General activities

The WBU Annual report for 2011 is now ready for download. This Annual Report summarises the work of WBU over the past year in the achievement of its Strategic Plan. As you will read, WBU continue to make progress in a number of areas, although there is still much to be done. The Annual Report … Read more

“Blind People at Work in the world: Some often incredible but true success stories”. CALL FOR SUCCESS STORIES. Thirteen years ago, the book “Blind People at Work” got published in France under my direction to give blind people, organizations trusted with their professional guidance, public and private employers and the general public a better knowledge … Read more

11th WBUAP Massage Seminar, 3 – 5 May 2012   The National Council for the Blind Malaysia (NCBM) hosted this seminar from 3-5 May 2012. 160 overseas and 110 local participants participated. These massage seminars are organised once every two years. The 12th WBUAP Massage Seminar will be held in Thailand in 2014. It is … Read more

Do you wish to be able to read with independence the text found in image or PDF files you encounter in the documents you scan? If so, why don’t you try NewOCR.com? It’s a free online Optical Character Recognition (OCR) service that can analyze the text in any image or PDF file you upload to … Read more

United Nation’s Economic and Social Commission for Asia-Pacific (UNESCAP) comprising member States of the Asia-Pacific region, decided on 23 May 2012 to proclaim a new Asian and Pacific Decade of Persons with Disabilities for the period 2013 to 2022 through the adoption of a historic resolution. This resolution is available at the website <http://www.unescapsdd.org/disability/meeting-document/resolution-asian-and-pacific-decade-persons-disabilities-2013-2022> . … Read more

Create Your Own London 2012 Book of Sports Do you know any young braille readers who might enjoy a book about the Olympic and Paralympic Games? Mandeville’s Book of Sports is a specially designed book to introduce young braille readers to the nine Paralympic sports open to blind athletes: Athletics, Cycling, Equestrian, Football Five-a-Side, Goalball, … Read more

Incheon Strategy “Making The Right Real” 15 Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) were invited by Rehabilitation International (RI) Korea to go to Seoul on 5 – 6 March to review the draft of the Incheon Strategy which the High-Level Intergovernmental Group would discuss from 14 – 16 March before sending the document for its final reading … Read more

The Japan Braille Library Selection Committee has finalised the list of trainees for the Teruko Ikeda ICT Training 2012 as follows: GROUP 1 SATURDAY 30 JUNE 2012 – Arrive in Penang SATURDAY 14 JULY 2012 – Depart for home country Ms. Stephanie Llanes Senin, Philippines Ms. Ma Doi Bu, Myanmar Ms. Synthia Lidya Yuliana Montolalu, … Read more

The world needs great leaders, and social change projects need the best leaders possible. We at Kanthari in Kerala India, deeply believe that overcoming adversity in life is what plants the seeds for great leadership. So, we have developed a very practical, 7 month leadership program with a difference, one that is geared specially for … Read more

Member organisation that require financial assistance to send their delegate to the 8th WBU General Assembly, need to fill out the application and return it to the WBU office no later then March 15th. To view the application form and guidelines on the WBU website link here: http://www.worldblindunion.org/en/resources/general-documents/Pages/default.aspx