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WE DARED TO DREAM

Welcome to our virtual gateway to the world, to the virtual home of visually impaired Africans –women and men of all ages and backgrounds- hailing from 57 member organisations in 51 African countries! At the inception in 1987, our voices, unmuffled at long last, dared to dream of the organisation that is today our pride and joy!

This website tells our story, the story of empowerment, of our continuous fight for equality and full participation in development. Join us in making our vision a reality for all visually impaired persons in Africa down to the blind girl child in the villages of Niger, South Sudan, and Burundi clamourously longing to get a chance to learn the six empowering Braille dots!

AFUB President receiving a gift from Mr. Erik Staaf    

 

 

 

AFUB President receiving a gift from Mr. Erik Staaf of the Swedish Association of the Visually Impaired (SRF) as a token of our longstanding partnership

AFUB GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN BANGKOK, THAILAND

Registration is now open for all AFUB member organisations participating in the General Assembly slated for 8th and 9th November 2012.

  • Read more about AFUB GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN BANGKOK, THAILAND

Our Disability Rights and Advocacy Program Expanded

2011 is a truly exciting milestone! We have just rolled out a project in partnership with the Swedish Association of the Visually Impaired (SRF) to build the capacity of our member organisation in Uganda in using the UN Convention as a monitoring and advocacy tool!

  • Read more about Our Disability Rights and Advocacy Program Expanded

AFUB to roll out a capacity-building project exclusively targeted at Portuguese and Spanish-speaking member organisations

Read more about our first-of-its-kind project with NABP targeting our Portuguese and Spanish-speaking member organisations

  • Read more about AFUB to roll out a capacity-building project exclusively targeted at Portuguese and Spanish-speaking member organisations

AFUB held its annual board meeting in Nairobi at the Lenana Mount Hotel from 11 to 15 April

This is not merely one of our business-as-usual board meetings; this is meant to be a decisively exciting milestone in our efforts to reposition our organisation.

  • Read more about AFUB held its annual board meeting in Nairobi at the Lenana Mount Hotel from 11 to 15 April
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Partner Sites

The Canadian National Institute for the Blind

Danish Association of the Blind

Disability Rights Promotion International (DRPI)The European Blind Union

International Council on the Education of Persons with Visual ImpairmentThe Norwegian Association of the Blind and Partially Sighted (NABP)

SightsaversThe Swedish Association of the Visually Impaired (SRF)

WBUWorld Braille Foundation

 

 

 

 

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