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"Providing tools for living and learning for blind young people in Africa" |
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"Providing tools for living and learning for blind young people in Africa" |
All donations will be gratefully received, however small. Blindaid Africa is a low budget charity with virtually zero overhead raising funds and providing materials for Africa with no paid staff. If you wish to help in funding either a single amount or a regular contribution please see our donation form. This also allows us to collect an extra 28 pence for every pound as "Gift Aid" if you are a UK taxpayer.
We can always find a use for folding white canes, talking watches and calculators, or other items specific to blind persons.
We are currently purchasing about two hundred cassette tapes a month. Our main need is for blank 90 minute cassettes but clean used type I cassettes on which personal music collections have been recorded are also useful. Any commercial music cassettes we receive are usually sent unaltered to schools where they may be listened to, or copied over.
All audio books assist students in improving their English language skills. Classic novels or plays and better modern fiction are always in demand as are Bible tapes or extracts. Any tapes on commercial studies, history, geography or science would be particularly welcome.
Single portable radio-cassette machines with 230/240 volt supply are sent for individual student use. These should preferably have an inbuilt microphone and should operate in all modes. Double-deck portable radio-cassette recorders are sent for school use for duplicating tapes. There is a mailing size limit on these so that very large ghetto-blasters are not suitable. We do not normally have any need for non-portable stereo sets. Apparatus which works solely with batteries is not suitable as the African students cannot afford to replace batteries.
Typewriters Manual portable typewriters are the best means for blind Africans to communicate with the sighted world, and typing is an essential requisite for almost all jobs once they leave school. If you wish to donate one please see our typewriter donation page.
Braille books and other items such as Braille-labelled games are very much in demand, but are rarely available.
Special Note: Please do not hesitate to contact us personally if you have any queries or suggestions. All of the above items can be sent to us, or to a destination we nominate in Africa, using free post for the blind. For this you will need to contact us to obtain a special label for zero cost postage
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