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Gio Linh Blind Association Workshop
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Born with disadvantages, the Blind feel low self-esteem and
unconfident when they have to depend on their families in
term of daily tasks and economic situations. It is known that
as a disability, blindness leads to unemployment, which leads
to loss of income, higher levels of poverty and hunger and low
standards of living. So it’s very important to have a place for
the Blind to come for working and sharing their stories with
the people in common situation.
Located in few miles north of Quang Tri Province, Gio Linh Blind
Association is the common house for 489 Blind and/or visually
impaired in the district. This is the place where they hold
collective activities for the Blind and it is the working place
for the Blind in working age. They produce incense, toothpicks,
brooms and they provide massage services.
However, the current facility is in an old office Section of
Gio Linh People’s Committee. It was handed over to the Blind
Association in 1990. Their current facility is in a seriously
degraded state, forcing them to only use 2 rooms with total
areas about twenty (20) square meters.
In their current working area, there are no toilet facilities which
makes it very inconvenient for daily activities especially for
the Blind. There is an extremely urgent need to have a new workshop area
for the Blind with enough space working area to perform their daily
tasks, and to provide a new toilet and kitchen.
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Sitting on the ground, making Incense
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Project Information
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The addition of a new kitchen will allow the people working in the Blind Center
to stay for lunch allowing their families to not have to leave the fields each day,
to pick them up and take them home for lunch, and then having to return them back to
the Blind Center after lunch.
The new proposed building area would be 95 square meters.
The cost for this project is:
$21,347
The Blind Association agreed to fund:
$2,080
The D.O.V.E. Fund will contribute:
$19,287
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Plans for the New Facility
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D.O.V.E. Fund
P.O. Box 350741
Toledo, OH 43635
e:mail: 20years@dovefund.org
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