ABOUT US
- ORGANISATIONAL PROFILE
Head Office: 102 – 104 8th Avenue, Mayfair, Johannesburg.
Postal Address: Private Bag X9005, Crown Mines, 2025, RSA
Contact Person: Cathy Donaldson – president@blindsa.org.za
Tel: 011 839 1793
Website: www.blindsa.org.za
Facebook: https://facebook.com/Blind-SA-1777715589132307/
- STATUTORY MANDATE
Blind SA is a national Disable People’s Organisation (DPO) of the blind and for the blind. Established in 1946 as the South African Blind Workers Organisation (SABWO) and became Blind SA in 2004.
- VISION STATEMENT
The vision of Blind SA is to do whatever is necessary or conducive to empower visually impaired people to become economically self-supporting and to live a full and meaningful life as citizens of South Africa.
- SERVICES
Blind SA provides services that empower blind and partially sighted people directly and by training trainers that empower our beneficiaries. The main services are listed below:
- Advocacy, lobbying and self-representation.
- Awareness raising, information dissemination and distribution of information through various publications: Blind SA News, Braillorama, Braillorette, Braille Trumpet, Young Stoners and Parents Network.
- Assistive devices: white canes, liquid level indicators, Mali-Bhala, braille paper, Tatrapoint brailler and the Braille Me.
- Assistance for learners in special and mainstream schools and student’s registration with tertiary institutions.
- DAISY, audio and Braille production of literature in UBC (unified braille code) in all 11 official languages.
- Provision of study bursaries and loan facilities for the purchase of work and study related items.
- Training in accredited braille and orientation and mobility services and placement in skills training and placement in employment.