordon Woodward Way
  Abingdon Road
  Oxford OX1 4XL
  Tel: 44 1865 725595
• Royal London Society for the Blind
  Dorton House, Seal, Nr Sevenoaks
  Kent TN15 0ED
  Tel: 01732 592500
• Scottish Sensory Centre
  Visual Impairment Service, Holyrood Road, Edinburgh
  Midlothian, Scotland EH8 8AQ
  Tel: +44 (0)131-558 6501
• University of Aberdeen
  Department of Ophthalmology
  Medical School, Foresterhill
  Aberdeen AB25 2ZD · SCOTLAND
  tel: 44 1224 681818 x553782

URUGUAY

• Centr o de Rehabilitacion para Ciegos Tiburcio Ca chon
  Tiburcio Cachon Rehabilitation Centre for the Blind
  Juan Jose Quesada, Montevideo, 3666
  Uruguay
  Tel: +598 2 200966
• Union Nacional de Ciegos del Uruguay
  National Union of the Blind of Uruguay
  21 de Septiembre, Montevideo, 2268
  Uruguay
  Tel: +598 2 411187

UZBEKISTAN

• Uzbek Association of the Blind
  Bobour Street 22, 700100 Taskhkent
  Uzbekistan
  Tel: +7 371 557590
  Fax: +7 371 535381

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VENEZUELA

• Asociacon Zuliana de Ciegos
  Association for the Blind of Venezuela
  Avenida 3e no 72-33
  Maracaibo, Venezuela
• Federacion Venezolana de Instituciones de Ciegos
  Apartado Postal 40011, Zona Postal 1040 A, Las Acacias
  Caracas, Venezuela
  Tel: +58 2 42 94 56

VIETNAM

• Association of the Blind of Vietnam
  139 Nguyen Thai Hoc Street
  Hanoi, Vietnam
• Blind Association of Hochiminh City
  185 Cong Quynh Street, District 1
  HoChiMinh City, Vietnam
  Tel: +84 8 839 6697
  Fax: +84 8 839 6697

W

WEST INDIES

• Grenada Society of Friends of the Blind
  Woolwich Road, St George’s
  Grenada, West Indies
  Tel: +1 809 440 9233

Y

YUGOSLAVIA

• Federacion Venezolana de Instituciones de Ciegos
  Apartado Postal 40011, Las Acacias 1040_A
  Caracas, Venezuela
  Tel: +58 2 577 8065
  Fax: +58 2 862 6705
• Union of the Blind and Partially Sighted of Yugoslavia
  Knez Mihailova 42/11
  11000 Beograd
  Tel :+381 11 635962 or 186726

Z

ZAIRE

• Cooperative des Aveugles du Zaire
  B.P. 3960
  Kinshasa – GombËœ
• Union Nationale des Aveugles du Zaire
  National Union of the Blind of Zaire
  BP 15808, Kinshasa 1
  Zaire

ZIMBABWE

• Council for the Blind
  PO Box 506, Bulawayo
  Zimbabwe
  Tel: +263 9 64940
• Dorothy Duncan Centre for the Blind
  4 Cecil Road, Amby, Greendale
  Harare, Zimbabwe
  Tel: +263 04 496667
• Jairos Jiri Association for Rehabilitation of the Disabled
  PO Box 1529
  Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
  Tel: +263 9-74331/2

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