Christian Foundation for the Blind in Thailand (CFBT) is a non-profit charitable organization helping blind

Blindness

Blindness is the condition of lacking visual perception due to physiological or neurological factors.Various scales have been developed to describe the extent of vision loss and define blindness...

 people in Thailand

Thailand

Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...

. It was founded in 1978 by Prayat Punong-ong, a blind man who taught 13 blind children in a rental house in Khon Kaen Province

Khon Kaen Province

-History:The first city of the area was established in 1783 when Rajakruluang settled there with 330 people. King Rama I made Rajakruluang the first governor of the area when establishing tighter connections with the Isan area. The main city was moved six times until in 1879 it reached its modern...

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CFBT declares its mission to provide professional services and management to the visually impaired, improving their quality of life and helping them to live in harmony with themselves and other people.

Projects

• Educational Center for the Blind (CFBT Khon Kaen
  Khon Kaen
  Khon Kaen is a city in Isan, Thailand. It is also the capital of Khon Kaen province and the Khon Kaen district.-Geography and demography:Khon Kaen is located in the Khorat Plateau, in the central-northwestern area of Isaan...
  
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• Home for the Multiple Handicapped Blind Children (CFBT Bangkok
  Bangkok
  Bangkok is the capital and largest urban area city in Thailand. It is known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon or simply Krung Thep , meaning "city of angels." The full name of Bangkok is Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahintharayutthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom...
  
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• Educational Service Center for the Blind (CFBT Nakorn Ratchasima)
• Educational and Rehabilitation Center for the Blind (CFBT Roi-et)
• Skill Development Center for the Blind (CFBT Lampang
  Lampang
  Lampang, also called Nakhon Lampang to differentiate from Lampang Province, is the third largest town in northern Thailand and capital of Lampang Province and the Lampang district. Traditional names for Lampang include Wiang Lakon and Khelang Nakhon. The city is still growing rapidly as trading...
  
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• School for the Blind and Multiple Handicapped Blind Children (CFBT Lopburi
  Lopburi
  Lopburi ) is the capital city of Lopburi Province in Thailand. It is located about 150 km north-east of Bangkok. As of 2006 it has a population of 26,500...
  
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• Educational Technology Center for the Blind (ETCB)
• Thammasakorn School for the Blind Hadyai (CFBT Songkhla
  Songkhla
  Songkhla is a city in the Songkhla Province of southern Thailand, near the border with Malaysia. As of 2006 it had a population of 75,048...
  
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• Vocational Training Center for the Blind (VTC)
• Disabled Student Services (DSS)

Programs

CFBT supports more than 4,000 blind children and young adults a year through the following programs:

• Dormitory
• Preparatory education program
• Integrated education program
• Prevention of blindness
• Eye surgeries and pre-school vision screening
• Rehabilitation and re-Integration
• Community based rehabilitation (CBR)
• Technical services
• Production of Braille and talking books
• Training and services on assistive technology
  Assistive technology
  Assistive technology or adaptive technology is an umbrella term that includes assistive, adaptive, and rehabilitative devices for people with disabilities and also includes the process used in selecting, locating, and using them...
  
   for visually impaired people

It is a member of the Thailand National Committee on DAISY

DAISY Digital Talking Book

DAISY is a standard for digital talking books. DAISY books are typically used by people have "print disabilities," including blindness, impaired vision, dyslexia...

Production and Services (TNCD).