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ROMANIAN ASSOCIATION OF THE BLIND |
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BRASOV BRANCH |
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106 Castelului Street, 500014 Brasov; Phone / fax: +4-0368-429.123, +4-0268-478.328
E-mail: bvanvr@gmail.com; Web:
Crema pt marirea sanilor; Fiscal code: 4317827
Account: RO23WBAN2511000008500569, SANPAOLO IMI Bank Romania, Brasov Br. |
Community awareness campaign regarding the visually impaired people
June 30, 2006, Brasov |
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On Jun 30, 2006, at 14:00 hours, the
Brasov Association of the Blind released its booklet titled “How to
guide a blind person”, which contains guidelines offering suggestions for
assisting people with sight problems, for the first time in Romanian. The
event signals the start of a new awareness campaign of the Brasov
Association of the Blind, aimed to increase the social integration of the
visually impaired people from the county.
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“Through this campaign we aim to
provide clear information to the general public about visual deficiencies,
to give ordinary people the ability to make the distinction between the
visual and other physical or psychical disabilities. Within the campaign
the release of this booklet represents a new step towards breaking the
communication barriers between the majority of citizens and the visually
impaired people, it opens new integration opportunities through knowledge
and, why not, it is a challenge for everybody interested to cooperate with
us for the development of a training manual for the future professional
personal assistants for visually impaired people”, stated Mr. Virgil
Lazar, President of the Brasov Association of the Blind.
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The booklet “How to guide a blind
person” is not intended to be a training manual for the personal
assistants of visually impaired people and is not targeting specialists.
It is addressed to the general public, containing suggestions and useful
advices for the ordinary citizen, to enable him to assist a visually
impaired person in a public place, without having a previous experience or
training, in a manner which would transform the event into a positive
experience both for him and for the assisted person.
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To cover the broader possible
audience, the booklet was released simultaneously in printed (A5, 24
pages), electronic (PDF file) and online versions (URL:
www.nevazatoribrasov.ro/ghid), all of them made available for free.
The printed version can be procured from the
head office of the Brasov Association of the Blind, located in Brasov, 106
Castelului Street, until the existing stocks are depleted, while the
electronic version is available for download on the address mentioned
above,
www.nevazatoribrasov.ro/ghid, or can be requested by e-mail, from
bvanvr@gmail.com.
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In the continuation of its campaign
to raise the public awareness, the Brasov Association of the Blind is now
in the process of preparing other informational and educational
publications and is committed to be an active participant to all the
upcoming local public events, like fares and exhibitions. Also the
Association requested the help of some of its members who are comfortable
with public speaking, to share their personal experiences with blindness.
To accomplish this sharing, the Brasov Association of the Blind will
contact the School Inspectorate and the Chamber of Commerce, to discuss
the possibilities of making presentations for the local schools and
business organizations.
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The awareness campaign is based on the presumption that
knowledge is the best way to eliminate prejudice and it is aimed to the
education of the community regarding the visually impaired people, in
order to facilitate the breakdown of communication barriers,
discriminations and prejudices born out of lack of knowledge. The
accomplishment of these objectives will lead to the achievement the Brasov
Association of the Blind’s main goal: the integration of visually impaired
people in the economic, social-professional, cultural-artistic and
sportive life of the county.
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