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Working to eradicate avoidable blindness, and promoting the health, education and welfare of the blind, visually impaired in developing communities.

Empower the Blind and Visually Impaired in Africa through assistive Technology

Our vision is of a nation that is free of barriers, where blind & visually impaired persons are not discriminated against; to have the same rights and responsibilities, share equal opportunities & the quality of life that is available to their sighted peers. Our mission is to provide education, training & employment opportunities in a caring environment, thus empowering blind & visually impaired persons to fully participate in society while helping to promote the prevention of blindness.

Orbis' mission is to preserve and restore sight by strengthening the capacity of local partners in their efforts to prevent and treat blindness with the vision that this will lead to a world in which no one is needlessly blind, where quality eye care, education, and treatment are available to every human being.

CENYESED is a non-profit organisation located in the Democratic Republic of Congo; Province of North Kivu; city of Goma Its mission is to integrate deaf, physically disabled, blind, deaf-blind, asphatic and socially disabled children into society through education and vocational training, while also defending their rights.

CCVI's mission is to prepare children who are blind or visually impaired, including those with multiple disabilities, to reach their highest potential in the sighted world.

Our Vision: It is our vision to be: " A world leader providing professional expertise and innovations in specialized literacy services to the Deaf and Deaf blind communities.

Guide Dog Users of Canada (GDUC) helps guide dog users to maximize the benefits of mobility with a guide dog so that they may participate more fully in Canadian society. Open to guide dog users and all those interested in furthering their cause, GDUC intends to become a voice for Canadian guide dog users and a centre of excellence on the activities, needs, and accomplishments of persons who are blind, partially sighted, or deaf-blind, and assisted by guide dogs. Step out with us and let us work together to make a difference for guide dog teams in Canada. Join Guide Dog Users of Canada!

SERVICES ONTARIO EARLY YEARS Programs which include parenting courses, workshops, emergent literacy, single parent groups, groups for mothers and their infants and drop-in sessions. ESSEX PRESCHOOL SPEECH AND LANGUAGE (TALK 2 ME) Offers assessment and a range of intervention services for families who have concerns about their child’s speech, language or emergent literacy skills, from birth to the year they start school. ESSEX-KENT INFANT HEARING PROGRAM Offers universal newborn hearing screening, high risk monitoring and additional services for families of children identified with a permanent hearing loss living in Windsor-Essex and Chatham-Kent counties. ESSEX-KENT BLIND-LOW VISION PROGRAM Offers specialized family-centred services for children who are born blind or with low vision. VOLUNTEER / STUDENT PLACEMENT PROGRAM This program offers orientation, training and supervision to community volunteers and student placements.

Quinte SailAbility operates out CFB TRenton Yacht Club on the Bay of Quinte. We operate 8 specially designed sail boats 10 weeks each summer. We offer Learn to Sail, recreational sailing and racing to about 40 students per year. It costs $27.92 to send a student out sailing for 2 - 3 hours and we charge $10.15......we must fund raise the balance. Our students arange in age from 7 to 65 and have either a physical or developmental disability. Our boats can be adapted to allow any one to sail, including blind students and a sip and puff control system allowing a full qudriplegic to sail.

Our Values: 1. RESPECT for the dignity and goodness of each person as a unique creation. This organization will demonstrate flexibility in its dealings with those we serve. 2. RESPECT for the capacity of each of us to embrace the challenge of human existence. We encourage those we serve to take responsibility for their own lives; we try to empower by assisting them to make informed choices for themselves. 3. A FIRM CONVICTION that out of poverty comes creativity, new life and growth. We reach out, recognizing that the poor are not in need of 'fixing', 'saving' or 'rescuing'. Growth comes from journeying with those we serve, not in doing for them. 4. The importance of EDUCATION as the key to change. Education takes many forms. Those who are malnourished most of their lives often have special needs; secondary school, university, apprenticeships, as well as special education for severe learning disabilities such as deafness and blindness are all strategies we pursue.

A leading force in the Western Canadian theatre community, Electric Co creates original work rich in spectacle and adventurous in form, strong in narrative and accessible to a diverse audience. A bit about our history: The company was originally formed as a collective in 1996 by Kim Collier, David Hudgins, Jonathon Young and Kevin Kerr, who met while training at Vancouver’s Studio 58. With a growing body of work, Electric Company has created 17 mainstage productions, toured ten times times (Canada, USA, UK), written two screenplays, and won the first Alcan Performing Arts Award (Theatre 2001). Over its history, he company has been consistently cited in major media outlets for matching world-class artistic standards. Other original productions include: - BRILLIANT! THE BLINDING ENLIGHTENMENT OF NIKOLA TESLA - THE SCORE - STUDIES IN MOTION - PALACE GRAND - THE FALL - FLOP - THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY - AT HOME WITH DICK & JANE - THE FLANNIGAN AFFAIR