The Association of the Blind and Visually of Heves County to improve the living conditions and opportunities for the visually impaired. Their main goal is the rehabilitation, education and social integration of the visually impaired living in Hungary. They support guide dog trainings and work towards the development, striving to improve barrier-free transport and enabling all visually impaired to handle their administration independently without outside help. They also teach Braille and how to use special tools to make their daily lives much easier.
Particular attention is paid to visually impaired children and youngsters to learn and experience that even a visually impaired person is able to live a full and happy life.
They also try to contribute to the experience by organizing joint programs and excursions, while spontaneously increase the cohesion in the Association.
Within the framework of the cooperation with the Carpathian Foundation, we had the opportunity to support many of their projects, the first of which a talent content that they held. At the event, visually impaired people got the chance when they were able to show off their talent for the guests and stood on the stage with folk songs, poetry, and prose, and soldier songs. The event not only helped to strengthen, the local visually impaired community, but the opportunity to act also helped the members’ self-confidence, served as an important issue to present to members of the majority society, that our visually impaired fellow human beings are also blessed with a diverse talent.
Their second project was Celebration of International White Cane Day. This day event aims to raise awareness of the specific situation of the blind and partially sighted, looking for ways to solve their problems and their own ways to their fuller integration into society. On that special occasion, the participants had an opportunity to learn more about the most significant events of the last 100 years, with stories about the White Cane.
As a closure of the project, they organized a Christmas feast, during which Father Gellért shared some of his thoughts about love, followed by a festive show by the Orchidea cultural group. At the end of the program, the gifts were handed over to all the participants. The event had a very positive impact on all people's lives, some of whom were elderly visually impaired people living alone. The abovementioned event alliaviated their loneliness a bit, because by their appearance, they could feel like an important member of the community.
This action was implemented within the framework of the Carpathian Foundation’s project
entitled „Strengthening and activating small communities of Northeast Hungary” (EFOP-1.3.5-16-2016-00915) .
The project is implemented with the support of the European Union and co-financed by the
European Social Fund and the Hungarian Government.
